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3. While the certification does require things like clock jitter to be under a certain value, the Valhalla eliminates it entirely. 4. FUture proofing. While the certification may only require a cable to be capable of a certain value, whether that be speed or anything, that does not mean that it cannot be greatly surpassed. There were cables in 2009 that were capable of running 4k, and yuo can bet it was not the $20 cables doing so. The final point is that, even if the above do not warrant the price (and you are perfectly within your rights to think that), look at it this way; If you owned a blu-ray or multi-format player worth $200k+ (and they do exist), do you honestly think you'd be content running a $20 HDMI lead? Irrespective of the physical or measurable differences (and whether they make any audible or visual difference to you), there are customers who will demand a cable they feel reflects the level of their product, and no amount of persuasion or stats will change their mind. Are we ever going to try and push someone buying even a $1,699 Panasonic blu-ray player into spending $15k on a HDMI cable? God no, no store would be so deceptive and exploitative (nor, honestly, ballsy) enough to even try that. Will we offer one and have it for sale for those customers that want this level, though? Well yes. Why wouldn't we? Hope this explains things somewhat. Sincerely, Mischa
PC Pat Capogreco viewed this message 1. While the audible, visual differences are going to be nil between two 48gbps HDMI 2.1 leads, the build quality is absolutely not be the same, and to imply otherwise is not only wrong, but wilfully so. As such, things like the heads, the pin integrity, sheath strength and/or flexibility, and internal wire quality are all significantly different and notably better than what would be found in a $20 equivalent. 1A. Related to the above, mass produced cables are not always the same. As the most complicated AV cable on the market, the sheer number of pins, wires, and any additional shielding is incredibly complex, and there can be massive inconsistency in mass produced cables, meaning not only bad contacts, but failed cables and bad fit. Nordost's range in particular is hand made, stringently tested after manufacture, and so is party to a fault rate of near zero. 2. While the difference in image quality will be identical under ideal circumstances, HDMI leads can pick up interference. They are an electrical based cable carrying information, and so are prone to this. This is not a part of the HDMI certification and so is a point of difference between brands and cables.
Hi Adam, While a $14,000 HDMI cable may seem ridiculous to you, there is a market for this level of product. No matter the arduous standards that have to be upheld to even qualify and be sold as a compliant HDMI lead, you are correct that if there is a cheap cable and an expensive cable that meet those standards there should be no difference in either audio or video quality, and so to the average punter these cables seem disgusting - even predatory - in their sale. This ignores several major factors, however;