I haven’t posted here before, though I often come and read to inform me. It is an interesting forum.
I can’t help but post though to express utter bewilderment at why some people want to expend so much time and energy telling other hifi enthusiasts that they are wrong and that mains cables has no effect. What are they trying to achieve and what is their motivation for doing so? I just don’t get it. I’m trying to understand.
Is it that they feel that they are genuine moral protectors of consumer rights? That their mission is to therefore point out that all these people buying power cables and hearing a difference are being very misled, that they are hearing things which don’t exist? And by implication therefore questioning the integrity of these people? Aside from this moral crusade reason I really fail to understand what motivates someone to tell someone else they are so wrong and misled. Why spend your time doing this?
I have recently completely changed my system and have been testing everything. A change of power cord, particularly to a Shunyata, actually changed the sound significantly, and I mean significantly, so much so it was the equivalent of a change in CDP or amp. I can switch power cables and my wife (not an audio person) instantly notices a difference even when she is concentrating on something else, without any care or interest in what I am doing and without being asked for an opinion.
I know when I hear a difference and I actually expect NOT to hear a difference as that is often my experience. For example I recently tried a mains Grounding Cable, one which has been discussed on this forum in a couple of threads recently, which many say noticeably improves the sound. I head zero difference. Nothing. But I’m not going to go around saying it doesn’t work. I’ll tell you of my experience with it and that I found no change to the sound at all, but that is all I can report.
And with my mindset, one that needs to hear the proof and frequently doesn’t hear the proof, I can 100% tell you that Mains Cables make a difference. A big difference.
One day I should write up my notes from my comparisons on cables, amps & speakers as it may be of interest to others.
I can’t help but post though to express utter bewilderment at why some people want to expend so much time and energy telling other hifi enthusiasts that they are wrong and that mains cables has no effect. What are they trying to achieve and what is their motivation for doing so? I just don’t get it. I’m trying to understand.
Is it that they feel that they are genuine moral protectors of consumer rights? That their mission is to therefore point out that all these people buying power cables and hearing a difference are being very misled, that they are hearing things which don’t exist? And by implication therefore questioning the integrity of these people? Aside from this moral crusade reason I really fail to understand what motivates someone to tell someone else they are so wrong and misled. Why spend your time doing this?
I have recently completely changed my system and have been testing everything. A change of power cord, particularly to a Shunyata, actually changed the sound significantly, and I mean significantly, so much so it was the equivalent of a change in CDP or amp. I can switch power cables and my wife (not an audio person) instantly notices a difference even when she is concentrating on something else, without any care or interest in what I am doing and without being asked for an opinion.
I know when I hear a difference and I actually expect NOT to hear a difference as that is often my experience. For example I recently tried a mains Grounding Cable, one which has been discussed on this forum in a couple of threads recently, which many say noticeably improves the sound. I head zero difference. Nothing. But I’m not going to go around saying it doesn’t work. I’ll tell you of my experience with it and that I found no change to the sound at all, but that is all I can report.
And with my mindset, one that needs to hear the proof and frequently doesn’t hear the proof, I can 100% tell you that Mains Cables make a difference. A big difference.
One day I should write up my notes from my comparisons on cables, amps & speakers as it may be of interest to others.
