Nice one Anton! It's rare to see measurable differences nowadays, unless you pick up the extremely cheap "dollar store" cables. At a certain point of reasonable quality (this is not all that expensive), improvements halt almost completely and you get drastically diminishing returns. For speaker cable, I still just get thick gauge copper electrical wire in bulk at Home Depot (a hardware store chain in North America), and it works rather well. For very long runs of very low level signal level (PC to amp, or DAC to amp for example), I use balanced cables to cancel out any noise that may have been picked up along the run. And most of all, I try ensure my amps are on well grounded power circuits (which can eliminate a lot of strange noise and hum), and that they are on the same ground loop as the signal source being amplified. Motherboard EMI (that sizzling sound when you move a mouse for example) is still a thing, but external DACs help, and even reasonably well built internal audio cards do a lot better nowadays than they used to. Motherboards themselves seem a lot less noisy in general (high end video cards too). Cheers!
@@AntonsHardware Hello, I'm still watching your videos, but after purchasing the Creative G6, I no longer need a better quality DAC, and I've stopped being interested in audio because what I have fully satisfies me. Regarding the cable, I'll add that initially with the Creative G6, I used a cable from the market, but unfortunately, it slowed down the sound, and there were problems. I decided to buy a used AudioQuest Pearl as a replacement, and although it wasn't cheap, the cable is of very good quality. The gold on the ends is thicker than in other cables, and the plug holds very firmly in the socket. In my opinion, the sound itself is also better, stronger, and the soundstage has improved. Now I can hear more clearly what is on the left and what is on the right (but maybe this is a placebo effect), but I still think it was worth it. When it comes to cables, I recommend buying OFC copper cables. The type of insulation is also important in a cable; the better, the better. The length of the cable is also important; I recommend not exceeding 1.8m, but ideally 1.5m, and generally, the shorter, the better. It's great that you're still making these videos! There aren't many materials of this type on UA-cam.
@@AntonsHardware Silver cables also make sense, but I tend to focus only on copper, of course due to its lower cost and greater durability against twisting. Personally, instead of silver cable, I recommend investing in a motherboard with good components, with a good protective shield for USB ports in the form of radiators, as well as other components. Changing the motherboard slightly improved the sound quality for me. It's also worth buying a high-quality power supply. Generally, in audio, everything should be of at least good quality because the weakest element of the setup can significantly lower the quality of other components. It's true for everything, but in audio, it's particularly noticeable.
I did see a test in the early days of HDMI. Going back on what I already said, some cables were not well made. And the 1's where weak and the 0's where weak too. Lets be fair PERFECT digital attunation is very hard to do. So both sides can work with some error corrections in the chips. But, some cables were so bad in those early days that they were actually bad. Nowadays? Again. With stricter standards, the chance of finding a bad HDMI cable is very low.
Nice one Anton! It's rare to see measurable differences nowadays, unless you pick up the extremely cheap "dollar store" cables. At a certain point of reasonable quality (this is not all that expensive), improvements halt almost completely and you get drastically diminishing returns. For speaker cable, I still just get thick gauge copper electrical wire in bulk at Home Depot (a hardware store chain in North America), and it works rather well. For very long runs of very low level signal level (PC to amp, or DAC to amp for example), I use balanced cables to cancel out any noise that may have been picked up along the run. And most of all, I try ensure my amps are on well grounded power circuits (which can eliminate a lot of strange noise and hum), and that they are on the same ground loop as the signal source being amplified.
Motherboard EMI (that sizzling sound when you move a mouse for example) is still a thing, but external DACs help, and even reasonably well built internal audio cards do a lot better nowadays than they used to. Motherboards themselves seem a lot less noisy in general (high end video cards too).
Cheers!
Really nice! Oh and I love the new outro music, very "laserbeak"
Thank you, you have answered an interesting question.
i recommend audioquest cables as second hand
Mikele! Good to see you again!
@@AntonsHardware Hello, I'm still watching your videos, but after purchasing the Creative G6, I no longer need a better quality DAC, and I've stopped being interested in audio because what I have fully satisfies me. Regarding the cable, I'll add that initially with the Creative G6, I used a cable from the market, but unfortunately, it slowed down the sound, and there were problems. I decided to buy a used AudioQuest Pearl as a replacement, and although it wasn't cheap, the cable is of very good quality. The gold on the ends is thicker than in other cables, and the plug holds very firmly in the socket. In my opinion, the sound itself is also better, stronger, and the soundstage has improved. Now I can hear more clearly what is on the left and what is on the right (but maybe this is a placebo effect), but I still think it was worth it. When it comes to cables, I recommend buying OFC copper cables. The type of insulation is also important in a cable; the better, the better. The length of the cable is also important; I recommend not exceeding 1.8m, but ideally 1.5m, and generally, the shorter, the better. It's great that you're still making these videos! There aren't many materials of this type on UA-cam.
And btw lower AWG=better cause copper is thicker.
Better getting thicker silver cables! :D
@@AntonsHardware Silver cables also make sense, but I tend to focus only on copper, of course due to its lower cost and greater durability against twisting. Personally, instead of silver cable, I recommend investing in a motherboard with good components, with a good protective shield for USB ports in the form of radiators, as well as other components. Changing the motherboard slightly improved the sound quality for me. It's also worth buying a high-quality power supply. Generally, in audio, everything should be of at least good quality because the weakest element of the setup can significantly lower the quality of other components. It's true for everything, but in audio, it's particularly noticeable.
I did see a test in the early days of HDMI. Going back on what I already said, some cables were not well made. And the 1's where weak and the 0's where weak too. Lets be fair PERFECT digital attunation is very hard to do. So both sides can work with some error corrections in the chips.
But, some cables were so bad in those early days that they were actually bad.
Nowadays? Again. With stricter standards, the chance of finding a bad HDMI cable is very low.
I believe there is a video from Linus Tech Tips about HDMI quality. Was that the video?
sponsored by tower?😁
Improvement? Yes. Worth it? Eh...