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arnoldc wrote:
so dogears, yes it IS system depended.
IMO, IME, FWIW, YMMV.
mozilla, you were at BenC's place when i brought my DIY 2A3 to match with his Voigts. you heard the difference between the flat Goertz spaker wire (sorry didn't bother to ask what model) where my 2A3 sounded distorted, lacks pace, and all the bad things you can say and another speaker wire.
dogears wrote:to hear to is to believe
i was comparing 4 diff spkr cables this weekend but did not hear any at all.
Audio_Tyro wrote:Being an electrical engineer, I too did not believe that cables/ICs can make a difference. I know the theories behind cable construction and stuffs. There should be no difference. Until I tried van den Huls, then Analysis Plus Ovals, then Audience, and of course heard Audio Note at Darth Hyperion's place. I can now categorically say that cables do bring improvement/degradation to your "sound". System matching is important, as always.
For those who don't seem to hear any difference at all when comparing cables/ICs, perhaps your room has a more profound effect on the final "sound" you are getting more than the cables bring. Afterall, the differences that cable and ICs bring are oftentimes subtle such that an over-imposing room-sound can indeed "swamp" them out.
Another reason is that cables and ICs need significant burn-in time with your system before you'll hear the difference. So in essence, it's not only the cables or ICs that is getting burned-in, but your whole system as well. Your audio chain should be given ample time to "react" to the insertion of a "new" cable or IC, to let current flow through it in a rather "improved" manner.
And on this note, for those who have the dineros, you should try Audience brand cables and Interconnects (Maestro, Conductor, and top-of-the-line Au24). Contact Epoy or Architectural Audio for an audition. Highly recommended expensive cables/ICs. It can really unleash the potential of your dear systems (that you wholeheartedly put together). You deserve to hear it.
troporobo wrote:Somebody who knows more about electrical engineering than I do, please correct me if I'm wrong, but here goes . . .
As far as I understand , its not necessarily the cable by itself that makes an audible difference (though could be, I have an open mind on that point), but its interaction with the amp and speakers that makes the difference. This is precisely because amp+cable+speaker=circuit. The cable isn't just carrying a signal, but its LCR characteristics are interacting with the components at either end and possibly changing their behaviour, which could even vary with frequency. In other words, each new cable in effect creates a subtly different circuit as a whole
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