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So YOU can't hear a difference in cables

I do.

I have a set of Van Den Hul the Seconds They get rid of the digtal glare and edge. They are non fatiguing to listen to.
They sound full and lush but give up some detail and soundstage. I can listen to them indefinitely.

My Au24's are more holographic, have better soundstage, detail in spades, but there is that digital edge and glare.

My silver interconnects sound good but tizzy on the top end. They are out.

Day in and day out give me the Van Den Hul the Seconds, no fatigue, but oh I want the detail and soundstage of the AU24's.

If you suffer from that digital glare or edge get the vandys.

I find that the louder the music the more that the cables matter. I find that cables "tune the sound".

Anyone have a suggestion for an interconnect that fits my bill at a reasonable price?
zilla
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gunbei
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Zilla,
Being so blinded by the Stereophile light is a big mistake. You've had multiple people tell you that the AU24 shouldn't have glare, and the SCD333 may be the cause, but you blindly hold onto the word of a magazine reviewer.

I'm not saying we're right and he's wrong. What I am saying is that if you ignore the advice many, you may end up chasing an audio fairy you can never capture.

Have you considered that the Van Den Hul could actually be masking a deficiency in your system?
mwilson
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Gunbei - I detect lots of AU24 lovers in this thread. The prevailing sentiment in this thread is that people seem to hold the AU24 in a special light, and that those who cannot hear it that way must be wrong, or their systems poorly-matched.

I particularly find Nighthawk's comment: "If you find AU24 edgy you have a problem somewhere else." just too simple and one-sided to be useful.

If someone's system doesn't acheive some result (or does) doesn't mean that it's deficient because it doesn't accommodate the AU24 properly. What kind of logic is that?
danlib1
819 posts
 
Zilla- You said it yourself- cables do "tune the sound" in some respects, kind of like REALLY expensive tone controls.

I've tried so many I can't keep count, but I must say the AU-24 should not be the source of any glare. They will however let everything higher in the chain through.

I would'nt take offense at recommendations to consider another digital source. I too like JA at Stereophile,but I owned a Sony SCD-1 that was SMOKED on redbook by the Resolution Audio Opus 21.

If you don't want to experiment with your digital source, you may just want to settle in with the Van Den Hul cables, or try something in the upper reaches of the Cardas line.

Have fun.
jea48
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Zilla,I am not putting down your sony. In your equipt list you did not list a power cond. My point was made because if the power in your town is really dirty it will effect digital. You would be suprised what a "shakti on line" will do. As far as Stereophile I haven`t had an opportunity to listen to equipt they have reviewed in the last couple of years. But thru the 80s, 90s and early 2000s when I could listen to equipt they had revieved, most of the time I agreed with them. You would have to admit that they are not the same mag they were before they were sold to the company that owns them now.
One thing you may have not thought of is your listening room acoustics.
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