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A New Believer

I have listened to many systems over the years, and have never appreciated the difference speaker cables can make to a sound. In fact, I was so skeptical of the sound changes they can make that I have always not bothered with any special type of cables, generally going for generic (and dare I say it) roughly made ANY copper wire plugged in to amp and speaker. Well, imagine my surprise when I decided to do a blind test and listen to what difference cabling can make. Wow, my Vand 3A Sig's had been getting strangled! (some of you guys may want to strangle me if I told you what connects I had been using). So I am now a firm believer, cables DO make a difference.
joshc

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ahendler
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Here are a few
Happy reading

http://forums.audioreview.com/showthread.php?t=2526

http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/cables/speaker-cable-face-off-1/speaker-cable-face-off-1-page-2

http://www.cardas.com/content.php?area=insights&content_id=10&pagestring=Measuring+Cable+Resonance
ahendler
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The r,l and c of the cable interacts with the source r,l and c and the load r, l and c to very the frequency response and phase shift of the audio signal. Also shield effects rf pickup by the cables that get fed back to the amplifier and fed back to the input by the amps feedback loop. These few factors alone can alter the sound of various cables in any given system. The differences can be small or very noticeable or not noticed at all
ahendler
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Whether the difference is better or worse is a subjective judgement made by the listener
ahendler
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The problem is there is no truth in this subject. Just subjective opinion. And there is nothing wrong with subjective opinion
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