Cables more hype than value?

@ frogman,Well said my friend!,now @ jymc,I am a proffessional musician!,lets get that out of the way!,I will explain this situation like you have never heard before,yes studios use the likes of mogami cables,and they sound good!,here is the problem musicians and studios do not realize!,and what I am about to say needs to be spread all over audiogon!,and who said it!,now,since the source is as real as it gets,the origination of the music that is recorded,the mogami cables is all that is required,by the time the music at hand is recorded and put on a record or cd,it loses the integrity!,the music in no way sounds the way the muscians sounded live!,that being said,we,the audiophiles have to make up for this loss in the recording,this is why it is required that we have a much better quality cables than what is used in the studio!cheers!

I would commend to everyone's attention a highly informative post by Ralph Karsten of Atma-Sphere in this thread, that is relevant to what is being discussed here.

Interconnect cable differences could be completely eliminated if components were designed in accordance with low impedance balanced line principles which date back to the early days of hifi. Unfortunately, components usually are not designed in that manner.

Ralph provides what IMO is persuasive proof of that contention.

Regards,
-- Al

LOL!!! The thread from hell that just won't die!!!

Jmyc,

"I've never had a client "hear the cables" and that's because relatively inexpensive Mogami cable is completely neutral to the human ear."

How do you know that? What makes the Mogami cables completely neutral compared to other cables? I find that cables tend to be system dependant. Maybe, in a different system, another brand might more neutral than the Mogami. Or am I not reading your post correctly.

Some things seem so obvious and based on truth. It seems impossible not to all agree on them.
- cables are system dependent in terms of sounding better
- cables are human ear sets dependent in terms of hearing a difference
- cables do sound different and better in some/many systems and to some/many ears
- humans did not evolve from nothing or dirt

Oh we'll, let's continue to debate this based on our individual set of experiences which of coarse sets the lens or filter from which many here debate. Please understand however that your experience is but one conclusion or experience in the greater realm of truth mentioned above.