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So YOU can't hear a difference in cables

I do.

I have a set of Van Den Hul the Seconds They get rid of the digtal glare and edge. They are non fatiguing to listen to.
They sound full and lush but give up some detail and soundstage. I can listen to them indefinitely.

My Au24's are more holographic, have better soundstage, detail in spades, but there is that digital edge and glare.

My silver interconnects sound good but tizzy on the top end. They are out.

Day in and day out give me the Van Den Hul the Seconds, no fatigue, but oh I want the detail and soundstage of the AU24's.

If you suffer from that digital glare or edge get the vandys.

I find that the louder the music the more that the cables matter. I find that cables "tune the sound".

Anyone have a suggestion for an interconnect that fits my bill at a reasonable price?
zilla
gunbei
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Zilla, your AU24 are only 8 hours old?! I think 200-300 hours is more like it before you get the full benefit and are able to hear what they should truly sound like.

I hope you allow enough break in time for all your cables. Depending on the cable their sound can change dramatically during burn in. Some are very subtle, but I have a pair of Ridge Street Audio Poiema that kept doing a crazy chameleon dance on me the first week. It was almost as if Kirstin Dunst morphed into Janet Jackson, then Rosie O'Donnell, before finally settling on Nicole Kidman. A really weird and wacky modulation of sonic shifts!
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wellfed
690 posts
 
Gunbei, I like where your cables ended up. What would you have done with them had they stayed at Rosie?
zilla OP
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Gunbei

Audience says they take 2-3 hours to break in and will slightly improve for the next 50 hours. Yes I am fully breaking them in. I really want them to be the end all.
fatparrot
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There is an interesting phenomenon that I have discovered when performing an A/B comparison of gear or tweaks. It is more difficult to hear an IMPROVEMENT of fidelity than it is to hear a DEGRADATION of fidelity.
reubent
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Zilla,

I'm not trying to fan the flames here, but is it possible that your cheap, mass market Sony is introducing the digital glare that you hear?

You have a very expensive amp and speakers, but you're using a mid-fi digital front end.

I would bet that a high end CD player like a Resolution Audio Opus 21 or (insert high end CD player name here) and a Radio Shack Gold interconnect will KILL the Sony sonically, regardless of what interconnect you pair with it.

I'm not saying there aren't differences in sound when using different cables, but I do think you might be missing THE BIG BOAT and looking for a dingy to "float your boat".

I could be wrong and the Sony 333ES might be one of those rare "you get WAY more than you pay for" components, but I doubt it.............

Enjoy,

TIC
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