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Disservice: XLR interconnects

I ended up shelling out some serious bucks and buying Cardas XLR interconnects and connected them between the Luxman C900U, M10X and the hifi Rose RS150B. I am blown away, at the details and just how it bumped up the sensation of just the beautiful musicality..

I have to say, I am no longer in the camp of cables don't matter. In fact, I think folks who say cables do not matter are doing a great disservice to the audiophile community. 

rman9
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audphile1
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Give the power cords a shot next. 

bdp24's avatar
bdp24
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Guess your components don't adhere to the AES 48 standard? ;-)

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coralkong
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Amazing what your ears can tell you.

You've just had an epiphany. And now that you know, you can't ever go back.

And I agree......next up: Try a new power cord. :)

Maybe even try a fuse. :)

 

tomcarr
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Cables matter

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mulveling
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Did you move from RCA to XLR? A balanced component like the HiFi Rose will output double the voltage on XLR, usually while keeping noise floor the same. So that’s a huge advantage (and +6dB level boost), among other balanced drive advantages (common mode noise rejection). Quality cables definitely matter, but a lot of what you’re hearing there is probably due is the move from RCA to XLR.

Not all components sound better from the XLR outputs / inputs versus RCA. There’s a lot of variables. But it is quite often the case.

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