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Why Do Cables Matter?

To me, all you need is low L, C, and R. I run Mogami W3104 bi-wire from my McIntosh MAC7200 to my Martin Logan Theos. We all know that a chain is only as strong as its' weakest link - so I am honestly confused by all this cable discussion. 

What kind of wiring goes from the transistor or tube to the amplifier speaker binding post inside the amplifier? It is usually plain old 16 ga or 14 ga copper. Then we are supposed to install 5 - 10' or so of wallet-emptying, pipe-sized pure CU or AG with "special configurations" to the speaker terminals?

What kind of wiring is inside the speaker from the terminals to the crossover, and from the crossover to the drivers? Usually plain old 16 ga or 14 ga copper.

So you have "weak links" inside the amplifier, and inside the speaker, so why bother with mega expensive cabling between the two? It doesn't make logical sense to me. It makes more sense to match the quality of your speaker wires with the existing wires in the signal path [inside the amplifier and inside the speaker].

 

 

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thyname
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I spoke to some of the highest end cable makers at AXPONA this year they all told me the same thing they shrugged and said something like " I don’t know why it woks it just does"

I call this BS. Please tell who was that. This never happens. I am 100% you made this up. Or you never talked to any of the cable manufacturers. Please share names & brands you talked to. I promise I will get to the bottom of this.

 

You have made the same made up claim before. Time to put names and faces to your claim


Well I can say I believe @yoyoyaya is a recording engineer and he does know what he is talking about.

Are you not a recording engineer of Oscar’s and Amy;s fame? If so, why do you have to drop names of other recording engineers?

 

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thyname
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The Audioquest cables are listed on the PS Audio website under Connections. Just rechecked and yes , the Dragon is listed at $34,100

And so in a thousand other websites, including Amazon. Point is?

 

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nonoise
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Manufacturers must hate talking to know it alls at audio shows. 

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