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A New Believer

I have listened to many systems over the years, and have never appreciated the difference speaker cables can make to a sound. In fact, I was so skeptical of the sound changes they can make that I have always not bothered with any special type of cables, generally going for generic (and dare I say it) roughly made ANY copper wire plugged in to amp and speaker. Well, imagine my surprise when I decided to do a blind test and listen to what difference cabling can make. Wow, my Vand 3A Sig's had been getting strangled! (some of you guys may want to strangle me if I told you what connects I had been using). So I am now a firm believer, cables DO make a difference.
joshc
antipodes_audio
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"This is No time to be WASTING money on NONSENSE, such as wire and power cords. And EVERYONE on this site knows it's nonsense." I think this is a good example of what T_Bone may be referring to.
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rok2id
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To Antipodes_audio:

I see your point. Maybe I should tone it down a little.
calloway
874 posts
 
Rok2id...maybe a trip to your local audiologist is in order....for you to imply that all cables sound the same is absurd.my guess is either your hearing is somehow lacking or your system is not good enough to hear the improvement that some cables make.
bryoncunningham
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Antipodes - Thank you for taking the time to further respond to my questions. Some of the ideas you mentioned are things I am familiar with, some of them not. In both cases, your answers strike me as honest, and I appreciate that, especially from a manufacturer.

As far as the tone of this thread, it did jump off the rails a bit. IMO, the most fruitful and interesting conversations on A'gon are threads where people can disagree without being disagreeable.

Bryon
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rok2id
7,859 posts
 
To Calloway:

'my guess is either your hearing is somehow lacking or your system is not good enough to hear the improvement that some cables make.'

after viewing your system I think it could be both. Awesome setup!
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