fpitas
Master Contributor
Maybe you pay extra for that?
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Skw rca cables terrible sound?!
Sgt. Ear Ache
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Hmmm...in the case of a bad solder connection...or really a bad connection of any sort, wouldn't the impact be either you have a signal or you don't? I doubt you'd have a signal but it would be less trebly or "airy." I've had situations where a connection was iffy and the effect was if the cable was moved the sound would cut in and out in very obvious ways. I mean there's been a fair number of fun tests done over the years where the signal was run through coat hangers and potatoes with no notable audible impact at all so I'd think as long as the connection in the wires isn't completely broken you're not likely hearing anything audible that's more subtle than the sound cutting in and out with maybe some related staticky noises.
fpitas
Master Contributor
Perhaps the ground connection is what's separating? But then I'd expect some hum.
I think if the primary connector is out, that's what cuts in and out. But it was this screw being loose that had something like a 10 or 15 dB SINAD difference in the SA600 review
JayGilb
Major Contributor
Not always on a stereo pair where the grounds are tied together on both sending and receiving sides.
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it is in fact an artisanal solder connection.
As far as cables go, they don’t matter at all!!!
With my Chord Dave, I use a 30 year old cable that came with my TV, The cable was in two pieces when i found it so i just joined it together just like an electrical wire and a simple electrical tape did the finishing.
Sounds as good as expensive cables!
With my Chord Dave, I use a 30 year old cable that came with my TV, The cable was in two pieces when i found it so i just joined it together just like an electrical wire and a simple electrical tape did the finishing.
Sounds as good as expensive cables!
If the amplifier driving the cable is marginally stable, the variations in R, L and C of the cable (likely mostly C) could cause an amplifier on the verge of losing it to sound oddly different or outright start screaming at above audibility frequencies. On competent equipment, the cable variations among reasonably competent cables would have no sonic effect.
