Ready, set, comment! Speaker cables don’t make a difference?

@Millercarbon Just asking what cables transformed your system?  I do hear difference but I have never found a cable to transform my system although I would pretty much be open to hear that!

IMO cables can be used to fine tune a system but my question is - if someone took you favorite cable out and put in a different cable of similar quality would you actually know that?

For example - had a few people over a few weeks back - a few people wanted to hear the different digital cables they brought over - everyone came to the opinion on the rankings of the three cables.  After we listened to the system for a few hours I had to laugh as my system has Vandersteen HP-M5 filters (custom made by me) and I use an interconnect from those filters to the amps.  Those interconnects are the old pairs of ICs you got with the old 1970's tape decks - you know the ones, mine are Sony molded plastic ends.  So while we heard slight differences with the digital cables, the music was flowing through $1.99 cables.

Happy Listening.  

Skin effect - yes, no ?

I just spent $500.00 bucks on bi-wire cables. So yes it does !!!

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@Millercarbon Just asking what cables transformed your system? I do hear difference but I have never found a cable to transform my system although I would pretty much be open to hear that!

I went from Synergistic Research Resolution Reference to Element Copper Tungsten Silver. These were so much better it had me shaking my head in disbelief. Bear in mind the cables that I had before were already quite good! 

Then I had Michael Spallone modify the Active Shielding modules to eliminate the cheesy circuit board with point to point wiring and higher quality caps and diodes. Another big step up. But going to CTS was huge. Granted these were $7500 speaker cables. But that was back in the day, 2000 or so, when they were new. By the time I got them they were only about $1200. Not a lot of money for such a huge improvement.

This was so huge I started to wonder what about my interconnect? Synergistic has a Passport trade in program and I had a lot of old cables sitting around over the years, never felt like worth the trouble to sell, thought who knows might find some use for them- and I did. Traded in they got me most of the way to Atmosphere Level III Euphoria which was another huge step up. 

The improvements from these cables was every bit as great as going from a ARC PH3SE phono stage to Herron, and almost as great as going from Talon Khorus to Moab. None of these are cheap. But then on the other hand compare the degree of improvement, it is every bit as great for the wires as for the components.

Wire is huge. So are components. You just have to find the right ones.

I was told by Audio Research about 3-4 yrs ago don`t spend money on exotic cables by a better piece of equipment then you`ll hear a difference in your system which make since.   We here at the ARC factory he stated use a set of modest $500.00 speaker cables, he wasn`t an sales person trying to sell me anything I was calling to solve an issue and cables just worked its way into the conversation I ended up with a set of $375.00. Blue jean speaker cables and I am absolutely satisfied.  I recently departed with my ARC LS22 preamp and purchased a better piece of equipment;  the Blue jean cables are still in  the system working the hell out of my 3.6 maggies  the new to me Pass Lab XP30 Peamp and the XP350 Pass power amp. and they arn`t missing a beat  HALLELUJAH !!!