@holmz : do all pizzas taste the same to you? Serious question
Cable design is a lot like creating a pizza
If you look at the construction of an RCA cable it can be very simple or can be very complicated. Eg. Audio quest higher end interconnect cables are extremely creative, the diagram on their website is visually stunning.
Ultimately, Cable design in many cables involves coloring the tonal signature. Cooking a pizza is all about making all the ingredients come together so it tastes amazing. Some do it a lot better than others and Pizza is a lot cheaper.
For cables, There are conductors, drain wires, shielding, Airfilled tubes, different gauges, etc…. Then there’s the copper strands which can be very detailed and numerous and twisted. So much going on.
With pizza you have cheese and sauce and spices and the dough and it’s all mixed together with all kinds of variation. Ultimately the sauce makes or breaks the success of a pizza slice.
With audio cables, hi end Cable designers are endlessly trying different ways to do all this. In the end they find something that sounds kind of nice. They may not know exactly why it does sound the way it does.
So that’s my take on Pizza design and cable design.
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LOL!! That’s exactly what I am doing now my friend. It’s Saturday evening. Am I allowed to? Cheers anyways Oh, and this exactly what you said:
Regardless of what THEY claim, do you have a preference in which pizza you like? Or do they taste the same as long as they measure the same? 🤦♂️😂
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Do you HAVE to? It sounds like you are protesting and whining to me.
Again, nobody is forcing you to buy anything. And it sounds like “you know better” than those stupid people who pay a lot of money for those cables. Again, whining, bitching and moaning. Lots of protestations going on here. Relax. Order from Amazon, or make a trip to Home Depot. Your “problem” is solved. No need to be worked up this bad on a Sunday Here, I did the “work” for you: https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-2-Pack-Microphone-Feet/dp/B00KO8VZI4/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2V1401JQ2MBMJ&keywords=xlr+15+ft+cable&qid=1663517039&sprefix=XLR+15’%2Caps%2C67&sr=8-5
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It never ceases to amaze me the length these people go to just “prove” their denialism. So much time wasted & spent in researching, typing, and reading this stuff armed with a powerful Google machine, just to claim some audio thing, anything audio, does not work and it’s a waste of (other people’s) money. If that same energy and human labor and time was put instead to practical & productive use (I.e getting gainful employment), they would instead perhaps be able to buy afford, and try the same exact thing(s) they bash nonstop all day every day in all audio forums constantly. Just a thought |
Why do you worry so much what other people do and buy. It’s their money, they can spend it however they see fit. For them.
Ditto. Same as above. Too much protesting, whining, bitching, moaning. For nothing. I already told you. Lots of affordable audio there, you just have to look. Let me see if there is anything I can do to help? What are you looking to buy, and for which gear / equipment?
Almost forgot: which is “more meaningful endeavors in audio “? Is it room treatments? Like that thread you started a few days ago “bookshelf vs diffuser panel”. You did not seem to like when I said bookshelf is better than nothing, but cannot be compared with a proper diffuser and other acoustic treatments. So I am speechless now, as you don’t seem to want to spend a dime even in most generally accepted “meaningful endeavor” like room treatment. So, what is “meaningful endeavor” in audio, really? Please describe it for me, maybe I am missing something
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I don’t know . Ask your dealer? And we had this conversation before, on your lamp cords you so proudly display in your profile picture: what is their capacitance, resistance, impedance? You surely have measured with your Audio Precision scope. And you are 100% sure their “specs” are the best there is, nothing better out there? Never been curious to try alternatives? And no, you don’t have to be a blind mouse to try cables.
And for some reason, you fine lamp-cords folks think we who buy fancy cables do not look at any of that compatibility stuff at all 🤦♂️ |