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| Are cable “upgrades” just as likely to make your system sound worse? While there is no question cables can make a difference, the current commercial cable market is nothing less than pure alchemy. Until consumers, equipment reviewers and dealers push for some objective standards and information it is a shell game. ... | |
| I'm interested in hearing what "the best" systems sound like, where to go? I second the idea of hearing the best. Years ago I had the good fortune to spend some time at Goodwin's High End near Boston. At one point in the conversation I asked the owner what was the best system he had. To put it mildly, I was impressed. Th... | |
| It looks like a debate to me. This thread illustrates so well my love/hate relationship with this site, but also why I spend less and less time here. There are some people on this site who really know their stuff. I learn from them all the time. This thread has a bunch of thos... | |
| Ordered my new amp today... been a long road! Capt. with all due respect 30 gauge for a POWER cable is NOT funny. It IS illegal by code and unsafe. I realize you were just having fun, but given some of the initial responses some folks were not aware of that. Also given the strange things peop... | |
| Reasonable but not outragious interconnects From a purely technical standpoint the two considerations with interconnects are the the connectors and whether or not the cable is shielded. All else is snake oil. The problem with most bundled, non-DIY cables such as some of the ones named above... | |
| Inexpensive Tube Amps Having read this thread and being a long time AG user, it seems a great lesson in the fact that there are many paths and many people in this hobby. Threads like tubes vs SS go on forever, but that is what makes it fun. My own personal preferences ... | |
| Can cables of any cost and quality provide bass response missing in my B&W speakers? Aluminum wire is prohibited by code from any home or commercial wiring, so if you are buying at a reputable store you don't have to worry. You need not go to Monoprice to buy stranded 12 gauge. As for the issue at hand, it is a basic law of physic... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Folks this cable stuff makes my head spin. Several independent skeptics have offered varied sums of money to cable companies to prove their products are better than off-the-shelf wire. Some of these offers have been out there for years. To date no... | |
| Most transparent power amp Add Van Alstine. | |
| Duelund 16g Speaker Wire Question As an electrician I am a long-time skeptic of this magic wire hunt. I still remember when one of the stereo magazines had the courage to try a Home Depot extension cord and were surprised at how good it sounded. As far as I know, the Amazing Randi... |