Tuning Collars on speaker cables - concept and any good?


Hello all,
I was wondering if someone can tell me what the effect is in the "real world" of having tuning collar on speaker cables. Are such tuning collars any good (for example Stealth Audio offers them)? Is there any downside by having them?

It would be great to hear from other fellow goners who have first hand experience with them, if possible with Stealth Audio cables.
Cheers and thank you for sharing your information
Mike
mikefi

Showing 2 responses by millercarbon

Pretty much anything you put around a cable will affect the sound Mike. For good or bad, you can only decide for yourself by listening. That's the way it works.
That's what I used to think. Then I had an actual symphony conductor over for dinner one night. After drinks he suggested some Stravinsky. Right away he jumps up stop stop STOP! Walks over to the tuning collars, slides them about a half an inch, sits back down, raises his arms in that way- you know one a littler higher than the other- and I cue the arm back down. 

Sure enough, we were sharp, now it was in tune. So they totally work.