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How accurate are cable descriptions for your system?

Steve Huff, whose videos I typically like on YouTube is now reporting this about some cables:

SVS Ultra Cables can be found at Amazon for just about $100 for an 8 foot pair. These will bring a bit more bass to your sound but are less refined. 

Tuneful cables are light and have a nice design. They are leaner, and faster but also very good. You can find them for $79 for a 12 foot pair at Amazon HERE.

QUESTION: To what degree can his descriptions be taken as "likely true" for any given (sufficiently resolving) system?

I ask this for people who have found that cables DO make a difference (to their ears, in their system) and deniers will be ignored.

https://www.stevehuffphoto.com/my-fave-speaker-cables-under-100-hifi-quality/

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artemus_5
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The Tuneful cables are a Belden  cable. Similar to what Bluejeans cable do, , They buy the bulk Belden cables and terminate them. Not meant as a slur on BJ, just a fact. I suspect the same from SVS & the other co. on Amazon.  IF one is not inclined to DIY, then I suspect BJ or the others are a  good buy. I am considering a set of speaker cables from Canare which I have been told that were better than some $1K+ cables. Sincce I have silver, I'm considering the Canare (Blueejeans) or DIY if I don't do the Silversmith Fideliums which get great reviews

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artemus_5
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how accurately do you find those descriptions matching up to what you eventually here, if you try the cables?

I’d give it some credence. But it often comes down to a matter of scale. IOW, the bass may be 90% for one and 10% for another. It also depends upon which speaker cable you went from to the new one. What happens when your your existing cables naturally have more/better bass than the ones in question? Maybe your existing cables are giving 100% of what they are getting from the amp. The ones in questions can do no better than 100%. So in essence, there are a lot of variables which can rear their head when you speak in generalities. But generally speaking, Id give credence to the posters opinion. Hows that for circling around? 😀

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