Interesting video on cables

@helomech I agree it’s not an apples to apples comparison since they are two different applications (which I think I addressed in the conversation) but I disagree that cables don’t matter.  The quality of copper or silver or whatever conductive material matters as does the dielectric material.  It’s just as easy to find measurements that confirm that cables measure differently and affect sound quality, hence cable quality matters.  If a cable manufacturer claims something that turns out to not be true then I would not consider it a quality cable.  Outside of all the measurements it comes down to what folks hear and in my system at least cables have made a difference.  There are many other folks here who would make the same claim.

Great video and like it says, most people use the cable for charging.  My big Black Friday buy was 5, 6’ USB C to USB C cables for $9.98 and they weren’t even on sale!

Now the USB cable I have running from my streamer to the DAC is a whole kettle of fish different.  It is strictly for music.  It’s isolated,insolated and doesn’t have any charging wires in it. Oh and it cost a bit more than the above purchase.

Gentlemen - cables certainly make a difference.

The purpose of a cable is to transmit a signal while causing the least harm. Or, stated another way - with the highest fidelity.

Technically, how do cable transfer the signals? Explaining the many parts of a well designed and constructed cable requires a good technical understanding of electricity, metallurgy, dielectrics, electro-magnetics and physics. Each cable design and construction becomes critical for premium performance.

With a great system, set up in a treated room to perform optimally - it's easy to hear differences between cables.

Outside of all the measurements it comes down to what folks hear and in my system at least cables have made a difference.  There are many other folks here who would make the same claim.

Booyah!!!  Well said and goodonya!

I have an MA8900 integrated, the Denafrips Pontus II 12th Anniversary, the speaker cables are Vogue Audio Silver Strand cables, OSD Aurum power cables for the DAC and the integrated and Fritz Rev 7 SE speakers sitting on 24” sand filled speaker stands.

@jastralfu , all the trouble with cables, streamers and whatever else rabbit holes for this dinky lil speaker?? (that a guy goofed with in his garage)...Get a higher resolving/more substantial speaker with some real engineering dude.

Here are some better things in a similar price bracket.

Mofi Sourcepoint 10

Yamaha NS-2000A

JBL HDI 3800

KEF R11Meta

etc