The cable‘s role in audio systems.


The cable‘s role in audio systems.

On the forum, there are many opinions about the cable's influence in audio systems. Some of them did not agree with each other. This situation is normal, and the reason is that their respective audio systems have different resolutions. The opinions provided by each person are based on what their system can express. Just like if we use a 3-digit or 5-digit voltmeter to measure the same test point, the displayed results will be different.

When the resolution reaches a certain level, the sound characteristics will be related to the cable. The higher the resolution, the stronger the correlation.

The early widely circulated cables, Kimber sounded bright, MIT dull, and Cardas thick. They were used to match the sound characteristics of tube, transistor, and hi-fi at that time. In the early high-end equipment, the technology has not yet reached the current level, and the sound characteristics are obviously related to the components used. At that time, the cable played a role in adjusting the sound effects.

High-end audio has been thriving for decades and has been able to produce very precise equipment. The sound characteristics are only minimally related to the components. However, audio cables are only used to transmit almost the lowest frequency signals, and have been technically ignored for a long time. Therefore, the audio cable has become a bottleneck, limiting the current equipment.

For most of the high-end equipment we currently use, their excellent sound quality has been concealed by the cable, and the sound characteristics are almost derived from the cable. The music's elegance, melodious, and vividness has almost been obscured by cables.

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richard617
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The role of wire in a system is the same as every other component in the system: to pass the signal with as little added to or subtracted from as possible. Since the role is the same therefore it is every bit as important as any other system component. Period. 
Actually there are other roles for various bits, gain being one, energy storage another…

As always pick your expert carefully….
I agree however run an ad don’t be a shill like Chuckles with his Thompson Springs…….
Hay Hay.. No need for that.. Spring are a great investment for most.. 

Pay attention now.. Cables can only make thing worse, if your not careful. The best you can hope for is it sounds exactly the same from component to component. Some folks are sharp enough to tweak the sound just enough with cable construction to squeeze an added nugget or two. Impedance matching cables, weaves, ribbons and helix constructions, they have a LOT to offer..

BTW Shielding can suck the life out of a cable for sure.. As little as possible and good cable routing practices, work a whole lot better for SQ and a lot lower floor noise..

Regards
@oldhvymec I agree and I have all my components and speaker suspended. I just don’t give unsolicited endorsements for a product that he (@millercarbon) is a dealer for. He is a shill period, Thompson Pods ………. He is worse than the guy at the state fair peddling drill bits or knives.