Kimber RCA Cable vs Amazon Basics (Video)

[truth_soldier]

I spent quite a few hours making up some speaker cables like that a few years ago - I had a spool of Cat5 lying around and nothing better to do with it. They sound exactly the same as ordinary 16-gauge copper wire, and exactly the same as mains flex.

with what amp and speakers? Just curious. It wouldn't surprise me if they sound the same.
Btw, 4 pairs of Cat5 should just about equal 16awg wire. And 4 pairs are in a single run of Cat5. What did you do that took a few hours? Fancy termination?

 

[Alan O]

with what amp and speakers? Just curious. It wouldn't surprise me if they sound the same.

I've used the Cat5 cables, and various other cables, with various amps and speakers... and so far I've never heard any two kinds of speaker cables sound different.

 

[truth_soldier]

I've used the Cat5 cables, and various other cables, with various amps and speakers... and so far I've never heard any two kinds of speaker cables sound different.

Have you ever used very high sensitivity speakers above 95db/1w where you'd be only using a few watts to maybe 10 watts almost all the time?
I'm just curious if that changes the results at all. Mostly only "flea watt" tube amp owners have this kinda config but I myself use a TPA3255 amp with 96db speakers.

 

[Alan O]

Have you ever used very high sensitivity speakers above 95db/1w where you'd be only using a few watts to maybe 10 watts almost all the time?
I'm just curious if that changes the results at all. Mostly only "flea watt" tube amp owners have this kinda config but I myself use a TPA3255 amp with 96db speakers.

No, I've never used speakers like that - only ever medium-ish sensitivity speakers and relatively high power solid state amps.

 

[Azathoth]

Guess what! This got mentioned in one of my best podcasts ever, Skeptics Guide to Universe! It's in the latest episode episode released last Saturday!

@amirm, maybe you could have an interview with them? They've had Ethan Winer on there ages ago, could use an update!

 

[Palladium]

I've used the Cat5 cables, and various other cables, with various amps and speakers... and so far I've never heard any two kinds of speaker cables sound different.

Not a surprise. AFAIK nobody even measures the attenuation losses for RF cables under 1MHz because they are so low even for radio systems that kill for the last 0.0000000001 milliwatt.