It occurs to me: as many things as go on in a musical signal, at the same time, any information loss is critical, as well as potentially inevitable. To state categorically, that what I proposed as a POSSIBILITY is not even to be considered, exhibits the height of hubris (no shock). Even the speed of a signal is subject to the Dielectric Constant of the conducting transmission line’s dielectric. ie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_velocity AND: Yes, PC boards and cables are BOTH, "transmission lines".
Initial disappointment with 1st set of “expensive’ IC’s...
I’ve been slow working my way to equipping my rig with all Cardas as I’ve been fan of their quality/sound signature an for a long time. I just received 2 sets of Clear Light IC’s which I’m using DAC to Pre and Pre to Amp. up until now all other Cardas cables that I have were obtained used and sounded great from day 1. The Clear Light however are brand new..when I sat down to give them a listen I was surprised not to hear any improvement...I was actually disappointed to hear what I can describe as a fatter bass and subdued upper end. My prior IC’s were Shirokazu Yazaki Belden 8402. I admittedly do not have golden ears but the difference was obvious. I’m interested to hear what other Cardas owners have to say about how their cables sounded when 1st installed.
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Possibilities as to why cables (which, hopefully, everyone will agree exhibit capacitance) MIGHT change their performance, with time/movement: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/dielec.html and: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/dielectric-absorption It's been widely observed; the better the dielectric (ie: Teflon, polyethylene or polypropylene), the lower the Dielectric Constant and the longer the adjustment/polarization. Not saying anything about the OP's situation, in particular. There are WAY to many variables. |