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Why Do Cables Matter?

To me, all you need is low L, C, and R. I run Mogami W3104 bi-wire from my McIntosh MAC7200 to my Martin Logan Theos. We all know that a chain is only as strong as its' weakest link - so I am honestly confused by all this cable discussion. 

What kind of wiring goes from the transistor or tube to the amplifier speaker binding post inside the amplifier? It is usually plain old 16 ga or 14 ga copper. Then we are supposed to install 5 - 10' or so of wallet-emptying, pipe-sized pure CU or AG with "special configurations" to the speaker terminals?

What kind of wiring is inside the speaker from the terminals to the crossover, and from the crossover to the drivers? Usually plain old 16 ga or 14 ga copper.

So you have "weak links" inside the amplifier, and inside the speaker, so why bother with mega expensive cabling between the two? It doesn't make logical sense to me. It makes more sense to match the quality of your speaker wires with the existing wires in the signal path [inside the amplifier and inside the speaker].

 

 

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The way I see it is if you think the cables make your system 

sound better then buy the cables. If you don’t think the cables 

make your system sound better then don’t buy them. Not one of us here

should say that cables do or don’t make a difference on someone else’s 

system. You have a set of ears like everyone else use them 

and see what is best for your system. I wonder if some of this comes from the fact 

a person has a 10,000 dollar amp and a 8,000 dollar pre-amp and a 9,000 dollar c/d player etc. you get all this money wrapped up in the components. And then it’s in your head that there is no way a 200.00 set of cables will sound as good as let’s say a 5,000 set of cables. BTW I am a Cardas fan and use all Cardas cables on my system. Because I think they sound better on my system and the build quality is very good 

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