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

@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.

It's completely opposite. If a company knows how to make any cable correctly, they can make other cables correctly too. No company's figured out how to make a single cable correctly yet. I know this because I make all cables correctly. Alex/Wavetouch audio

mitchagain   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.

I think many of you forget or don’t know cables are part of the circuit and depending on the resistance, capacitance and inductance of the cable that circuit is affected. EMI is just a very small part of it. I know of amps that have zero protection circuits and if you put in hi capacitance cables the amp will go into oscillation. Other systems too much inductance can cause a slight roll off to the top end, etc. Speaker cables can add to the inductance and capacitance of the speaker’s crossover if too hi. Etc. Many things are causing what we hear in different cables.

Once you get to a price point they are all good.

then you begin to split hairs .

you really have get use to your system sounding the way it does with 

those cables.  It’s hard to milk every ounce of performance with cables 

because there are too many variables. 
once a manufacturer begins to make cables that are technically 

matched to every component then you might get closer 

to Nirvana. 
 

I agree with the earlier thought that certain cables are a better match for certain gear. My approach has been to mix and match cables till I find the best synergy. 

In my system I have Shunyata Omega and Jorma Statement for the key components; I prefer the tone of the Jorma cables on my DAC and Music Server whereas the Shunyata sounds best on my T+A Integrated and external power supply.