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| Which cables go with what????? Rjwood wrote:"your system is only as good as its weakest link and that weakest link could be a cable, 'neutral' or otherwise."Certainly agree with this. This is why it is so important to start with cables that do not add any sonic signature of the... | |
| Which cables go with what????? Sean asked:"What consistent factors have you found amongst all of these cables that makes you think that they perform better than other cables not mentioned ?"This is easy. First, there is some science behind these cables. The L, R, C and Dielectr... | |
| Which cables go with what????? Rjwood wrote:"Oh, and if Audioengr is really starting these threads for the benefit of us mere music lovers, perhaps he could nominate a few manufacturers whose cables perform at the same exalted level as his own?"Sure, I can do this:BogdanAudienc... | |
| Which cables go with what????? Bwhite wrote:"So from your statement about preamps - I gather you don't view them as too important. What about source components? Are they important?"Preamps are certainly important. The point is: that in most systems there the SYNERGY between the... | |
| Silver interconnects & copper speaker cable O.K. ? Good metallurgical copper and silver should both sound good. However, I prefer silver for IC's.If the metals are not fabricated and processed right, either one can sound bad. | |
| Digital cables: 75 or 110 ohms? The SP/DIF spec is 75 ohms, single-ended signalling. The AES/EBU spec is 100ohms balanced or differential signalling. | |
| Which cables go with what????? Nrchy - your respect index just went up a notch. ;>) | |
| Which cables go with what????? Sonic_genius wrote:"AudioEngr: If you have the education and experience that you claim then you would be a fool to be in the high-end audio cable business."Not really. I've already had a 26-year illustrious career in the computer industry and I to... | |
| Which cables go with what????? Unsound wrote:"System synergy is dung? What about impedance matching between pre and power amp, between power amps and speakers, between speakers and rooms, etc.."I agree with you 100%. Synergy between amps and speakers is critical. Sometimes betw... | |
| Which cables go with what????? Flex wrote:"Audioengr's original argument is that IF you match components well enough, including with tubed systems, that it is at least possible to get the cable influence out of the equation. Obviously cables need to be as well designed as possi... | |
| Which cables go with what????? Corona wrote:"Maybe this will help; it took us three years to build a ported dynamic speaker with no x-over."My hats off to you. I had though about doing this myself, but I don't have a lot of speaker design experience. But I thought it would cert... | |
| Which cables go with what????? Sean wrote:"do you think that your gear / system is representative of the majority of components / systems in use today ?"Probably not, but the interfaces are similar. The difference is that everything I have is heavily modded. You can get the sam... | |
| Which cables go with what????? "Based on their posts here; maybe they don't have enough customers to keep them busy."I actually wish it were true. This has been my busiest summer yet. I don't even get to go flyfishing much - and the lake is only a half mile away. | |
| Which cables go with what????? "Audioengr starts the thread knowing full well it will serve as a promotional vehicle for his product."Bullshit - It just irks me how many audiophiles believe this nonsense. I read hundreds of posts like:"what speaker cables will sound good with m... | |
| Which cables go with what????? lemme@lone wrote:"if a 15 foot run of cable can be readily had from Empirical, why does everyone else have so much trouble making a standard 3 footer that should have 5 times less 'signature'"The answer is simple. Most manufacturers of cable do no... |