wire or cable effects will be LESS significant in interconnects than speaker wires
anyone who understands physics or even rel. basic electronics will figure this out - the freq.s involved are simply too high to hear
the only other possibility is that a very high (usually RF) freq. will be injected into a component - if that affects the sound then the component would have to have a very odd design; most likely a design by someone who is not very competent
The controversy arises mainly by greedy charlatans (one of whom trolls this forum) who are able to convince well-off but unsophisticated consumers to buy their over-priced cables. There is also the confusion among electrostatic speaker owners who do hear differences from different speaker cables, and electrodynamic speaker owners who are likely not hearing differences, but do not do blind testing.
In general, run digital as far as you can; run interconnects in fully balanced mode to the amps, and keep speaker cables as short as possible (amps close to speakers). Use good quality Cu wire of at least 14 gauge (almost everything is "oxygen free) anyway, so that is not a worry). Belden has been making quality wires of all types for a very long time. China is known for food, martial arts, culture, and philosophy -- not (yet?) for quality consumer products...
The big SQ increases come from good speakers, room treatments, and quality masterings of source materials. After that, select an amp that can really control your speakers and their impedance curve. Pre-amps, DACs, etc. will prove to be less rewarding on a cost/benefit curve (tho I do like my ARC pre-amp).
If you have already spent $70,000 on your speakers, built a new listening room, and done everything above, then it is time to buy different speaker cables from a place that allows returns. Evaluate on a selected subset of your music library for esp. difficult issues where the recording & mastering is known to the be of the highest quality using double-blind testing. Once your speaker cabling is as you desire, you can then waste time on interconnects.
if the above is too much trouble then just buy a green pen and use it to treat the edges of your eyelids.
anyone who understands physics or even rel. basic electronics will figure this out - the freq.s involved are simply too high to hear
the only other possibility is that a very high (usually RF) freq. will be injected into a component - if that affects the sound then the component would have to have a very odd design; most likely a design by someone who is not very competent
The controversy arises mainly by greedy charlatans (one of whom trolls this forum) who are able to convince well-off but unsophisticated consumers to buy their over-priced cables. There is also the confusion among electrostatic speaker owners who do hear differences from different speaker cables, and electrodynamic speaker owners who are likely not hearing differences, but do not do blind testing.
In general, run digital as far as you can; run interconnects in fully balanced mode to the amps, and keep speaker cables as short as possible (amps close to speakers). Use good quality Cu wire of at least 14 gauge (almost everything is "oxygen free) anyway, so that is not a worry). Belden has been making quality wires of all types for a very long time. China is known for food, martial arts, culture, and philosophy -- not (yet?) for quality consumer products...
The big SQ increases come from good speakers, room treatments, and quality masterings of source materials. After that, select an amp that can really control your speakers and their impedance curve. Pre-amps, DACs, etc. will prove to be less rewarding on a cost/benefit curve (tho I do like my ARC pre-amp).
If you have already spent $70,000 on your speakers, built a new listening room, and done everything above, then it is time to buy different speaker cables from a place that allows returns. Evaluate on a selected subset of your music library for esp. difficult issues where the recording & mastering is known to the be of the highest quality using double-blind testing. Once your speaker cabling is as you desire, you can then waste time on interconnects.
if the above is too much trouble then just buy a green pen and use it to treat the edges of your eyelids.