John Dunlavy On "Cable Nonsense"

I could tell no money got it when I gave him a couple of points it put him back to 0/0. But only for his delivery though, the content is just beyond foul and as such I could never endorse it. :-P

Recently I had this eye opener experience. I have only two power outlets behind my wall of audio equipment. so I got $40.0 power strip from Radio shake so I can connect some components from outlet on side wall( not very high end!) I hooked up my cd player and preamp to the new strip ( my older one was/is the 2 for $10.00 Home depot power srtip). At first I like the sound a great deal: Sound stage opened up, depth improved, more details. Upon extended listening I discovered that the midrange magic was gone , there was lot of gringe and soundwas not just as lively. I cahnged back to my old $5.00 Home depot strip. Magic! Every thing came back to normal, meaning perfect sound. (to my ears). CABLES DO MAKE DIFFERENCE BUT NOT NECESSARILY FOR BETTER. YOU NEED TO FIND THE RIGHT CABLE -$50.00 TO $5000.0.

JT, thanks for the vote. Sorry if you thought it was foul, I am not sure I follow you on that one. Sarcastic...yes. Foul... I just don't see it.

You got it. Bose/Sears = foul, as in totally disgusting. As in even if this is all fun, you wouldn't wish that on your worst enemy type of foul. I just took your sarcasm one step further.

Where'd they all go anyway? You must've really hurt 'em.

I remember seeing John at a seminar with Classe Audio at Cherry Creek Audio in Denver before this article was written. At that time, John was very vocal with his opinions about wire and bi-wiring. They were similar to what is written in this article. It was clear that, although he makes some very good gear, he is a technician first and an audiophile second, or third, or somewhere down there. If the placebo effect really works, then why have I not purchased every "sexy" or "highly touted" item I have auditioned? Why have I not been impressed with some highly regarded and well reviewed equipment? HMMMMMM! There's another one for you, John. By the way, the medical community has recently reversed itself, claiming that there is no such thing as a "placebo effect". Not long after the seminar, John came out with his own line of audiophile cables, so he could join the ranks of cable manufacturers perpetrating a fraud on the audiophile community. Would John agree that all amplifiers sound the same? What ever happened to those guys, and their double blind listening tests? Well, I've decided that all speakers sound the same. Whay buy a pair of SC-IVAs when my Cerwin Vegas sound the same? I think I'm onto something!