They're all used. I believe I had the other pair in with the arrows pointing the right way, but I didn't look. This pair sounds a world better though. I can swap them in and out to see if I can duplicate the tizz. Good simple fix though if thats the case.
This makes no sense, but yet....
I've got two pairs of Nordost Blue Heaven rca interconnects, both one-meter. One pair has the current sprung loaded jacks. The other has the older fixed jacks (no spring loading). I had the sprung cables between my CDP and amp and they were unbearibly bright - headache inducing. Switching cables around I put the non-sprung cables in and for some reason they sound a little smoother in the treble. Is it possible for two of the same cable to sound different? Is it possible that the plugs could make a dramatic difference? Or am I imagining things?
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That is silly. Directionality of a cable is determined from a few purposely defined characteristics. I hate to say this and sound rude...but the quality control must be lacking if you experience an obvious difference. There is absolutely NO reason why a well designed cable would do this. Now if the plugs are the only difference as you state, then possibly this would be more of a hint as to what may be causing the difference. Still, they would have to be composed of different materials in order to be that obvious. If you use a cable that has no indication of directionality, except for drain wire purposes, it should NOT sound different plugged in either way. I only know of two designers who know how to manipulate this phenomenon. One can be found in a 6moons review (just look for the only award in the cable category), and the other is who specifically designed the cables for my systems. |
You may already know this but just in case, the arrow on the Nordost cable points to the source, not the direction of flow like every other cable.Rhljazz, I believe at one point Nordost changed their mind..... Early cables arrow toward the source, then newer versions away from the source. http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=cables&n=20705&highlight=direction+arrow+on+the+Nordost+cable |
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