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Oh, don't feel bad. Paying for quality work is worth it, and aesthetics aren't nothing.
Thanks, I am with you on that. Build quality and looks are what I'm really paying for.
Oh, don't feel bad. Paying for quality work is worth it, and aesthetics aren't nothing.
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.
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.
Seems to run in cycles. Something gets ASR noticed ( a review of some other forum's favorite). People come here look around. Some few decide to straighten things out. After a week or two it settles down for awhile. Then repeats. Certainly tedious and tiring sometimes to see the same old misguided stuff.Is this forum slowly being taken over by subjectivists who ignore the science?
I guess there are far more subjectivist sided people on the planet than measurement folks.
hd650 cable had a tinny/artificial tone on tracks ive heard a thousand times... it was so noticeable i couldnt get used to it. I guess i can hear the difference mr golden ear boy over here. For curiosity i might just buy a dozen or two cheap rcas all different and test every one and rate them from 10 to 0.
I bet you don't.
Already got sht for buying 5 cables. Besides cant tell a difference between 50 cent rca and 1.5 dollar one. 18 dollar one is the worst. Gonna try them on a speaker setup.I bet you don't.
Already got sht for buying 5 cables. Besides cant tell a difference between 50 cent rca and 1.5 dollar one. 18 dollar one is the worst. Gonna try them on a speaker setup.
GET A ROPE !!!Is this forum slowly being taken over by subjectivists who ignore the science?
I got tired of using my long RCA cables to interconnect small DACs and Amps so decided to get a short one. Saw one on Amazon (by "World's Best Cables') that used Canare Star-Quad cable and Amphenol connectors for just $22 shipped. My time was worth much more than that to make one so I ordered it. It came promptly. When I opened though, I was shocked to see this massive sign in there:
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Are you kidding me? Even a low-cost cable using proper material spreads such a myth?
It is one thing to see this on multi-thousand dollar cables but on a $22 one?
Inside there is an instruction sheet and it says that again. To their credit they acknowledge that such burn-in will take out of Amazon's 30 day return window so they provide instructions on how to still get a return.
The danger here is that such practices will spread to the general public, not just high-end audiophiles.
Yes, it is also "directional" although here, it is due to the way they utilize the shield at one end so that bit is fine.
I guess there are far more subjectivist sided people on the planet than measurement folks.
Is this forum slowly being taken over by subjectivists who ignore the science?
There is something inherent about audio, and most audio hobbyists, that draws toward snake oil like moths to a flame.
It just is. Better to make your own way and stay away from audio forums.
Proper understanding would tell them that "electricity" isn't a physical thing and doesn't rush anywhere. If a circuit is completed, a state of charge propagates, and an insubstantial and incorporeal electric field exists, which modulates with the signal. But nothing physical actually goes anywhere. Electrons are the charge carriers. Already, at room temperature, they are thrashing around like crazy because of thermal excitation. On top of that random motion a tiny, tiny vibration is superimposed by the charge. Once in a great while an electron might migrate a tiny fraction of a nanometer - but usually toward the source, not the destination. (So much for directional cables.)