Battle of RCA Cables: Mogami, Amazon, Monoprice

[pablolie]

As I've mentioned before, back around 1990 Kimber PBJ cables were all the rage as "the budget priced" great sounding cable. I bought into the clammer and bought a few sets at around $70 the pair. Well they absolutely DID sound different, the unshielded twisted pair design picked up such a hum field from my VTL tube monoblocks you could've seriously heard it "from the kitchen". They didn't last a day or two in my rig before I threw them in a drawer. The only good news of it all was I was able to sell them about 25 years later for 3x what I paid.
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:-D I also have Kimber in that box... :-D

 

[Labjr]

For mechanical integrity I always prefer crimped connections.

I wouldn't trust my crimping. I have crimped and soldered but mostly just solder.

 

[Roland68]

I wouldn't trust my crimping. I have crimped and soldered but mostly just solder.

With a decent crimping tool (available for €15-30), you can always rely on crimping results because they don't depend on you. Provided the material is in good condition.

Properly executed crimp connections are superior to any soldered connection, even one with hard solder and 55% silver content, both electrically and mechanically.

 

[pablolie]

With a decent crimping tool (available for €15-30), you can always rely on crimping results because they don't depend on you. Provided the material is in good condition.

Properly executed crimp connections are superior to any soldered connection, even one with hard solder and 55% silver content, both electrically and mechanically.

Kinda interesting we went from cables to connectors. They should be quality, too - and then they don't matter either. The best connector is also just a matter of application if competently made. If you have to reconnect things every other day, it probably calls for a different connector that if you connect once and leave things alone for several years.

 

[amirm]

If person believes that Cable A sounds better than Cable B does, then to him, and to him alone, A will sound better than B, so long as he knows which cable is in play during the listening session.

Since the effect is not real, it gradually goes away even with that knowledge. Hence the reason these people keep changing their system, applying tweak after tweak, to get that audio placebo high again.

 

[egellings]

Since the effect is not real, it gradually goes away even with that knowledge. Hence the reason these people keep changing their system, applying tweak after tweak, to get that audio placebo high again.

True.

 

[Sal1950]

Properly executed crimp connections are superior to any soldered connection, even one with hard solder and 55% silver content, both electrically and mechanically.

A properly soldered connection is air tight and free of corrosion over time.
Not so with crimps.

 

[Ropeburn]

Oh yeah, it's absolutely crucial you make the best possible connection and crimp your line cables transmitting homoeopathic doses of power, so you get the absolute best transmission to the 3 million solder joints inside devices.

 

[Get a hearing test]

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All of this is telling you to stop putting any faith in your sighted cable comparisons

Really. The most likely answer is you aren't hearing a real difference.

Must be a botched cable. No other explanation.