Matthew Sparkes (The Daily Telegraph) writes: Manufacturers claim cables costing thousands of pounds per metre can offer better sound and image quality. Are we failing to get the best from our equipment by using cheap cables – or are high-end leads a waste of cash? You always get a free cable in the box: a […]
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Since making a spread sheet with my audio system prices, I have been thinking(shocked) about my total investment in cables. My total system retails at $67,000 (Digital and analog front ends included). I purchased all of it here on Audiogon so my investment is about 50%. Of that I have about 10% invested in interconnects […]
Patrick Watkins writes …. Hi All, Recently just for fun I purchased a short run of “expensive” speaker cable ($9/ft) and have been A/B-ing it in my system with great delight. I used to believe that there wasn’t much difference at all and that cable was cable. But now I have proven to myself that […]
Here we go again. Do silver cables sound different than copper? Sure they do, and that’s bound to stir up an entire new hornet’s nest. But, it needs to be said because it’s the truth. Watch Now Paul McGowan
Paul McGowan writes: When we compare sound quality between a set of Mogami XLR cables and Audioquest WEL silver XLR cables is there a difference to be heard in Music Room One? Watch Now
Hi All, Recently just for fun I purchased a short run of “expensive” speaker cable ($9/ft) and have been A/B-ing it in my system with great delight. I used to believe that there wasn’t much difference at all and that cable was cable. But now I have proven to myself that there are differences that […]
“I used to have $4,000 Kimber Select speaker cable, $1,800 Kimber Select and $2,000 Nordost Tyr balanced interconnects. Why does this $15 a foot (yes, that’s fifteen dollars a foot) cable sound more neutral and like live music than other “high end” cables that I’ve tried? I listen to live classical/jazz about 5 times a […]
Hi Guys, Roger Sanders of Sanders Sound Systems Ltd sells purpose made coaxial design speaker cables for Electrostatic speakers. They are made to be low inductance, low capacitance, and moderate impedance cables. As I cannot afford his $600 per pair asking price, does anyone know of any other cables (as cheap as possible) that fulfill […]
Paul McGowan writes: I never connect my stereo equipment with single ended cables if I can avoid their use. Balanced cables always sound better. I am surprised this is still new information for many people, and not just newbies entering the field. Perhaps part of the reason is slow acceptance by manufacturers of audio equipment […]
Hi guys, I finally have the option of using balanced cables since my new amp purchase (Plinius Hautonga) now has balanced outputs which my previous amp doesn’t. I’m thinking of connecting it between the Hautonga amp and the M-DAC. I can’t find any reviews for balanced cables in WHF/HFC so am depending on your […]
Michael Fremmer writes More Munich High End and LAAS coverage coming but first: can you hear differences among tonearm cables? Kuzma for one, offers a couple of tonearm wire options but without first hearing each, now can you know which to order? I asked Franc Kuzma for some samples. He sent me three 4Point arm […]
Paul McGowan writes: One of my readers asked a very legitimate question: one that is asked on an ongoing basis and it refers to my post about cables. “Help me here. I do believe a roadblock to a broader appreciation of our hobby is the perception that the high-end audio industry is lubricated with snake […]
Paul McGowan writes: We started our series on Class D amps and how they work. We went through the all important input stage but before we get moving, however, quite a few of you wrote me and asked for a better idea of what common mode rejection was and what an amp designer might do […]
“I have been talking to a few e-mail buddies and have a question that isn’t being satisfactorily answered this far. So…I’m asking the experts on the forum to pitch in. This has probably been asked before but I can’t find any references for it. Can someone explain why one DIGITAL cable (coaxial, BNC, etc.) can […]
Lee Hutchinson writes: But pre-set expectations and testing questions make us wonder about our results. More HERE
Paul McGowan writes: The summer of 1977 found my partner Stan and I looking to increase our sales of phono stages and we thought we would try and entice a few dealers to carry the product. Up until this day we were 100% direct-to-customer, something you see more of today in high-end audio, but back […]
Steve Guttenberg writes: It’s a safe bet that your speaker cables don’t look like Nordost’s ultra-flat cables. Founded in 1991, Nordost is a high-technology cable manufacturer using conductor technology that was initially developed for the aerospace industry. Nordost designs and builds all of its audio, digital and video cables in its facilities in Holliston, Massachusetts. […]
Paul McGowan writes: Now you’ve gotten your main speaker system in order and imaging properly, according to yesterday’s post, it’s time to think about adding our subwoofer. Let’s start with a fairly broad overview and then later we can dig down deep. Your subwoofers are going to be placed behind and to the outside of […]
We are sometimes asked our opinion of exotic power cords, and have met more than a few people who have laid out some serious investment to have what they see as the very best sort of cord running from the wall socket to the IEC socket on the back of a power amp or CD […]
The tangle of wires and cables behind your stereo are causing sonic damage because of their emissions. Paul shows that to us and explains what we can do about it. View HERE
Our member, Mr Derek Stalin asks: “It makes a difference, It really does. The following goes totally against my engineering “if you can’t measure it, it isn’t there” outlook but I’ve just bought two 3 meter lengths of CHORD RUMOUR 2 and using the same terminations (taken off the previous cable) and using the […]
Most interconnects are shielded to reduce noise and improve sound quality. Is the same true for speaker cables? Watch Now
After reading the review, and being a sucker for cheap tweaks, I tried them in my system. I only had two line fuses to replace -one in my Simaudio Nova CD player and one in my Simaudio W-3 amp. The latter has no cct. board fuses for each channel [probably a good thing]. I couldn’t […]