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WHY CABLES MATTER!

I have seen the argument over and over again on why cables matter and the that wire is just wire and how scientifically it’s impossible for them to make a difference. The thing that surprises me the most is that different materials are used. Different shielding is used. Different connectors are used. Different braiding methods of the cables are used. Materials are sourced from different manufacturers and put through different creative processes but I always get some guy who comes on and says. WIRE IS WIRE AND YOU ARE NOT HEARING WHAT YOU ARE HEARING? To me it’s pure arrogance to think you know more than everybody else to the point where you tell me what we are hearing through my ears and we are not smart enough to know when are minds are playing trick on us. But using all these different materials, process and shielding and creative processes don’t make a difference. I spent the last 15 years trying all the cables I could try.  Thoughts anyone?

calvinj
calvinj OP
2,355 posts
 

@vthokie83 let me know if you ever wanna try cables. 

vthokie83
890 posts
 

Thanks Calvinj, it's much appreciated.....I may take you up on that offer, but at a later date. I'm working on a dedicated listening room being built in the basement, and it won't be completed to the end of the year.....probably later since there have already been delays with electricians and carpenters.

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coralkong
672 posts
 

Why is it that cable deniers always want some kind of measurement or "blind testing" result that PROVES what I hear vs what they hear?

I don’t care if you can hear a difference in your system or not.

What’s the point?

Do you actually want to GET TO a point in your system where you CAN hear a difference?

Or are you happy with your current equipment that you cannot hear a difference with, and therefore no one else (no matter what equipment they have and use) can hear a difference either?

Fools don’t tend to be affluent, just saying. Quite the opposite.

Affluent hobbyists (audiophiles) tend to be successful because they’re NOT fools. If cables didn’t matter, people wouldn’t continue to buy them.

You do you. Once you get to a certain level of equipment and setup, everything makes a difference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dill
2,534 posts
 

+1 coralkong!

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ernstmach
26 posts
 

Hello, new poster here. Been reading here for some time.

I'm posting to ask a question or two on the subject of cables.

I can say that I have yet to experience the change in cables and burn in.

Also not stating that it does not happen. What I am wondering is what happens  within the cable itself that is changed that contributes to the betterment in sound?

I have googled this and have read much of what's out there. I have consulted a couple of professors at the local University about the questions I'm asking.

I am asking this here because there is a large number of people that have actual 

experience with this subject.

Thanks for your thoughts.

 

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