High End System Building. How important is the matching, cabling and room? Thoughts ?
The last 20 years as an audiophile and now a dealer has taught me a very important lesson. Everything matters. The equipment can be great but no matter how much you spend the matching is very important. The cabling is also important. Some think cabling is all about making it sound better. I prefer my cabling to not get in the way. It’s like it can’t be a clogged faucet for your sound. Materials and shielding are very important. In addition to that the room is very important. You may not have a perfect room but you build your system to work in the room you have. I don’t have all the answers but you can’t just spend money and have a great system. Combination of equipment, cabling and room has gotten me there. I’ve tried a lot of gear and cables and this is how I feel. What are your thoughts everyone?
I like my 12 gauge radio shack cables to be flexible so they drape from ceiling to the Maggies hung from it. I think I have a few soldered splices in one of them because I didn't have a long enough length. So they match the small room. I mean, once one starts hanging speakers from ceilings at various angles all bets are off. There are so many reflections that it's great. Like a giant pair of headphones but with ambience and depth. I'm not on the right thread am I. |
An interesting experiment would be to take two DPDT switches like these And hook up two competing cables. With a simple throw of the switch one could easily A/B test cables. I wonder why this isn’t done by the cable sellers at audio shows. It would prove the value of their cables. |
