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

Showing 8 responses by mihorn

asctim It seems none of these manufacturers seem to know how to make a proper power cord for their electronics.

I’ve been saying "no cable company knows how to make audio and power cables properly except Wavetouch audio." The truth is in the performance of audio system. Wavetouch audio sounds closest to the original music in the world. Alex/Wavetouch

The cable matters to me.

Listen PC comparison video. Power cords comparison - JPS, Zentara cable, Wavetouch power cord listening comparison. The difference is clear. Click time marks (below of YT screen) to hear different cables directly. Alex/WTA

I live-recorded 4 power cables yesterday. I hear the sound difference clearly. Can you hear it?  Click times 4:469:5014:3818:53 to hear different cables. Alex/WTA

 

mahgister

Wavetouch win for me easily ... More natural sound ... Second zantara better indeed but wavetouch win the cake and is not fatiguing as the first cable and more natural timbre than the second ...

Congratulation milhorn !

Thank you for your kind words!

Even better is that WT is 1/4 of Zentara price.

Alex/WTA

roxy54    I can't hear a difference on my desktop computer.

4 sounds can be confusing to notice the difference. I am sorry to bother you! But could you compare 2 sounds only?

Please click times ( 4:46 JPS,  18:53 WTPC ) to hear different cables. Time marks are in the description section under the screen (& in the comment section too). So, you can repeat quickly between time spots.

Thank you for your time!   Alex/WTA

kevn

You see, getting into hifi audio is much like getting an education, albeit one in listening, and hearing. In a similar way photographers learn how to ‘see’ better, an audiophile learns how to hear, and listen better, for nuance, inflection, and above all, timing. And as with a typical education, one cannot just head straight to college, 

Everyone new to hi-fi audio should know what they are getting into. 1st thing they should know is all audio systems in the world sound un-natural. Whatever people pay (money and effort) for the audio gears, it won't get remotely close to the original music. If they knew the hi-fi audio sounds un-natural, people won't be frustrated so much with the audio sound.

However, just a day or two into my journey/education, I began to feel that something didn’t sound right, glorious as it was. There was something in there that did not sound realistic, that the performers sounded distant, like a thin cloth separated me from the music

That thin cloth (sound coloration, glare, veil) between you and the speaker will be always there. In below video, all audio systems in the world behave like a left speaker which is veiled. If you say anything while your audio system playing, you will hear similar sounds like the left speaker.  Alex/WTA

tonywinga

So this video, which we are listening to on our phones/computer is supposed to show us how bad music reproduction is by comparing it to a natural voice speaking at the same time- through our computer/iphone speaker. Mr. Spock would say that is illogical. That speaker sounds bad with or without his natural voice talking over it. That much I can hear on my iPad.

Yes. PA speakers in the video sound bad. The purpose of video is to show how the all audio sound behaves like a left speaker which sounds un-natural (glare and bad noise) even if a’philes don’t hear it. More expensive hi-fi audio will sound better and nicer but the glare, veil and the sound coloration are still there. I hear it in all YT videos and audio shows. Many a’philes can adjust their ears to not hear the glare, but it is always there and women/non-a’philes hear it.

I don’t mean the un-natural sound is bad, but it is just different art and expression from the natural sound. A’philes can accept the difference of Hi-Fi from the natural sound and still can enjoy Hi-Fi sounds. If someone told me that all audio sounds un-natural 20 or 30 years ago, I would save a lot of money, effort, and my time in my audio journey.

I have and so has everyone else heard people talking in front of their speakers and they still sound great, fantastic, realistic. If an outdoor PA speaker is your idea of hifi no wonder the low opinion of the art. Just another sham.

If hifi really sounded so bad the industry would have died out long ago.

Human ears and brain are so amazing that it’s faster than some super computers. When we hear natural and un-natural sounds together, the brain switches between natural sound mode and un-natural sound mode very quickly (like 50 times a second). A’philes can do that better. Women can’t do that well. The brain switching between 2 modes is very tiring/hard and it is where real "listening fatigue" occurs.

People didn’t have any other choice. Hi-fi and PA (un-natural sounds) are only way to listen music again (reproduction audio) and let people to hear because there have been no natural reproduction sound in last 150 years. Alex/WTA

 

kevn -----  @mihorn, Alex, please do not take my comments in a bad way, as I do not mean any harm, just constructive criticism that might help your own journey.

kevn  ----  Alex, tonywinga’s comment notwithstanding,~~~ your speaker still has some ways to go,

Thank you for your constructive feedback! I like that. Your every words were considerate. 

In friendship - Alex/WTA