HAVE CABLES EVER TAKEN YOUR SYSTEM FROM SOUNDING JUST OK TO SOUNDING GREAT? Experiences ?


Just asking the question. If you don’t  believe in cables. Good for you. But if you do have you ever made a cable change that opened up your system to new heights. Just interested if you have or haven’t. If you don’t believe in cables this isn’t a thread for you. What are your thoughts ?

calvinj

I haven't heard an extreme improvement from a cable change. But I'm convinced it can happen on some systems, and not necessarily only the finest systems, but just ones with interesting matchings of speakers and amps, or other components where cable inductance, capacitance, or resistance can help the two components play together better. 

@asctim exactly.  I’ve had system takes who jumps because of the very thing you speak of. 

Calvinj my experience is from Audioquest argent speakers cable to Tellurium black diamond and Kimber 8AG I experienced almost sounding great…

In this hobby we're always attacking the weakest link. Often that's a component, but once the components have been upgraded the cables become worth a look. 

When i had a separate streamer and dac, the upgrade to a Tara RSC digital cable made a big difference. I had a good rca to my preamp.  Once I upgraded to a much better streamer/dac it became worthwhile to upgrade the rca interconnect to my preamp. It further improved the sound by a large margin. 

Same for preamp to  power amp, as well as speaker cables after other system upgrades.