DO CABLES REALLY MATTER?

Excerpt from the Waldrep blog on demos of cables at audio shows,

“I deliberately avoided naming the salesperson who demonstrated the “benefits” of expensive — very expensive — power cords and the name of his company out of respect for the hosts. His demo produced audible/measurable increases in the amplitude of identical music selections. A result that is impossible according to the laws of physics. Electrical engineers and those with even a casual knowledge of how electrical circuits and power supplies work know that a heavy twisted cable worth thousands of dollars cannot — and should not — increase the plus and minus voltages needed by the various circuits in the equipment in question.”

>>>>I gave up reading immediately after the phrases, “a result that is impossible according to the laws of physics,” electrical engineers and those with casual knowledge...” not to mention, “I deliberately avoided naming the salesperson and the name of his company out of respect...” are indicative of some pseudo skeptic somewhere with an axe to grind. Darn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! 

I don’t recall anyone anywhere ever claiming cables do not (rpt not) provide/produce/contain/measure some distortion and noise. Hel-loo! Apparent even AES is aware of the power of the Strawman argument. 🙄

Some cables can make a monster difference. Just ask Noel Lee.

Sorry, difficult to resist, but he started it.

When I do live sound stuff it’s all balanced...signal to the amps, subs, inputs from EQ and compressors, every microphone of course...all of it. The only unbalanced thing is, of course, my normal mental state, and whatever I’m using for background music using a short stereo cable...generally something streaming from an old iPhone that isn’t used as a phone (otherwise calls would come through the PA system...generally not good.)

I replaced zip cable with Morrows. The only difference? I had less money in my bank account.