I think with troll threads like this, people join in for fun/sport as we all know this is not a serious discussion/debate… no opinions will be changed…their are hundreds of identical threads with thousands of responses over decades…
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@jl35 that’s right. |
Though I’ve been in the OP’s position before, I agree with others that the best solution would be to sell your present cables and invest that amount in a nice set of cables of the proper length, hook ‘em up, let them cook a bit and call it a day. That being said, as someone who prefers to do things the hard way, see if the manufacturer of your cables will sell you a single terminated cable of a length double what you need. Cut it in half, and, splice each half to one end of each of your present cables just short of the termination already there. Preserve as much of the inner goodness as possible, and finish it off by sealing the splice with a proper girdle of heat shrink. Be sure to slide that heat shrink on before soldering, you don’t want an “Oh Schiit!” moment! Maybe less expensive would be if the manufacturer has a 3-4’ scrap of unterminated cable they’d sell cheap. But that would mean 2 splices (and twice the work) on each cable, to preserve the existing terminals. |
jl35, I already addressed the reason why I asked the question in the manner I did, so your comment about a troll is your own trolling. Your first response was “don’t do it” so obviously you didn’t know you were already doing it yourself, you just didn’t know it, just as countless others don’t. Sometimes the manner in the way a question is asked is to keep the other persons response as genuine as possible. If I’m a private investigator chasing a suspect and I’m questioning a witness who claims they saw the suspect and I ask the witness if the suspect was about 5’7” when I know the suspect is actually 6’4" and the witness says....No, this guy was over 6ft, then I’m far more likely to believe that the witness’s answer is genuine. The other possibility is maybe you were concerned I might damage the cable in which case you mentioned that too in a later comment, but then again maybe you didn’t know there’s a safer way to extend a cable using specific adapters. I’ve only been into hifi for about ten years while I’ve been into telescopes for about 35 years, so it’s very easy to spot bias with observers and telescopes when I see it. The problem is that I never knew how much real bias there was until I got into this HiFi industry. That’s because I’ve already listened to gear costing ten to a hundred times the price of my own and in countless cases, it doesn’t sound any nicer or even worse, doesn’t sound nice at all. I have a DAC that costs eight times as much as the one I normally use and I actually prefer the lower cost DAC for certain reasons. This may not always be the case, but it can often be the case. If a person is comparing one component to another and they already know what the component is, this can often influence or bias the listeners opinion before they even hear it. I have failed many blind tests. There’s many YouTube videos where very experienced listeners fail blind tests too. When YouTube HiFi videos first started coming out, they were complaining about how the magazines were sellouts. The Youtube channels are often even worse than some of the magazines were because many are desperate to monetize their channels now. Again, it’s fine if some listeners want some premium cables. I’m just wondering if some listeners genuinely know what they’re actually hearing. There are often cases, depending on what the gear is, where I genuinely hear differences, so hopefully others don't get me wrong. |
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