Cable Enthusiasts. When it comes to cables it’s about quality and matching. THOUGHTS?


I recently had a customer demo the Infigo vs. the Shunyata Omega. He gave me feedback. I have had customers go from Shunyata to Infigo.  He claimed that in his system that the Shunyata Omega was better . He proceeded to tell me it wasn’t close.  I proceeded to tell him one of my first customers heard our Infigo in his very expensive system and proceeded to purchase a whole loom of our Infigo because it sounded better in his system than the Shunyata and that customer said it wasn’t even close. The Infigo cables were better. I explained to him that your amps, dacs, and speakers will require different things depending on your combination. Also the cables also must be of good quality. That’s why I give free demos.  All cables are not for all systems. Properly shielded and good materials. Just my opinion. What are your thoughts?  I’m with Infigo Full disclosure.  

calvinj

The subjective  evaluation of a cable and the differences between it and another cable are dependent heavily on many set of parameters : 

The system gear pieces synergy ...

The system gear pieces  mechanical vibrations/resonance controls...

The system gear pieces electrical noise floor controls and EMI  & RFI controls...

The system/room  acoustics controls parameters state..

The psycho-acoustics biases of our hearing/brain state...

 

Takes any publicity with a grain of salt...

But it is evident that there exist differences between cables (small one) for me and for many people..

But those who use superlatives about cables most of the times had no idea about these others parameters power i just enumerated which created huge differences each one of them compared to cables change..

I will change soon my low cost RCA cable  to a priciest one (i hope  a better angel)

 

 

 

@mulveling 

I think many of us (including myself) have/had a strong bias to assume more expensive cabling should sound better is some way - but that’s a very weak correlation, if at all.

100%. One example of this is companies that sell direct and skip the distributor AND the dealer mark ups.

Q: What is the best cable?
A: The one with the best margin.

Kidding...sort of...

I also hate the marketing fluffy, BS terminology. Just describe materials, construction.

Anyway, I agree cables matter but I either buy direct or used and don't believe you must have a complete loom (although they look nice) because the applications/requirements/synergies are different between SC/PC/IC etc.

I.E., the speakers have no idea and don't care what ICs you are using.

Try what works for you in your system. All of us have different levels of equipment , speakers, cables and Dacs. In different listening environments 

When I discovered AudiogoN many years ago, I had no experience with high-end audio.  I couldn’t afford much but was fascinated by the tech - and the underlying physics.  I was like a sponge - learning from all of the veteran audiophiles in the various discussion groups.  There were plenty of posters who ranted about ’high-end’ cabling as marketing nonsense.   Not knowing who to believe, I took the easiest path of dismissing ’status’ brands.   But I was always curious about their R&D.    

Each of the components in my modest system are from different companies.  Several are boutique brands.   I wondered if a full loom of cabling from the same company might provide a coherent and dynamic SQ.  When I read this favorable review, I took the plunge to try just one - with a 30 day return trial period.  It never went back.  Now, I have almost a complete loom of Synergistic Research cabling.  The tuning modules allow me to tweak the SQ.  Along with cleaning up the power, my modest system has never sounded so good.

@kennymacc +1

While a full loom of cables seems logical, I find it hard to believe that any cable company can make equally good interconnects - power cables - speaker cables or digital/HDMI cables. My personal experience backs this up; so, I won't ever go with a full loom of cables again, because there was always a let- down with something. Of course, YMMV.