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
Let's face it. You are loading the output of the amplifier with TWO complex loads. The speaker and the speaker cables.
Stops

If your speaker cables present a "complex" load to the amplifier, I suggest there is something wrong with your cables.
All cables have inductance resistance and capacitance and they are a complex load by any stretch of the imagination.
All cables have inductance resistance and capacitance and they are a complex load by any stretch of the imagination.

The hyperbole among audiophiles regarding audio cables never ends. The amazing and endless eulogies to mere bits of copper wire....
No hyperbole-just scientific facts. The wires I suggested are plain copper wire without any fancy wrappings. Look before you speak is something you should add to your hyperbole!
No hyperbole-just scientific facts.

Sorry but to call a few meters of copper wire working at analog audio frequencies a complex load is pure hyperbole. And one does not even need a degree in electrical engineering to know this - because it is common knowledge.

However, snake oil and pseudo-science seem to have a stranglehold on the audio cables business. No doubt even mass retailers like Best Buy subscribes to this viewpoint because it is a nice kicker to sell $300 of cables (at 300% markup) with that CD and amplifier purchase (at 40% markup).