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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].

 

 

kinarow1
tjag
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@donavabdear

I’m convinced by @rodman99999 and his article he pointed me to that cables do make a difference in a measurable way. So you all have convinced me! See I wasn’t a troll after all. Thanks.

​​​​​​​​​​You believe "up till now" based on an article not on experience.

 

I imagine there is a difference between audio engineers and audiophiles when it comes to listening to music.

Audio engineers or audio reviewrs could prefer an amplifier such as the Benchmark AHB2, which is neutral very detailed, but dull and lifeless. It exceeds in accurately playing the source fed into it.

An audiophile prefers musical amplifiers over analytical ones. Many use tubes to induce second harmonics into the music. So for me, if my system could improve on Anthony Hopkins’s voice by introducing some harmonics I would be very happy with that.

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donavabdear
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@tjag I agree I like my tube system much better than my professional system that is much more accurate. Again I think the only way you can tell accuracy is to have a system that images razor sharp and reveals mistakes that the mixer didn't hear or he would fix them. Best

 

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donavabdear

My point about recording an actor making $20M and the amount of money a musician gets paid was not what I was talking about. If you have an actor like Tom Cruse, Anthony Hopkins, Jack Nicholson making $20M there is a boat load of pressure ...

You keep talking about the highly paid actors that you claim to work with. That’s nice, but it really doesn’t have anything at all to do with audio. There’s no correlation between an actor or musician’s salary and the difficulty in recording them.

Here’s what you have to understand, in an orchestra you set mics as you have for years ... In movies you generally have 2 or 3 actors moving around a set ...

I’ve recorded orchestras and concert bands. I’ve recorded solo voice. It’s a lot more difficult to get a good orchestral recording. Frequency range, dynamic range, there’s simply no comparison. It’s silly for you to try and debate this.

An audiophile prefers musical amplifiers over analytical ones.

Audiophiles have various preferences. You can’t lump them all together.

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