They actually hear speaker cable differences blind folded???

[Mart68]

Jay does address the problem, sort of. The reasons they preferred the cheap one are:

It was brighter so more detailed but over time this would become fatiguing.

Cables need 'settling time' which they didn't get due to being swapped in and out,

 

[GM3]

Jay does address the problem, sort of. The reasons they preferred the cheap one are:

It was brighter so more detailed but over time this would become fatiguing.

Cables need 'settling time' which they didn't get due to being swapped in and out,

How do they know this? Was this measured or just subjective opinions of differences that may or may not exist?

Unless the expensive cable makes the sound 'less bright', because it's a shit cable that can't properly transmit an audio signal, which it shouldn't, that's not something which should happen... But I guess it could depend on the speakers (impedance curve) with too small and/or long cables http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm

Anyway, the #1 thing with any speaker cable comparison should be comparing 2 cables of the same size and same length. Anything else is just a waste a time and stupid. Any audiophile spending not just hundreds but thousands of dollars on cables should know this. But in the world of audiophiles, where ignorance and snake-oil rules, I guess common sense isn't very common.

 

[Old_School_Brad]

Jay does address the problem, sort of. The reasons they preferred the cheap one are:

It was brighter so more detailed but over time this would become fatiguing.

Cables need 'settling time' which they didn't get due to being swapped in and out,

LOL

If I put myself in the shoes of a non-technical audiophile I'd be totally confused after watching this video.

What a disservice Laurel & Hardy here have done to the hobby.

 

[HammersRocco]

[Dumb comment]

My bad - the video was about speaker cable - need to watch it before emitting an opinion on what they actually did... sorry I misread - deleting post

 

[VientoB]

Jay does address the problem, sort of. The reasons they preferred the cheap one are:

It was brighter so more detailed but over time this would become fatiguing.

Cables need 'settling time' which they didn't get due to being swapped in and out,

Jay really thinks these things? I'm disappointed.

 

[StigErik]

Are they sitting in a beauty parlour?
Keith

Perhaps. But they kinda look like Batman and Robin to me.

 

[Mart68]

Jay really thinks these things? I'm disappointed.

That is what he did say.

Some people will clutch at any straw rather than accept that a lot of perceived differences are created in our minds.

 

[egellings]

I'm not going to bother watching.


Actually, you shouldn't have to level-match cables. If there is a level difference (maybe a long-thin cable, or something) that's a valid-true difference between cables.

You'd level match at the amplifier output terminals.

 

[VientoB]

You'd level match at the amplifier output terminals.

If you leave the volume as is every time you switch off/on it should be fine