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Nordost cable damage - opinions?

I bought a pair of second hand Nordost Frey 2 speaker cables but the seller did not specify that there was a bit of damage to one of the strands in one cable

 

The silver is stripped at that point revealing the copper, and there’s likely some damage to the copper underneath also. The sound does not sound flawed in that there’s no obvious noise or anomalies, but at the same time I don’t know if it’s performing as well as it should be.

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ghdprentice
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OP,

 

I agree the seller should have pointed this out.
 

On the other hand I bet there is absolutely no discernible audible effect. I imagine if you count the number of conductors and assume a 5% reduction of fidelity in the one conductor it would amount to a very small difference.

 

I would inform the seller and expect a 10 - 15 % refund.

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