Blue Jeans Cable Sound Good???


When people say Blue Jeans cables sound good.... what are they comparing them to?

Because the pair I just got sound pretty crappy....  compared to AQ King Cobra XLR / Emotiva XLR

Not trying to troll... I'm serious. What are these being compared to? Sounds like a thick layer of distortion hanging over my speakers...
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This just goes to show you that everyone has a different system which reacts differently to cables.  For example, I never heard an Audioguest cable sound bright in my system or a few others.  Same with some of the other comments above about different cables.  I particularly have not heard dramatic changes with different cables.  I normally hear thicker or thinner mid-range, top end is either open or not as open sounding, bass has always seemed to sound close enough with most cables that I would not feel the change was dramatic.  Living in the NYC area with many audio clubs, and knowing Fremer I have heard and tried many cables over the years.  So no cable to my ears has been a game changer but different flavors of sound in the systems I have compared them in.  These are just my experiences and opinions though.  I do find and have posted this many times that swapping out a cap or resistors in specific areas of a component makes more of a difference in what I am hearing versus any cable change.  I even build a preamp where you can rotate with a selector switch the output resistors on the preamp to hear the differences they make.


Happy Listening. 

@captainactic you can audition many cables through *the cable company*.The reason they all sound different is because there are so many ways to alter the signal impedance,inductance,resistance,and capacitance.Everything from the connectors,the dielectric,the specific materials used,etc. change the sound.
Like bigkidz says altering the signal internally in the components themselves obviously changes the sound and it can be altered externally as well.
It can be fun to buy,sell,borrow cables to find the perfect compliment for your particular system.It can be frustrating sometimes - me:Wow!The midrange and bass are perfect with this ic!Uh,what happened to the cymbols?!Dammit!😂
Without listening to the cable, is there any way to make a good choice of which cables to purchase, like amp power, receiver and speakers on regards to ohms, speakers etc...
Yes, IF you know all component factors regarding impedance, both in and out, frequency and dynamic response, of all components and cables, have a good mapping of the room, know what is wrong, have a trained ear and experience tuning systems and rooms. Being good at math also helps <vbg>

Pretty much skotches all advice here, online and most audio shops.

P.S. BJC make a good product. If you are using balanced XLR with out screen lifted at destination end, shame on you. It could account for the grunge.
Ieales, thanks for the answer.  That's quite a bit of info to factor in and probably not for your newb like me to figure out. What do you mean by xlr without screen lifted at destination end?  I do have rca out to xlr on amp.
Thanks
For your configuration, assuming the amp is a balanced input, you should be using a twin or star-quad cable.

At the RCA, screen and -ve connection are to RCA Gnd
At the XLR, pin 1 should not be connected to screen

If using twin or star-quad cables, RCA connectors should only have the screen connected at the destination end.