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I am sick of cables

I have owned cables like Nordost Valhalla, Purist Audio 20th anniversary, Acoustic Zen Silver Reference, Virtual Dynamics Revelation, Argento Serenity. I have also auditioned cables like stealth indra in my system.

All I can say is that I am sick of cables, don't want to talk about them, audition them, not even see them....lol

Right now I have found a great combination of less expensive cables than the above which are perfect with MY equipment.

I was wondering why studios that record the music we are listening are not using super expensive cables...

In my humble opinion IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE AFTER, the most expensive cables are not necessarily better...

I said it, now I feel better...
argyro
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mapman
22,979 posts
 
"I was wondering why studios that record the music we are listening are not using super expensive cables..."

Because they are businesses that must manage expenses wisely and whose customers are largely not audiophile extremists.
jeff_jones
418 posts
 
"markupting" - Nasaman. That new audiophile term is worth the whole thread. Threadwise, after much time and money spent on cables the biggest thing I've learned is that you don't need to spend a lot of money on cables.
valleyplastic
149 posts
 
I find most cables to be "different" not so much better or worse. You may or may not like the difference.
I won't mention trade names on this thread but I have replaced my 1500.00 interconnects with 120.00 cables and there is no way you could tell which pair I had in my system in doing a A/B.
I agree with you 110 percent.
timrhu
2,779 posts
 
Threadwise, after much time and money spent on cables the biggest thing I've learned is that you don't need to spend a lot of money on cables.
Exactly! I'm now using the Acoustic Research ICs recommended by Sam Tellig in Stereophile a few years back. They are well constructed and sound as good as the $300 cables they replaced. I'll probably never use anything different.
vman71
218 posts
 
I've accepted that I can't afford to change cables anymore, they are just way too expensive. I've finally settled on cables that I'm happy with and they didn't cost big dollars.
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