douglas_schroeder
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| how much would you say a good set up cost More than most people are willing to put into it. | |
| Do speaker cables really matter? Thomas, you have a beautiful system, and I'm sure it sounds wonderful as well! Have you worked with aftermarket power cords? If not, you truly owe it to yourself. I have found that power cables seem to make nearly as much difference in my system a... | |
| Unusual parallel speaker cables - DIY Ha! Love it! Kudos! I love seeing someone with curiosity do experiments to test things out. You got it! You found out that seemingly little changes can yield sizable results with cables! That's the same kind of tests I conducted for years to learn... | |
| Power cords and soundstage Shadorne, I'm not intending on starting a war. :)You said, "We are worse than simply misinformed or tin eared but are actually envious "cheapos" who believe and propagate the pretense of no PC benefits simply because we can't afford them and wish ... | |
| Power cords and soundstage I'll let you guys duke it out... I made my own 10Ga power cords years ago to test out some of these homesupun ideas (DIY) that a person can get just as good results with a cheap PC as with the higher priced aftermarket ones. The results were bad, ... | |
| A Perennial Debate For Which I Seek Help Stringreen, it's wonderful to be immersed in music the way your life is! | |
| Interconnect cable upgrade disapointment Musicnoise, you said, "As to comparing cables by listening to them, I cannot say that I have extensively engaged in that practice..." My point exactly. Thank you for clarifying. | |
| A Perennial Debate For Which I Seek Help Stringreen, As variety exists in cables so also (I think we all would agree) people's perceptions of what constitutes "good" sound. Between the two, I'm sure there's any number of cables which would work to sound good to a proportion of the audiop... | |
| A Perennial Debate For Which I Seek Help Learsfool, we're not so far apart; there's many things we see similarly. Most different is the amount we would each contribute to the cables in a system and their "importance" overall. Everyone has to decide that for himself. At first it sounded l... | |
| Interconnect cable upgrade disapointment "Seems like I have touched a nerve - do I detect one with a pecuniary interest in cables? And no, I won't be joining you on the cable adventure - I have heard the cable argument for going on 20 years and it is as meritless today as it was 20 years... | |
| Interconnect cable upgrade disapointment Musicnoise, I'll be eager to read the results of your blind testing on your speaker isolation bases you plan on building (I'm sure you'll be posting it here)! http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1221925281Seems any of us can be a bit... | |
| A Perennial Debate For Which I Seek Help Ncwine1, which speaker are you referring to? | |
| A Perennial Debate For Which I Seek Help Learsfool, It seems you are essentially saying that cables are unimportant past a certain price point. You lay out your logic for remaining only with economical cables from a variety of manufacturers. Though I disagree, I respect your thinking. I ... | |
| A Perennial Debate For Which I Seek Help Learsfool, allow me to challenge you on this matter. What has been your experience in terms of changing cables? Have you ever attempted to use higher end power cords? Have you ever used two sets of cables (PCs, ICs and speaker) to ascertain differ... | |
| A Perennial Debate For Which I Seek Help "If the inside was done really well, there wouldn't be anything to improve upon by changing the outside wires."This is an authoritative statement (based on your own supposed authority). You offered no experience. I took exception to it. You still ... |