Do speaker cables really make a difference ?

As an ancient one I'm from the days when high end speaker cable was 14 gauge lamp cord rather than 16 gauge. It took me a while but there's no question different cables sound different and they probably vary depending on the rest of your system, especially the amp/cable/speaker combo. So I believe a lot of experimenting is needed(and cables are often costly).

By the way if the amount of copper mattered then the old Fulton Gold cables had to be the best. You could jump a jet engine with them. They were good and definitely not bright due to high inductance rolling off the highs a bit.

I used to have Kimber 8TC speaker cable which I thought was good. Then I replaced them with Nordost Blue heaven cables and the improvement was immediately noticeable. Then I had a chance to buy Nordost Tyr 2 cables at a great price. I cannot say that I noticed any improvement but then I don’t have golden ears and cannot distinguish the nuances as reviewers describe with all kinds of fancy adjectives.  Same with interconnects.  I started with Synergistic Foundation silver cables (less than $700) and they sounded fine, better than the Kimber Heroes they replaced.  Then I “upgraded” with their Galileo SX interconnects, used at a good price, but couldn’t notice any improvement. The lesson learned is that for my particular system and my hearing, get a good cable from a well known manufacturer within your budget and stay with them.  It’s an individual thing and I won’t be buying Crystal Cable or Siltech.

I had one system  that cables didn't  .after but I must say I wo  that system selling magazine  subscriptions  in junior  high so it goes with out saying how good the system  was. Lol

STICKY TOPICS: Do cables matter?

This continuing variant is one of those “Sticky Topics” . On CANUCKAUDIOMART, forum posts on this sticky topic have been

- restricted to posting actual personal experiences, and

- general pontifications with anecdotal non-specific opinions alone ( and especially posts laced with anecdotal , biased hyperbole opinions .. pro and con ) risk potential suspension.

- See below.… the moderators rules on Canuck Audio Mart are made to stop the continuing futile and oft-repeated forum cable wars .

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Forum rules

The Cables forum is intended for those who believe cables make a difference in how their systems sound. If you do not believe in cables please do not post in any threads that are discussing specific cables or asking for help with cables, and limit your participation to threads where the OP intends to debate about cables. Posts which are argumentative, offensive, or break our rules may be deleted. Repeat offenders will be banned from posting in this forum.…”

Works for me.

Maybe the AGON mods can consider a better conduct approach going forward if they implement something similar .

God, how many times do we have to endure this same question? Don't potential posters ever do a thread search?