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So cables do make a difference?!?!?!

Kett said:
Fixed.

And:

http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=15412&postcount=28

Also:

How dare the OP replace his old small gauge wires in his speaker run for a thicker gauge for the price of $10!!! THE AUDACITY. He's crazy and I am sure he spends $89082384986 on voodoo upgrades for his audio system at least twice a month.
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But now my curiousity is piqued - has there ever been a study on these strands of wire in the insulation versus a solid cable? I'm wondering if there's a difference, as I've seen solid cables being sold before. I'm sure the difference wouldn't be worth the cost, but I've never been able to find a good article on it. (My google fu really sucks. No, I mean, REALLY, sucks.)
 
Try a blind test using Romex solid conductor 12, 14, or 16 and see if you can hear a difference. Was an old debate at Audiophile magazine as I remember. Preferred the 12 gage, hey did, lol.
Premium cables are easier to live with, oh yes.
 
ExplodingTaco said:
The premise of this statement shows your ignorance of sound and makes the rest of your comments worthless.

Volume != Good Sound



My own double blind test shows that there was a difference between my old and new wires. Again I dont know what made the difference but I was 100% based just on sound without knowing which was which. I could believe what I heard or I could believe what you are read somewhere on the net . . .
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Higher volume is precived by most people as sounding better, I attribute this to the flattening of the flecher-munsun curve, but might be other reasons.

The large diameter of a cable, and the shorter it is, .. the lower the resistance ----- not even sure how to argue with this. - its math. This is also why some stereo's have a "loudness" button, to compensate for this disparity at low volumes.

FYI, I am a sound professionial. I do sound on levels that most people here will never even understand, I have designed my own speakers, analog, and digital crossovers. And ahve a 5 year engineering degree.

You know those big concerts you go to -- that have that sound dude sitting in teh middle of the room surround by all the electronics equipment? ... thats me.

I rarely work on system under 20,000 watts now. I think the largest system was about 200,000 watt (plus another 400,000 watts for lighting +/-).

The poster referencing room modes and comb filtering is totally on the right track. The point being that cables don't make a difference. If you can hear the difference please collect your million dollars here ---- the randi foundation...

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071009/015017.shtml
Although I agree,
 
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