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Who says cables don't make a difference?

Funny, after all these years, people still say things like "you wasted all that money on cables". 
There are still those who believe cables don't make a difference.
I once did marketing for a cable line I consider to be about the best-Stealth Audio Cables. 
One CES, I walked the rooms with the designer/owner, Serguei Timachev. He carried a pair of his then new Indra interconnects. Going from room to room he asked the room runners to replace their source to preamp IC with the Indra. There was not one that was not completely flabbergasted and said that the Indras blew away what they were using. That was the skyrocketing of Indra and Stealth. The Indra became one of the best reviewed cables ever.
Serguei now makes the Sakra-an IC that blows away the Indra!
I don't understand why some still do not value cables as much as I.
mglik

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richopp
760 posts
 
I need to interview more electrons, I guess.

So far, the ones I have spoken to like to glide on the top of whatever conductor is available, but who knows?  At $12,000, even an electron may sell out.

No, unbroken cables of the appropriate gauge are cables.  Electrons don't actually care from what they told me.

Period.
richopp
760 posts
 
You may be interested in this topic over on the Gretsch guitar forum.

Consensus:

Total BS to professional musicians who PLAY and RECORD the music we all listen to.  Best comment:  Expensive cables MAY sound a bit "brighter" if you like that, but most can't hear it and those who do don't like it.

Best liked include Southcreek  $10-$13 depending on length.

Also:

Many years ago Guitar Player magazine did a shootout between a lot of cables priced all over the spectrum. Their conclusion was that mega-expensive cables did sound different, though that difference wasn't always preferred, & that a simple Carvin cable, slightly more expensive than the cheapest in the survey, sounded as good as 90% of the others.
(2) A couple years ago I eliminated about half the hum in my system by replacing an expensive George L cable with a much less expensive Mogami patch cord.

Mogami's are expensive--about $65.00--but seem to last on the road with hard gigging and, of course, ROADIES handling the equipment.

Also, brought out the fact that "do you have to rewire your amp and guitar as well?"

Once again, musicians seem to have some answers...

Cheers!
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