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| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable A corollary to that is if a product is GUARANTEED by the seller to deliver certain results, the guarantee had best include a money back option if not as well. Otherwise, start sniffing for some snake oil. | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable "Having said that, the skeptic in me was not prepared for what "wires" can do. "No doubt, but the key word is "can". What they will actually do in each case can be very hard to predict, even with the same wire used.It largely depends on what you s... | |
| What music do you use to assess your system? Strauss waltzes on Telarc is well recorded with music AND sound effects. | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable EBM clearly can afford "the best". Good for him! This means he does not get paid per word written here of course. Or if he does he gets paid a lot per word. :^}EBM may be Donald Trump. Who knows? | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable jam,Which ones and how much?if you are starting with "stock" quality cords, there is a good chance you might do similarly better with something else you could afford.I've found that to be true using pangea cords on my line level gear. Those will n... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Obviously not everyone with a lot of money spends it on expensive wires. Its an interesting question how much or which ones are worth it, but not why do people buy them. People spend money on lots of things that others would consider wasteful. Not... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Major breakthrough on this thread though. Most agree all wires do not sound the same. I'll buy that. That's progress whenever people tend to agree on most anything these days. | |
| Tone of Muisc, SF - worst hifi experience. Yours? Two sides to every story. Glad to hear them. | |
| Tone of Muisc, SF - worst hifi experience. Yours? My only real bad experience was at SBS with the man himself.I was one for two there. The prior time with another employee helping me was fine.FWIW SBS closed their doors soon after. | |
| Thought on OTL tube amps Makes sense. Very heavy duty!Thanks Al. | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable I feel the need to hear really good systems with really expensive gear including wires just so I know what they sound like as a "reference" and what I might be missing otherwise.But I have yet to feel the need to buy any of it.I have felt the need... | |
| Thought on OTL tube amps Chalice Audio Grail amps are interesting to me. I didn't realize a SET amp could produce 50 w/ch into 8 ohm. How do they do that? | |
| What direction with new DAC? "Mapman, isn't this whole hobby built on want instead of need?" True. But if one truly loves music, or anything for that matter I think there is what might be called an inherent need to be able to get the most you can out of the time you invest, w... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable I have no doubt that there is HUGE profit in the minimalist designed DNM Reson ICs that I use exclusively these days. But they are reasonably affordable (on teh grand scale of high end audio things) and I can clearly hear the difference they make ... | |
| What direction with new DAC? "With the almost daily changes in computer audio, when do you jump in for an upgrade?"Good question.The easy answer is whenever you think you need one.DACs in general have continued to improve and the cost for excellent performance gone down in re... |