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I think that is a rather strong term. A thief takes without permission and without compensation. He is selling a product to a willing consumer. While we may disagree with what he is selling and the validity of his statements, that doesn’t make him a thief any more than a club selling $50 bottles of champagne with table service by scantly dressed women for $500, or an oxygen bar selling air.
Poor analogy, the market cost of any (genuine) bottle is well known and the customer is fully informed of everything in this transaction. Taking an empty bottle of Dom Perignon and filling it with Cava and selling it for $500 is fraud or thievery. I was responding to the assumption that the perp here firmly believes (knows) that what he is selling does nothing but represents otherwise. Pet Rocks were not fraud just stupidity.
I think that is a rather strong term. A thief takes without permission and without compensation. He is selling a product to a willing consumer. While we may disagree with what he is selling and the validity of his statements, that doesn’t make him a thief any more than a club selling $50 bottles of champagne with table service by scantly dressed women for $500, or an oxygen bar selling air.
With short length audio cables typically used in home audio setups, R, L and C, along with good connections and shielding where required, pretty well determine the sound effect they may have.
Not hi-fi cables, but if you always wanted to play like Jimi then these might be the ticket. Remember to unplug when you set your guitar on fire.
Which makes me wonder, why don't we have rock cables, or jazz cables, or classical? Surely certain wire is more suited to certain music? I think there's a market out there for an enterprising young cable designer!
PS: these are not actually that expensive considering the quality (at least from the looks).
Funny anecdote that's sort of related: I remember going to see Count Basie a couple of times. Freddie Green was featured on rhythm guitar. Information indicates he played one of a Gretsch, Epiphone or Stromberg archtop. Miked. When introducing some band members the Count turned to Freddie and quipped to the audience, "The great Freddie Green. The only member of the band you can't hear once we start playing!" I think Freddie got the biggest applause.
Funny anecdote that's sort of related: I remember going to see Count Basie a couple of times. Freddie Green was featured on rhythm guitar. Information indicates he played one of a Gretsch, Epiphone or Stromberg archtop. Miked. When introducing some band members the Count turned to Freddie and quipped to the audience, "The great Freddie Green. The only member of the band you can't hear once we start playing!" I think Freddie got the biggest applause.
That reminds me of listening to music while driving in a car. I've always felt sorry for the poor jazz stand-up bass players. Their instrument just isn't suited to car-listening.
When the bass player has been given a solo it's like the music just stops and goes to silence. "Wait, did the signal drop out or something?" (Checks station). In other words, I find that the double-whammy of stand up bass solos being generally very quiet relative to the rest of the music PLUS their instrument falling in to the frequency range of general car noise and road rumble, means the instrument often gets swallowed up, making it pointless.
(Of course, this will be variable depending on car/system/volume someone listens at...)
So for those of us entering into the hobby, which speaker cable does the community recommend? I have read crystalline copper silver plated DH Labs T14 is good...but seems rather expensive to someone like me...
So for those of us entering into the hobby, which speaker cable does the community recommend? I have read crystalline copper silver plated DH Labs T14 is good...but seems rather expensive to someone like me...
Same for me-16 gauge zip cord for speakers, and RG-58U shielded wire and RCA plugs put together in my lab, all made in just the lengths I need. I highly doubt that anyone has the ability to tell the difference between these and store-bought exotica in a double blind ABX test.
Objective cable measurements here. Done by Gene from Audioholics with professional test equipment. Spoiler on speaker cables save your money unless you like jewelry.
