How about a double-blind ABX instead...?
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This audio cable business is getting out of hand...
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How about a double-blind ABX instead...?
solderdude
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Retest the short cable after putting a heavy book on the PC's vent.
Time for a double blind.
That gets in the way of playing Audiophile Make Believe.
Omar Cumming
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Looks like the guy has devoted his career to selling snake oil!
Heck of a career choice
Cheers
Looks like horseshit to me.
I thought that too, but then I read "Your Friend in the Business" and I realized a friend wouldn't sell me snake oil, so the whole page is 100% legit. You need to read a little more carefully Omar.
Omar Cumming
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My post was tongue-n-cheek based on Chief Wiggam's classic line "You gotta learn to listen Lou"
mhardy6647
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I believe that is why they're known as CONfidence MEN. (or PEOPLE, if you prefer)
Get a hearing test
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hear up to 20khz on logarithmic whatever that is and 16.5khz on linear. Getting old sucks.You really need to get a hearing test.
solderdude
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yep.. still 16.5kHz isn't bad. It has nothing to do with cables which are all flat from 0Hz up to the MHz range. They cannot work as equalizers nor do they add distortion. The very small difference in DC resistance between the 2 cables cannot possibly result in any audible changes.
I am really bad at soldering. The cables I make sound awful.
Get a hearing test
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Yes i've read that thats why i bought the cables just cuz they look and feel great. Didnt expect a dip in audio quality. I even played around with plugging left side with the 1.5 dollar cable and the right side with 18 dollar one, then swapped around in case headphone drivers were THAT different (theyre not) played simple tunes and the 18 one was flat out worse. Its not amp imbalance either as i go above it. Im gonna sleep on this and do more testing tomorrow.
My point above with my joke about my soldering ability was to point out that bad cables exist, even ones made with nice wire. Perhaps the difference in resistance aren't so small.
GeorgeBynum
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I'm pretty good at soldering ... my cables smell good; ah that rosin flux. But they all sound the same.
Speedskater
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Depends on how small the DC resistance difference is. There can be up to 25dB differences in Common Impedance Coupling noise between different common RCA interconnect cables used by audiophiles.
JustAnandaDourEyedDude
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I am guilty of buying a pair of $99 Pangea Audio Balanced XLR interconnect, while I was eyeing the less expensive Mogami Studio Gold. At least, I did not go up the sales mountain to their Premier SE version with PE air tube insulation. I am also guilty of buying quite a few replacement earphone cables off AliExpress. The siren song of PCOCC copper, SPC and silver often lures me in. I regard it more as a legit way for a guy to wear bling without changing professions to become a rapper.
Oh, don't feel bad. Paying for quality work is worth it, and aesthetics aren't nothing.
