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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.

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david_berry
4yanx
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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
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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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albertporter
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Leica_man, I too owned Randall Research cables about that time. Do I remember the full name was Randall Research Symmetrical TX?

I had issues with their unshielded design. Two different radio stations came through my turntable unless they were "dressed" just so. Not an easy task as these were inflexible and the RCA terminations would fail, even if slightly abused.

Before Randall Research I used Peterson Engineering cables. Ken Peterson basically bought surplus aircraft coax and terminated it with high quality ends. That was in the 1970's when this was a foreign concept to most audiophiles.
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