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DO CABLES REALLY MATTER?

Yes they do.  I’m not here to advocate for any particular brand but I’ve heard a lot and they do matter. High Fidelity reveal cables, Kubala Sosna Elation and Clarity Cable Natural. I’m having a listening session where all of them is doing a great job. I’ve had cables that were cheaper in my system but a nicely priced cable that matches your system is a must.  I’m not here to argue what I’m not hearing because I have a pretty good ear.  I’m enjoying these three brands today and each is presenting the music differently but very nicely. Those who say cables don’t matter. Get your ears checked.  I have a system that’s worth about 30 to 35k retail.  Now all of these brands are above 1k and up but they really are performing! What are your thoughts. 
calvinj
teo_audio
2,197 posts
 
Who needs wire? I’m going to use troughs of mercury for all signal connections!

Some one tried that already. His name was Faraday. He found a complex rotation in 3 axis. It’s in a conductive fluid, but not in a solid conductor. The signal is still trying to do so when it deals with a solidus conductor, and situation is a major component of the origins of the thing called 'skin effect'.

Which they don’t bother to tell you, so it is generally misunderstood.

Electrical calculation formulas-- are not the underlying physics.
ron1319
57 posts
 
I was kidding about it being double-blind.  I just want to know if I can identify different cables if I'm not the one switching them.  I don't need scientific proof, I'm just curious if I can actually do it.  
calvinj OP
2,424 posts
 
Cool. There are different systems now. You got vintage audio guys then you have the newer school guys. Big on transparency and fidelity.  Soundstage depth and with inner detail.  There is more than one great sound.  My system is really transparent. Has nice detail and depth. Nice silky extended highs, open mids.   My equipment and cables got me there. 
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kqvkq9
120 posts
 
Of course cables matter. Try running your system without them and get back to me.
cd318
2,636 posts
 
@prof If a blind/double test can’t reveal obvious benefits of vastly more expensive cables then it’s like throwing money at the moon. It may make you feel feel reassured by quietening the audio paranoia symptoms induced by clever marketing and pseudo science but hugely cost ineffective in real world sonic terms.

On the other hand if Henry Miller was selling the cables, I’m in, regardless of which tropic we were currently in or the colour of Spring. Hey, he could even call them Sexus, Nexus and Plexus. Yes, Henry Miller Cables - always merry and bright.
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