donavabdear
So your educated answer is, deflection.
Nope. We just have users relaying empirical evidence. That’s pretty much the whole purpose of this forum.
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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@rodman99999 I read your link to Home Audio. It was great and reiterated many of my frustrations with the audio cable industry. Home run! I would buy some of this cable. |
I’m a cable skeptic. Especially speaker cables. As long as they aren’t 20 gauge or something like that. But I am open minded. It could be that I just don’t know any better. That happened once before. Just once though. I also suspect that most of it is psycho acoustics and doing an A B test is difficult because changing cables takes some time. So my stupid question is this. What about just putting the "better, new, trial" cable on one channel, the old one on the other and then compare left / right with a mono source. For good measure switch sides after a while. Presumably the difference should be more readily heard. I ask because right now I just have 12 g plain speaker wire. And perhaps relevant is that I’m using Magnepan LRS speakers that need a bit of current. Oh and plain wire connection, no bananas. And the same thing for the phono to pre cables etc. Just try one side first? |
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