How Big of a Difference?


Hello all,

I have near completed upgrading my system, but have left my speaker wire the same. My system is as follows- Laptop (Tidal) > Schiit Gumby Multibit > Freya S > Vidar monoblocks > speakers. My usb cable is Supra usb, and I am using xlr connections with amazon basics cables. If I am not mistaken, xlr is already super good at being noise resistance so I shouldn't need to spend more $ on fancy cables at my current level of audio equipment. My speaker wire is traditional 12 gauge wire I spliced from the spool. Nothing fancy. The reason I feel I shouldn't spend money on better speaker wire is because I traded the Supra usb for a super cheap usb and could not hear a difference. On top of that, I used to use single-ended connections using Chord C-line cables, and I could not tell the difference between those and cheap ones. What is everyone else's consensus? Can you guys hear a difference in your system? Thanks for the help.

oedstrom11

are you kidding you're using crappy wire like that for speaker wire give your head a shake buddy wow better speaker wire will make a big difference man you couldn't use worse wire than that.

I also agree o c c single crystal wire is the best for audio, harmonic technology and acoustic Zen have the best prices the other companies are just gouging with their crazy prices, OCC single Crystal is much better than anything ofc on the market no matter what price it is.

So much silliness in this thread. Supposedly "everyone" can hear a difference using cable elevators, but maybe not you, so I guess you're not part of everyone. 😏  Unless you can get the help of a friend or wife and swap cables without YOUR knowledge of which one is carrying the electricity, you'll only be dealing with confirmation bias or the placebo effect. I mean, if someone spends a few thousand $$$, they dang well should sound better, right?

I haven’t seen mention of Morrow cables.

60 return policy and always seem to have generous discounts. Different price levels. Hand made/assembled. Imo, very good "bang for the buck".

I heard an immediate difference on headphones with their phono cables out of the box. I am certainly hearing more detail with stream/flac reference songs now that they have settled in. Of course, YMMV.

At the time, it took about 3 weeks to get them. Well worth the wait for the price.