what brand speaker wire is good?
06-01-2005, 03:22 PM
#42
1000 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 1,770
06-01-2005, 03:46 PM
#43
500 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 870
When I first started out in audio, Tom Dewar used to do an A/B comparison between a Advent clock radio, and a HK Citation amp-preamp setup, played thru a set of Tannoy Ardens.
Took til my 3rd visit before I knew what to listen for, and it was barely perceptable.
That test is interesting, but how many of the testers were young females?....doesn't say.
Us poor old dudes are lucky if we can hear from 30-10k. Still gonna keep my 4ga wire on my home speakers to run 25 watts 4 1/2 feet tho. It just looks expensive...one day I'll upgrade to the blue stuff, and then maybe I'll really get to enjoy.
Took til my 3rd visit before I knew what to listen for, and it was barely perceptable.
That test is interesting, but how many of the testers were young females?....doesn't say.
Us poor old dudes are lucky if we can hear from 30-10k. Still gonna keep my 4ga wire on my home speakers to run 25 watts 4 1/2 feet tho. It just looks expensive...one day I'll upgrade to the blue stuff, and then maybe I'll really get to enjoy.
06-01-2005, 04:50 PM
#44
1000 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,242
Originally posted by defro13:
not one single one, thats an awfully broad statement. i belive that people can hear a difference, but can they tell which sounds better, the rona 16awg of the black pearl
not one single one, thats an awfully broad statement. i belive that people can hear a difference, but can they tell which sounds better, the rona 16awg of the black pearl
That is the problem with hearing - it is all perception. What you hear is what you perceive to hear. There are thousands of factors that can influece what you are hearing.
Are you
Hungry
Tired
excited
horny
drunk
stoned
bored
etc.
If you want to hear ayour $100/inch cable sound more 'airy' 'open' and 'detailed' and you are convinced taht it will. Then of course you will hear a difference.
This is the beauty of blind testing. You do not know which cable or component is the one you think will sound better. Therefore your brain and emotions will not influence you either way.
If someone wants to hear something they will. I spend 8hrs a day 5days a week in the hearing business (hearing aids not stereos)and I have witnessed this first hand.
06-01-2005, 07:08 PM
#45
1000 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,783
I've been hauling around a 4 meter pair of Kimber Cable KCAG interconnect every where I go for the past 2 months. I keep trying to get the Nay sayers of the cable voodoo theory to DO this blind test.....it's like everyone is all of a sudden scared that they might HEAR a difference...
So it works on both sides, some people are afraid not to be able to hear a difference, some people are afraid that they may.
So...I"m going to continue to offer people the chance to try this Kimber cable in their car where-ever I go...
Adam
So it works on both sides, some people are afraid not to be able to hear a difference, some people are afraid that they may.
So...I"m going to continue to offer people the chance to try this Kimber cable in their car where-ever I go...
Adam
06-01-2005, 08:44 PM
#46
Originally posted by defro13:
i'll bet that practically everyone here hasnt done an a/b test between the blue wire, or rona wire, against the kimber of the m10s of whatever wire.
i'll bet that practically everyone here hasnt done an a/b test between the blue wire, or rona wire, against the kimber of the m10s of whatever wire.
06-01-2005, 08:48 PM
#47
50 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 83
I've sat in Adams car and listened to his expensive cable vs his really expensive cable.
Very hard to explain the difference... but it's there and in this case would be worth upgrading.
I have a feeling that it's got more to do with wire material than construction. Some materials are better conductors and thus are going to give you a signal at the end of the cable which is much closer to the original signal where with a cable made with cheaper materials or poorer conductors the signal may be slightly lossy.
Very hard to explain the difference... but it's there and in this case would be worth upgrading.
I have a feeling that it's got more to do with wire material than construction. Some materials are better conductors and thus are going to give you a signal at the end of the cable which is much closer to the original signal where with a cable made with cheaper materials or poorer conductors the signal may be slightly lossy.
06-02-2005, 06:48 AM
#48
Originally posted by PEI330Ci:
I've been hauling around a 4 meter pair of Kimber Cable KCAG interconnect every where I go for the past 2 months. I keep trying to get the Nay sayers of the cable voodoo theory to DO this blind test.....it's like everyone is all of a sudden scared that they might HEAR a difference...
So it works on both sides, some people are afraid not to be able to hear a difference, some people are afraid that they may.
So...I"m going to continue to offer people the chance to try this Kimber cable in their car where-ever I go...
Adam
I've been hauling around a 4 meter pair of Kimber Cable KCAG interconnect every where I go for the past 2 months. I keep trying to get the Nay sayers of the cable voodoo theory to DO this blind test.....it's like everyone is all of a sudden scared that they might HEAR a difference...
So it works on both sides, some people are afraid not to be able to hear a difference, some people are afraid that they may.
So...I"m going to continue to offer people the chance to try this Kimber cable in their car where-ever I go...
Adam
