Adding an extra 1ft to premium speaker cables

@gkelly you nailed it. The guy’s a 🤡 that just wants attention 

@jl35 that’s right. 

@rankaudio can you elaborate on “premium quality speaker cables”? 
What are they exactly? To me that’s a very vague description that can mean anything from $20 cables to $20,000 and up in cables. The most practical path forward depends on your answer. 
 

To appreciate good sound I need to have a degree in electrical engineering? So if I tell you a USDA Prime ribeye steak tastes better to me than a USDA Choice roundeye, both cooked on the same grill by the same chef to the same medium rare internal temperature, you will tell me I’m full of 💩 because I’m not a butcher?

And if I tell you that a BMW drives better than a Prius, that’s impossible because I’m not a mechanic?

@devinplombier you sir, along with others like you, exist in some sort of alternate reality where a group of you had convinced yourselves that everything is the same. Yeah my ears don’t work because how can they? How can an outlet make a difference? It’s only contacts, contact area, different conductors and plating, etc. and none of this matters it just can’t!

See this is the beauty of having a difference of opinion. Mine based on experience (yes even with $500 outlets and I actually prefer the $80 one that sounds more natural to me…confirmation bias be damned) and yours based on assumptions. 

That’s ok though. There are different ways to start a conversation.

It’s not the first conversation on the topic of cables. There are more of them here than California has raisins. This is just another thread that was started by some attention deprived individual with ill intent to bait and disrespect. 

So it’s a pretty simple concept really. Most seasoned audiophiles I know, and a lot of them are here on audiogon, in addition to their love for music and good sound are also avid gearheads. I like to know what’s in the box. I like reading about different design philosophies and even more importantly I like to hear it all. Try it in my system. 

At some point your system and room begin to gel and while differences between some components or cables are not earth shattering they’re pivotal in achieving the ultimate sound quality where the components and cables just get out of the way and you stop using music to evaluate equipment and start enjoying it. it’s actually a great feeling. Not an easy goal to accomplish in this hobby.
 

Keep in mind human brain is pretty complex and it just doesn’t interpret the information the same way oscilloscope or any other type of instrument does. If it was that simple we wouldn’t have Stradivarius and Guarneri, or Gibson and Fender, or Steinway and Bosendorfer. 

Clean power? How about going off grid. Read about Stromtank. If you know the difference between a soldering station and a train station, get your soldering iron out and build yourself this type of device. Don’t be an armchair audiophile. 

Funny how you are reporting my posts.

I’m sure you read so I’ll just repeat the important part - the system in the YouTube video sounds like garbage. 

@rankaudio no ruffled feathers. We established a while ago that you had a hidden agenda. You acknowledge it and apologized.
 

I’m giving you my honest opinion 

the system in the video sounds thin, bright and sibilant. I’m familiar with that Malia track. It’s one of those demo tracks that will make any system sound good.
I don’t know what it sounds like in a real life but to me in that video it’s garbage.

I get it you don’t like my opinion. That’s fine. 
I don’t ridicule you for using the home depot speaker cables. Whatever floats your boat. 

Just like any other cable denier you continue to try and stir something up.

You can search the forums. There are dozens of discussions on this cables matter or don’t matter topic. No matter what explanation is being provided to you or what experiences are being shared, you won’t be able to get this thru your thick skull. So it’s a waste of time. Start a thread that actually brings value. This cables matter BS is worthless. 

@pcolvin  

I never used word “faithful”. That’s one. 
Two - this thread is a clickbait. The OP doesn’t have a set of premium speaker cables that are 1ft too short. He was implying that using premium to connect speakers that use lesser quality internal wiring makes no sense to him. That’s all there is to it. 
 

@rankaudio 

I’ll answer your question now. I normally refrain from using terms like neutral. We don’t know what neutral is. As far as I’m concerned there are no “faithful” cables. Every cable will color the sound to a certain degree. I’ve heard cables in my system that rendered tone of instruments and vocals completely unnatural. 
In addition, we weren’t there to hear instruments or vocalists in the studio to have a point of reference. So neither you nor I can call out any specific cable as faithful. 
 

The way I approach is simple. Get the best possible components and speakers, get your room acoustics right and then try different cables. Whatever sounds the most natural to you and gives you goosebumps that’s the cable for you. But there’s always room for improvement. 
Your logic with cheap wires inside speakers negating all possible benefits of quality upstream cables is faulty. Going by this logic we should not even worry about quality of components upstream. So amplifiers, DACs, preamps have zero to minimal impact because ultimately cheap wires inside speakers will just completely negate all of it. If you don’t agree with it, ask yourself why better cables wouldn’t natter. 
I’ve been at it for a while now in this hobby and tried plenty of cables. Price isn’t always an indicator but in most cases good stuff costs more. 
But then you have another variable. You. Can you hear these differences? Are they enough to justify the purchase? Some people just don’t have the ear. 

I have no idea. Because I didn’t say that. You’re confused pal. 

@rankaudio 

“I've seen this room and I've walked this floor”

                                                        Leonard Cohen….

I wish you luck buddy.