Questions about Resolving Systems

jay73 - To answer you last question first i.e.

Is that only for system that employ high end components?

Tha answer is no - you do not have to have high end components - but you will need some pretty darn good cables

My modest System MSRP around $20k Canadian...

• Bryston B135 integrated amp
• Bluesound Node 2
• Simmaudio Moon Phono Stage
• DIY turntable with Audio mods Arm and Denon 103 Soindsmith modified cartridge
• Gershman Acoustince Sonogram speakers

This is by no means what I consider a high end system, but it sounds better than most $100k+++ systems I have auditioned in some very good audio stores

My very affordable $300 mini system also sounds pretty amazing with the cables I have installed

Good cables are key to,,,

• improving dynamics to realistic levels
• improvinf clarity and details - those little micro details of the venue acoustics and reverberations
• lowering the noise floor
• achieving a realistic holographic 3D image

Is is pretty easy to achieve once the cables are sorted

Take a read of this link

What Makes a good cable

If you are just starting out take a look at Audio Envy cables - great value and very good performance.

I made my own Helix cables, which are extremely good

Helix Cables - what other members think

How to build them

Regards - Steve

@lanx0003 - I responded to your question via the Private Message function

Hope that helps - Steve

@cdc - RE: "Okay, I gotta ask what is it???"

Its a yamaha integrated rado/CD/usb/amp unit with seperate speakers

I upgraded the speaker cables and it resolved all of the distortions and improved bass perofrmance coming out of the silly little speakers

I updated the power cable and it again improved the bass depth and accuracy and in the upper frequencies it improved clarity and details, at the same time improved the imaging

I have also upgraded the power cables in all of my Bluesound components with amazing success.

I actually took one of my power cables to the audio store when I bought the bluesound remote speaker and the guy there was amazed at the improvements in sound quality from just a power cables.

• I later returned with power, speaker and interconnects and two guys at the store spent the better part of an hour swapping amps and speakers - totally amazed at the transformation

Even my Bluesound Soundbar improved its imaging significantly with just an upgraded power cable.

Unfortunately, all of my cables are an advanced DIY design, which I readily share with others via the links in my first post of this thread, but I do not make them for others.

At no time were magic mushrooms part of the equation 😁

Regards - Steve

@lanx0003 - there is no Phase issue with the helix cables

1. due to it’s longer neutral conductor because the neutral is a thicker gauge, which balances the resistance of both neutral and signal conductors to the same level (approximately)

However - If you are of a belief that that the "negative Polarity signal" only travels down the negative conductor you are mistaken

• both +ve cycle and -ve cycle parts of the signal travel ONLY down the signal wire - this can easily be seen using an osciliscope
• the neutral wire is just that - NEUTRAL - , because it is connected to the neutral sides of the connected components, which in both components should be at ZERO volts.
• There is no phase implication between the signal and neutral conductors in any cable

The phase implications that impact sound quality and imaging is between the signal conductors in the cables that convey left and right channels. any phase difference between the L and R channel will alter the image dramatically

• a pair of Helix interconnct or speaker cables will maintain phase accuracy providing a stunning image

Hope that clarifies things - Steve