arnyk wrote: > > I've never had that problem, and over the years I've used all sorts of > bottom-of-the-barrel cables including the ones that were in the box with > the new gear I bought.
It's all personal choice. Myself, while I don't see the point of cables that cost more than the equipment they are connected to, I also must admit it doesn't *feel* right to attach standard thin black-white-red cables with cheap tin connectors to my little audio shrine. I don't go overboard (my choices are in my sig). I think I spent $700 on speaker cables and never more than $400 on XLR interconnects, and I always try to minimize the amount of gear. That's just a personal philosophy thing. It *feels* better knowing the connections are solid and shielded effectively. The conductivity of the cable is unlikely to make a difference unless someone tries to "fine tune" cable design to introduce (IMHO undesirable) amounts of inductance or capacitance to tune the sound. I am not claiming at all there's any science to my preference for slightly upgraded cables. It just makes me feel better, hence it's money well spent (and it's not like I ruined myself buying it). ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine (on VMware Workstation 12) running Ubuntu 16.04 + LMS 7.9 System: SB Touch --optical->- Benchmark DAC2HGC --AnalysisPlus Oval Copper XLR->- NAD M22 Power Amp --AnalysisPlus Black Mesh Oval->- Totem Element Fire Other Rooms: 2x SB Boom; 1x SB Radio; 1x SB Classic-> NAD D7050 -> Totem DreamCatcher + Velodyne Minivee Sub Computer audio: workstation --USB->- audioengine D1 -> Grado PS500e/Shure 1540 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105775 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
