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macek
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Sep 27, 2016
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People buy cables like this and then hook them up to their cheap stereo. As if the cable is what you need to upgrade the quality of your sound. I'd like to propose a rule of thumb: your cabling shouldn't cost more than 3% of your entire audio system. That is, if you have a $2500 sound setup, you'd be a moron to spend more than $75 on cabling. If you have a 10K setup, you can spend $300.
You still have to be really smart about it too. E.g., digital cables matter way less than analog ones. And not all cables are created equally. Often times the "expensive" cables are made in the same factories producing the super cheap ones. Head over to a site like https://www.bluejeanscable.com/ that will actually educate you on the matter and help you make an informed decision. Notice how their site isn't flashy and trying to shove product down your throat. Don't get sucked into marketing hype bullshit. Be smart, my friends.
Other worthwhile reading from BJC: http://www.bluejeanscable.com/articles/index.htm
Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with BJC. I do not even own BJC cables. I simply learned a lot from reading their site and watching videos. You are the only one responsible for educating yourself before you make a purchase.
Sep 27, 2016
coolerking
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Sep 28, 2016
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macekOh dear. Macek I believe is well intentioned...... But printed signal boards, the components on them, the environments they work in and the media (either Physical like cables or wireless like BT) present an extremely complicated multi-variable system. Even with an Audio system, where the signal move at a pretty slow rate. Yes, take a look at BJC. But BJC, Macek or I cannot know if you have a system where a cable may make a big difference simply because all the variables are lining up perfectly. Predicting things when there are more than one variable darn near impossible.
Why not listen. Trust your gut, I like to listen to Joshua Tree (an album I know and love and not sick of yet, I burnt out Keith Jarrett's Koln and PF Dark side of the moon) with what I have, wait a day, and then listen to it with what I just bought. I listen to the whole album because listener fatigue is something you want to look for. Don't over analyze what you heard, its your f---ing system, what do you think? If it did nothing for you, then return them. 3%, thats not a good idea, its just not that simple. I got a pair of those Andrew Jones Pioneer speakers, my existing lapton and an SMSL DAC/AMP. It was $250. So $7.50 for all the cables. The High frequenciesI were punching together, dropped $40 on a good USB cable, and it worked well. I I need to hide cables from the wife, so I used white lamp wire for the speaker cables. It is a good living room system for now Lastly, talking about Marketing hype BS, there is something even greater going on. I've spent 20+ years in SI Valley in Hardware Engineering. All signals are "Analog like". Frequency is an order of magnitude more important whether it is the original signal or the sampled signal (which is refered to as "digital"). Soon we will Computer PCB's with Laser inter connects on the board for "digital signals" Why, because the signals are moving so fast they are becoming unwieldly. Also where you are in the signal path is also much more important. For example USB cables and all cables other than speaker are non amplified. So any signal disruptionthat occurs before it reaches the amplifier gets amplified. That is why speaker cable is probably the least important cable of all of them. BTW, the speaker cable is an "importatant analog cable" by Maceks logic. Dont listen to us. Just listen for your self. Sometimes a different cable can make a huge difference.
Sep 28, 2016
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