1 00:00:00,060 --> 00:00:06,060 I get it everyone wants to get the absolute most out of their Hardware with 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:10,080 gaming computers we're always chasing the bottleneck because my 3 00:00:07,799 --> 00:00:14,940 thing my GPU is my power supply enough for the new generation and with audio 4 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:19,859 it's a similar story audio files are always looking for ways to improve 5 00:00:17,039 --> 00:00:25,680 Clarity and reduce unwanted noise that is untrue to the original recording that 6 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:29,460 is why it came as no surprise to me that 7 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:32,340 the aquavox switch SE an audiophile 8 00:00:29,460 --> 00:00:38,760 network switch that promises to improve the sound quality of streamed audio 9 00:00:34,820 --> 00:00:41,700 exists and even has loads of positive 10 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:47,160 reviews some claiming an immediate Improvement and that straight away they 11 00:00:45,059 --> 00:00:51,239 could hear the difference don't get me wrong we have tried some weird 12 00:00:49,020 --> 00:00:56,460 techniques to mitigate bottlenecks in a PC but they all share something that the 13 00:00:53,879 --> 00:01:01,559 focus of today's video does not they should at least work in theory to be 14 00:00:59,399 --> 00:01:07,740 clear I don't blame people for wanting to find unique new ways to chase 15 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:10,260 Perfection but an 800 Euro version of a 16 00:01:07,740 --> 00:01:15,420 30 dollar network switch from D-Link this is not the way and we're going to 17 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:18,600 explain why and even run some blind 18 00:01:15,420 --> 00:01:21,299 tests to prove it just like I'm gonna 19 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:26,939 prove that this is the segue to our sponsor signal RGB with signal RGB you 20 00:01:24,659 --> 00:01:33,799 can control and sync your RGB with one free app browse their library of over 60 21 00:01:29,460 --> 00:01:33,799 game Integrations at the link down below 22 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:45,960 thank you from the outside this switch 23 00:01:43,079 --> 00:01:52,380 looks nearly identical to the thirty dollar D-Link dgs 108 that it's based on 24 00:01:48,659 --> 00:01:56,159 and that's because it's not a special 25 00:01:52,380 --> 00:01:58,880 edition or a different model op Fox is 26 00:01:56,159 --> 00:02:03,840 buying these switches and then allegedly modifying them to sound much better 27 00:02:01,799 --> 00:02:08,160 frankly for me that makes believing this even harder I cannot wait to open this 28 00:02:06,479 --> 00:02:12,060 thing up and find out what they have modified other than this sticker on the 29 00:02:11,340 --> 00:02:16,319 top even the box is the same they put a 30 00:02:14,340 --> 00:02:20,940 sticker on the included power supply but they couldn't be ours to change it for 31 00:02:17,879 --> 00:02:22,920 like a cleaner power one like really you 32 00:02:20,940 --> 00:02:28,920 guys oh they put two stickers on it sorry excuse me please use the included 33 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:31,319 power supply only this is for safety and 34 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:34,920 audio file reasons you know what I love that I'm just going to explain 35 00:02:32,580 --> 00:02:39,020 everything I do as for audio file reasons oh and this is for audiophile 36 00:02:37,319 --> 00:02:43,860 reasons you simply wouldn't understand they really couldn't have been bothered 37 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:49,200 to at least make a sticker this just seems to be glued to the Box you know if 38 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:53,519 you're gonna snake oil at least snake oil well right no I'm not gonna be like 39 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:57,300 that I'm gonna be open-minded we're gonna go to their product page and see 40 00:02:55,860 --> 00:03:02,819 what changes they made for the switch our many customers say this is the 41 00:03:00,180 --> 00:03:07,860 switch I agree so far if you think the unmodified D-Link switch might be a good 42 00:03:04,860 --> 00:03:10,440 choice it is not if you own a good Nas 43 00:03:07,860 --> 00:03:16,260 Source like a Melco I'm afraid to Google this I'm about to find find the dumbest 44 00:03:13,379 --> 00:03:21,120 audiophile crap aren't I look at all wow look at all these different colors of 45 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:22,800 thread trusted by the best and Nike how 46 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:27,540 much am I going to pay for an external two terabyte storage device it's over 47 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:34,200 three thousand dollars for a two terabyte Nas this is for 48 00:03:31,319 --> 00:03:40,200 safety and audiophile reasons Nas server via AQ switch sounds far better as 49 00:03:37,319 --> 00:03:44,040 internal hard disk or external USB hard drive 50 00:03:41,340 --> 00:03:48,780 what is the logic there they say it sounds better if you have a server that 51 00:03:46,620 --> 00:03:53,459 runs through this switch versus if you just play the file locally on your 52 00:03:50,700 --> 00:03:57,299 computer pick a lane Ock Vox first you say cables are bad we must be careful of 53 00:03:55,379 --> 00:04:02,700 the directionality so we do not distort the audio and then you want us to add 54 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:07,680 literally up to you know a hundred meters of network cable just so we can 55 00:04:05,340 --> 00:04:12,900 have your special switches which one is it improving and amplifying the video 56 00:04:10,379 --> 00:04:17,820 and audio signal for longer Lan connection that is actually a function 57 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:23,280 okay you can use it as a repeater if you need to go more than 100 meters 58 00:04:19,979 --> 00:04:25,800 so fair enough here's what they've 59 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:30,540 actually modified internal ultra low noise voltage regulation Jitter 60 00:04:27,780 --> 00:04:35,880 reduction re-clocker signal shaper Emi Eliminator denoiser uh those are the 61 00:04:34,139 --> 00:04:41,400 same thing modified and optimized external power supply with two asterisks 62 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:45,240 now hold on just a gosh darn minute here where's the one that came with the 63 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:48,500 D-Link switch because I pretty much promise you that this is either the same 64 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:54,259 or Worse Shenzhen young hope Electronics 65 00:04:51,300 --> 00:04:54,259 technology company 66 00:04:54,740 --> 00:05:01,860 additional modification we ask for your understanding that we will not give any 67 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:07,020 details here must be Trade Secrets the enclosures are Hollow sealed and all 68 00:05:04,500 --> 00:05:11,520 modifications are covered with a resin compound we may not actually be able to 69 00:05:09,300 --> 00:05:14,880 see what they did oh we'll see what they did the internal power supply circuits 70 00:05:13,380 --> 00:05:20,639 are now carefully optimized with additional Ultra fast capacitors if we 71 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:25,320 were talking mosfets okay but fast capacitors capacitors don't go fast we 72 00:05:23,940 --> 00:05:31,860 have also been able to optimize the power supply even further I don't believe you this has not been opened you 73 00:05:29,580 --> 00:05:36,060 put a silver sticker here I'm quite certain that's all you did because this 74 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:43,560 is still sealed wait they have an FAQ section debunking 75 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:46,560 audiophile from other brands 76 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:48,960 other switch manufacturers are claiming 77 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:54,539 that switch is connected to each other in series with short cables are 78 00:05:52,020 --> 00:06:00,720 improving the sound quality In fairness to opbox that is mind-bendingly stupid 79 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:04,740 this paragraph means absolutely nothing 80 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:07,620 at once they debunk audiophile from 81 00:06:04,740 --> 00:06:12,240 someone else while also saying that it does something thereby embracing it 82 00:06:09,900 --> 00:06:16,320 serious I have an open mind with this okay no I'm trying to have an open mind 83 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:20,520 that product page was great because it gives us a couple things we can actually 84 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:24,720 test first streaming high quality audio over our local network from a Nas or 85 00:06:22,860 --> 00:06:28,919 network attached storage for this test we'll have two separate Nas systems 86 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:32,819 posting the exact same music files over the SMB file protocol each on a 87 00:06:31,259 --> 00:06:36,419 different subnet both will be plugged into the same Nick on our client 88 00:06:34,259 --> 00:06:41,220 computer with one running over the 30 D-Link switch and the other over the 800 89 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:44,639 audiophile version of it our lovely subjects will then be asked to come in 90 00:06:42,780 --> 00:06:48,539 and compare between the two to see if they can tell a difference and if they 91 00:06:46,319 --> 00:06:52,020 do find a difference tell us which is the better listening experience then we 92 00:06:50,340 --> 00:06:55,919 will test an audiophile streaming service specifically Deezer as that's 93 00:06:53,940 --> 00:06:59,520 the highest quality option available in Canada as of the time of recording in 94 00:06:58,020 --> 00:07:03,000 this test we don't really have an easy way to switch between the switches so 95 00:07:01,620 --> 00:07:06,600 the subject will be asked to switch between two network cables that are 96 00:07:04,740 --> 00:07:09,660 marked with an LTT Store cable type with a known color so we've got blue and 97 00:07:08,220 --> 00:07:15,539 purple all the content will be auditioned using the JDS Labs element 3 98 00:07:12,060 --> 00:07:17,520 DAC and amp paired with the abyss ab1266 99 00:07:15,539 --> 00:07:22,020 reference headphones and over six thousand dollar pair of cans designed to 100 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:26,940 be the apex of the headphone world as per Abyss marketing Hello Alex hello put 101 00:07:25,139 --> 00:07:29,699 the headphones on you have two tracks in front of you take a listen to the tracks 102 00:07:28,259 --> 00:07:33,840 in the left and right window can you hear a difference between the two don't 103 00:07:31,319 --> 00:07:38,220 overthink it just answer honestly oh no I don't hear a difference at all I mean 104 00:07:35,639 --> 00:07:44,819 they so I'm basically the same no difference there is more of something in 105 00:07:41,039 --> 00:07:46,979 the right one it is more of something is 106 00:07:44,819 --> 00:07:53,340 slightly more but there's more I would describe it as more I think I think just 107 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:55,319 because I right at the beginning the one 108 00:07:53,340 --> 00:08:00,419 on the left sounded better I think I'm gonna stick with that just 109 00:07:57,419 --> 00:08:03,060 at the end there I thought maybe the 110 00:08:00,419 --> 00:08:08,039 voice on the first one I thought it sounded like a little bit more 111 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:12,780 full maybe there seemed like more information there than on the on the 112 00:08:11,039 --> 00:08:17,759 right one it seemed like maybe there was a little bit less no I cannot tell a 113 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:21,780 difference not at all I was listening for compression artifacts like if you're 114 00:08:20,039 --> 00:08:26,460 trying to see if I can tell the difference between MP3 and uncompressed 115 00:08:23,819 --> 00:08:31,860 and I couldn't hear any is there any difference no in really 116 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:37,020 high quality recordings when a ride symbol stops and they move to something 117 00:08:33,839 --> 00:08:39,000 else it decays like forever and on 118 00:08:37,020 --> 00:08:43,380 crappy recordings that just turns into a mess once it starts getting pretty quiet 119 00:08:40,680 --> 00:08:48,500 and on this one you just keep on hearing it get really nice and low until it like 120 00:08:46,740 --> 00:08:53,640 on both of them I think these are functionally identical 121 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:59,100 there's no difference for me talk to the camera oh sorry I can't tell yeah the 122 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:02,760 first one feels a lot more open it feels like you're you're there with the music 123 00:09:00,959 --> 00:09:06,540 like they're performing live the second one it sounds like you're listening it 124 00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:10,440 through headphones it's really clear but it's not as I mean it doesn't sound like 125 00:09:09,060 --> 00:09:15,000 you're you're actually there I wouldn't I don't know which one is necessarily 126 00:09:12,839 --> 00:09:18,000 better because I feel like they both kind of have their pros and cons but I 127 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:23,220 kind of like the first one just because I haven't had an experience like that 128 00:09:20,580 --> 00:09:27,240 these are identical straight up just identical I'm trying I'm trying to be a 129 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:32,459 critical listener here there are two network cables plugged into the computer in front of you one is purple and the 130 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:35,339 other is blue you're gonna audition whatever track you would like from 131 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:39,420 Deezer and I want you to switch between the network cables As You Wish can you 132 00:09:37,680 --> 00:09:44,040 hear a difference between the two this has been really for some like like 133 00:09:40,940 --> 00:09:47,339 Ethernet card that's like made for audio 134 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:50,160 files it is isn't it there's not a huge 135 00:09:47,339 --> 00:09:54,360 difference because at the first time it sounded better to me the purple one but 136 00:09:52,500 --> 00:10:00,120 now that I switched again to the blue one 137 00:09:56,339 --> 00:10:01,920 the difference is just a little bit like 138 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:05,519 if I'm being absolutely completely honest and I'm not trying to 139 00:10:03,540 --> 00:10:08,779 and like convince you that I'm an audio file I don't hear any difference 140 00:10:11,339 --> 00:10:16,220 this song rules but uh the switch isn't doing 141 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:23,160 I can't hear any difference it supposed to be a really noticeable difference 142 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:27,240 because maybe my ears aren't trained enough but I don't really hear that much 143 00:10:24,899 --> 00:10:30,860 of a difference between the two tracks no I cannot tell a difference 144 00:10:31,140 --> 00:10:35,899 you can't tell the difference foreign 145 00:10:36,839 --> 00:10:43,140 it's the same it's the same did anyone actually say something they're making 146 00:10:41,820 --> 00:10:47,519 things up purple sounded worse if these are like 147 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:51,420 this it supposed to sound the same I'm gonna be real mad at myself I would say 148 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:57,240 with confidence particularly with these two songs blue is better for some reason 149 00:10:54,779 --> 00:11:03,480 what a surprise our test subjects were not able to discern a difference or even 150 00:11:00,060 --> 00:11:06,240 regularly select the aquavox compared to 151 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:10,440 the 30 D-Link switch as a better listening experience why we'll explain 152 00:11:08,579 --> 00:11:15,720 that in a moment but first we're going to open them both up and have a look at 153 00:11:12,420 --> 00:11:16,920 at least the changes OC Fox thinks they 154 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:22,440 to the original well they put these screws on really 155 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:24,959 tight crud what the hell they glued them 156 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:28,740 they glued the damn screws crap they really loaded this thing up 157 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:30,860 with glue they do not want you opening this 158 00:11:31,079 --> 00:11:37,380 it's a glued boy and this gives us a 159 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:41,880 closer look at the switch board itself there's our processor here's the new 160 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:46,380 version of the dgs 108 here's the aquavox based on the older versions 161 00:11:43,860 --> 00:11:52,440 you've got one of these for every two ports and then 162 00:11:48,860 --> 00:11:56,399 basically Jake come here for a second 163 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:59,160 there is an oscillator here did they put 164 00:11:56,399 --> 00:12:03,300 like a jewel on top of it oh my God thinking that anyone who opens this 165 00:12:01,019 --> 00:12:08,579 would be stupid enough to think that that makes it a crystal oscillator what 166 00:12:06,660 --> 00:12:14,160 other purpose could there be we have a we have an electronics engineer sort of 167 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:16,680 here yeah hey timing it appears that 168 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:22,079 over the clock gen which I believe that is is that correct probably put a jewel 169 00:12:20,579 --> 00:12:27,480 which I guess makes it a crystal oscillator 170 00:12:24,079 --> 00:12:29,640 I get yeah I've never seen anything like 171 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:33,060 this they also had to machine Away part of the heatsink to do it in order to do 172 00:12:30,899 --> 00:12:36,660 that and they put some hot glue on there I mean that's actually not that 173 00:12:35,279 --> 00:12:41,640 unreasonable if they don't want stuff moving around but now what I'd like to 174 00:12:39,300 --> 00:12:48,120 know next we're going to go ahead and take off the board here oh my God these 175 00:12:45,180 --> 00:12:53,700 are glued too are you serious right now they glued the board into the chassis I 176 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:57,540 want to see if they actually so all these components that they've just 177 00:12:55,019 --> 00:13:00,540 dunked goo over I want to see if they actually desoldered and re-soldered them 178 00:12:59,279 --> 00:13:05,760 because I should be able to tell the difference between a factory solder job and a hand solder job is that just like 179 00:13:04,079 --> 00:13:09,860 an Illuminati sticker shut up kind of looks like 180 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:19,399 oh that might have been glass at least oh it has the same like Illuminati 181 00:13:15,839 --> 00:13:19,399 symbol on it it has that yeah 182 00:13:20,820 --> 00:13:26,579 well no I want to know if they've even bothered to replace the actual 183 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:31,019 oscillator under there oh I see yeah I can't see the markings on it how 184 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:38,600 convenient to just hide under the guise of Trade Secrets but actually you just 185 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:38,600 didn't do anything oh my God 186 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:44,000 what no no no it's worse than that they scratched it off 187 00:13:44,339 --> 00:13:50,459 I'm pretty sure it's scuffed up it's hard to tell the difference between my 188 00:13:47,459 --> 00:13:52,560 scuffs and and bear scuffs but the way 189 00:13:50,459 --> 00:13:59,180 that the original one is marked this looks like new scuffs Jake that looks 190 00:13:55,019 --> 00:14:01,620 like sandpaper yeah yeah 191 00:13:59,180 --> 00:14:04,220 Jake I kind of want to go for gold with these screws 192 00:14:04,980 --> 00:14:10,860 clear I'm not blaming you if you bought into something like this like you got 193 00:14:09,060 --> 00:14:15,180 taken for a ride but that's not your fault people shouldn't be allowed to 194 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:19,139 Market this kind of stuff because the reality of it is not everybody has time 195 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:23,519 to look into every thing that they buy right you have to try to you know you 196 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:29,040 have to trust people and there's so many great reviews oh my God Jake 197 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:36,720 what that's what inside 198 00:14:32,300 --> 00:14:39,600 more Illuminati triangle Crystal things 199 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:45,360 what is going on what is the point of putting these in here where they are 200 00:14:41,820 --> 00:14:46,620 glued and screwed and glued and screwed 201 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:51,600 again I don't know just like I mean I think we 202 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:55,920 made it deep enough to know that at most they've swapped out a couple caps as 203 00:14:54,000 --> 00:15:00,480 much as we've mocked this product I want to make it clear that if you bought one 204 00:14:57,540 --> 00:15:04,620 you are not the problem the problem is their marketing because it sounds like 205 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:08,880 the kind of thing that could make a difference so why didn't it well there 206 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:12,600 are a number of reasons first and foremost the signals that are passed 207 00:15:10,620 --> 00:15:17,639 over a network connection like this fancy switch are digital meaning that 208 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:22,019 while there are indeed electrical pulses flying down the cable they represent 209 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:25,680 ones and zeros that make up a digital signal the digital nature of the signal 210 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:30,899 is important for a number of reasons first and foremost unlike in an analog 211 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:34,560 signal where interference can skew the information being transmitted like the 212 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:38,339 scratchiness that you might hear when listening to a radio with poor reception 213 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:42,240 in a digital signal where the electrical pulses in the cable are converted into 214 00:15:39,899 --> 00:15:48,480 ones and zeros if those ones and zeros are received incorrectly or out of order 215 00:15:44,699 --> 00:15:50,519 it would result in corrupt data and that 216 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:54,779 can happen it's even common when transmitting data over an Ethernet or 217 00:15:52,620 --> 00:15:58,980 other cable these signaling protocols though usually have some form of error 218 00:15:56,940 --> 00:16:03,420 correction so when you're using a remote streaming service over https like 219 00:16:01,079 --> 00:16:08,100 Spotify or Deezer or a local stream over SMB like with a Nas they transmit 220 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:12,480 traffic over the TCP Internet Protocol which has a number of error detecting 221 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:16,800 and correcting features that make it effectively errorless what that means is 222 00:16:14,940 --> 00:16:20,519 that regardless of the network switch in between you will be receiving exactly 223 00:16:18,839 --> 00:16:26,100 the same ones and zeros that make up your audio stream or file in exactly the 224 00:16:23,639 --> 00:16:30,899 same order and if you weren't the file wouldn't even play without fixing the 225 00:16:28,980 --> 00:16:35,880 corruption if there even is a way to do that but wait there's more simple layer 226 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:40,680 2 Network switches like this one aren't even aware of the TCP connection that is 227 00:16:38,699 --> 00:16:44,880 happening over them they simply receive packets that is the pieces of data that 228 00:16:43,079 --> 00:16:48,660 make up an Ethernet connection with a destination Mac Address and a 4 forward 229 00:16:46,980 --> 00:16:52,440 them to the interface with the matching Mac Address they don't even know what 230 00:16:50,699 --> 00:16:57,120 kind of traffic they're carrying let alone have the capacity to optimize it 231 00:16:55,019 --> 00:17:01,380 to add insult to injury streaming services typically deliver their content 232 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:05,280 over an https connection which is encrypted and will even run their own 233 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:09,240 secondary encryption to protect the content from pirating local file sharing 234 00:17:07,439 --> 00:17:12,480 can also be encrypted in some situations which means even if a network switch 235 00:17:10,860 --> 00:17:17,400 wanted to know what was being transferred to try to optimize it it 236 00:17:15,120 --> 00:17:20,220 wouldn't be able to read the data of course that says nothing about the 237 00:17:18,780 --> 00:17:26,520 amount of processing that would be required to analyze all of that data and 238 00:17:22,260 --> 00:17:28,439 optimize it this 3 watt 30 switch is not 239 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:34,020 even going to begin to be able to do that which raises the question what did 240 00:17:31,140 --> 00:17:37,380 they actually change oh I see we've done this slightly out of order I already 241 00:17:35,340 --> 00:17:43,140 opened it spoiler they didn't change much of anything so where are the 242 00:17:40,620 --> 00:17:46,860 positive reviews coming from well there are a number of possibilities one is the 243 00:17:46,020 --> 00:17:51,120 placebo nobody likes feeling like they got taken 244 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:55,679 for a ride and if you bought something you would want to think that it's making 245 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:59,039 a difference this probably accounts for at least some of it it's also possible 246 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:02,160 that this switch could have been part of a larger upgrade for someone all of 247 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:06,120 which would have been done at the same time and predictably would sound a lot 248 00:18:04,380 --> 00:18:12,059 better than whatever their old equipment was as for why a system integrator or a 249 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:15,720 VAR evaluated reseller would include something like this in their quote well 250 00:18:13,860 --> 00:18:20,400 that's where things get really skeezy because oftentimes those types of 251 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:25,140 companies know full well that the cables and optimizers that they're installing 252 00:18:22,980 --> 00:18:28,440 are pure snake oil so they make more money by patting out the invoice with 253 00:18:26,820 --> 00:18:33,240 nonsense they know doesn't do anything for customers who might not necessarily 254 00:18:30,900 --> 00:18:37,200 have the time or inclination to look it up because they think they're trusting 255 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:41,460 an expert and that's really challenging because even if they did look this up 256 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:44,760 even if they did do their research all they would have found was rave reviews 257 00:18:42,900 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