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WHY CABLES MATTER!

I have seen the argument over and over again on why cables matter and the that wire is just wire and how scientifically it’s impossible for them to make a difference. The thing that surprises me the most is that different materials are used. Different shielding is used. Different connectors are used. Different braiding methods of the cables are used. Materials are sourced from different manufacturers and put through different creative processes but I always get some guy who comes on and says. WIRE IS WIRE AND YOU ARE NOT HEARING WHAT YOU ARE HEARING? To me it’s pure arrogance to think you know more than everybody else to the point where you tell me what we are hearing through my ears and we are not smart enough to know when are minds are playing trick on us. But using all these different materials, process and shielding and creative processes don’t make a difference. I spent the last 15 years trying all the cables I could try.  Thoughts anyone?

calvinj

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coralkong
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You do you.

I like my Synergistic Research speaker cables, and they make a nice XLR interconnect, too. VERY nice fuses. Clearly, CLEARLY, they market their products to a certain customer that is at least willing to entertain the idea that cables and tweaks matter, and have a certain level of system where they can judge for themselves. I’d like to think I am one of those people. If I didn’t like their stuff or think I couldn’t hear a difference, I’d ask for my money back. Pretty simple, really.

You do you.

 

coralkong's avatar
coralkong
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Why is it that cable deniers always want some kind of measurement or "blind testing" result that PROVES what I hear vs what they hear?

I don’t care if you can hear a difference in your system or not.

What’s the point?

Do you actually want to GET TO a point in your system where you CAN hear a difference?

Or are you happy with your current equipment that you cannot hear a difference with, and therefore no one else (no matter what equipment they have and use) can hear a difference either?

Fools don’t tend to be affluent, just saying. Quite the opposite.

Affluent hobbyists (audiophiles) tend to be successful because they’re NOT fools. If cables didn’t matter, people wouldn’t continue to buy them.

You do you. Once you get to a certain level of equipment and setup, everything makes a difference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

coralkong's avatar
coralkong
593 posts
 

Why do cables matter?

Because they sound different.

 

The end.

 

 

 

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