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Cables - When Did it All Start?

OK, here we go...

This is not another "I just installed cable X and the soundstage and microdynamics just shot through the roof..." or "What cables do you guys recommend for..." but a simple question. When did people start noticing that different cables in audio gear apparently sound different? Or another related question, who was the first cable company to offer different "audiophile" cables?

I do not have golden ears and with two children constantly chirping in the foreground/background I can barely hear the music most times anyway, thus I really have no practical experience if cables make a difference.

Regards,
david_berry
david_berry OP
211 posts
 
Guys,

Thank you for the responses. I have been bitten pretty hard with this hobby (started out with a home theater setup and converted to two-channel) and I have done more than my fair share in reading/researching its many different aspects. One of them, of course, has to do with cables.

So far, the general consensus is that "audiophile" cables have been around for about 30 years.

Regards,
4yanx
1,576 posts
 
Albert, at even 200 sucks to get to the center of those suckers (the actual number of which Mr. Owl refues to disclose), that equals 8,333,400 sucks by sucker suckers each minute.
corona
132 posts
 
The first cable design I attempted was in 1972; the concept created a great deal of laughter but no sales. Needless to say I dropped the whole idea.
leica_man
153 posts
 
My first high end cables? Randall Research circa 198? - nice woven solid core designs with Teflon dielectric. He even had a combintion of Silver and Copper conductors! Think of Kimber Kabel before Kimber Kabel.

LM
sherod
1,690 posts
 
My first experience in noticing that cables made a difference is when I replaced my Monster cables interconnects and speaker cables with the first series of MIT Music Hose 750 speaker cables and 330 interconnects( @ 1978). I bought them used on Audiomart and have been a cable believer ever since. I still have my 330 interconnects in the closet. I might never use them again, but they are with me for sentimental reasons.
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