Audio Interconnect Cable Myths vs Truths Revealed
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For audio interconnects, shielded twisted pair or shielded COAX work extremely well for audio. Unshielded twisted pair is good for rejecting magnetic pickup but not so good at eliminating capacitive pickup (unless the interfaces between components are balanced). Shielded twisted pair provides excellent shielding for low frequency signals in which the magnetic pickup is the major concern. The effectiveness of the twisting increases as the number of twists per unit length increases.
Shielded twisted pair is more than enough for frequencies below 100kHz, but above 1 Mhz the losses in the shielded twisted pair increases considerably. In addition, a twisted pair cable cannot maintain the proper impedance necessary for video applications (75 ohms). This is why I generally prefer double braided foil shielded COAX cables designed to be used for video applications such as the Belden 1694A or equivalent. If a cable can pass video signals over long distances with no problems, it will easily handle any line level audio signal without any loss of signal or fidelity or chance of noise pickup, or cross coupling from adjacent cabling.
For more detailed information on identifying quality Video Cables, check out: Component Video Cable - Definitive Guide
Termination quality is also an important consideration. I don't care for the turbine RCA connectors as they tend to lock down too tightly on an RCA jack which can actually rip off the connector if you don't carefully twist the cable as you are removing it from your AV gear. Canare type RCA connectors make a nice snug, but not overbearing connection as do the compression WBT type connectors.
Bottom line: If a cable can pass video signals over long distances with no problems, it will easily handle any line level audio signal.
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that guy must be lifting heavy cables
He also has an engineering degree and a smart guy. I known him for long time.
Inter continental fiber cables?
I've always wondered what the hulk thinks about rca cables
He's there to test the strongest of the performers
Most honest video about interconnect cable that I was able to watch these past days as I am on my way to build my own cables.
I hear a difference in sound with better cables (well engineered, good specs like they mentioned). However to get to that level one has to pay premium price with brands.
So better off building pro grade ones. The best one that I have is after all a DIY from McRU.
To those saying that cables don't matter : just sit down and listen, forget your measurements for once...
I've been a broadcast engineer for about 15 years. I've built many studios and have build many, many cables, so I'm going to comment here. I agree, for the most part, with what the guest states. The high cost audio interconnects sold on the market are really just snake oil. If you want the "best" audio interconnect (unbalanced), you do NOT have to spend a fortune. The Belden coaxial cables are excellent (NOT the CATV cables, but the ones manufactured for digital video). Purchase some low capacitance, low shield resistance cable and solder on quality connectors--Canare, Neutrik, Switchcraft, or similar. You will now have a cable that DESTROYS the high cost, snake oil cables. You'll have the best and will have saved a fortune. [I've had some ask me about the shield resistance. Without getting too technical, the low shield resistance will minimize a voltage drop across the shield that will be heard as 60 Hz "hum"]
+Steve Silvers Steve, for those that don't want to have to solder their own cables, would you recommend Belden cables that are prefabricated? Such as this: www.amazon.com/Stereo-Audio-Cable-Belden-1505A/dp/B00FEGOM4K/ref=sr_1_15?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1448784274&sr=1-15&keywords=belden+rca+cable
batman144 I looked up the specs for that cable (1505A). It's a RG-59 solid copper cable. It has nice shielding coverage and nice shield resistance. Its capacitance is a little higher but is still fine. That cable will work well. I'm a little biased towards Belden because it's a broadcast standard, so I have much exposure and experience with the brand. There are other good cables, one being Canare.
batman144 Also, remember that the primary factor for evaluating an unbalanced audio cable is its capacitance (and shield resistance). Many people also claim that its impedance is an issue, but that isn't true for audio frequencies unless the cable is incredibly long. Thus, the "best" cable for audio is that built for video/RF; the reason is that this cable must have low capacitance for the very high frequencies that it carries. To manufacture a "75 ohm" cable, the capacitance must be kept low (by dielectric choices, conductor spacing, etc). So, when trying to find or build the "best" audio cable, look at the cables used for video/RF. Find one with low capacitance, good shield covering, and low shield resistance. Also, make sure the center conductor is indeed copper. Some of the RG-6 cables, mostly used for CATV, have a center conductor that is copper-clad steel. That works fine for the very high frequencies of CATV applications because skin effect is an issue, but its resistance is much too high for audio where skin effect is NOT an issue. You'll now have an excellent cable, and you'll have saved a fortune by not purchasing the "audiophile" cables. As an aside, some of the "audiophile" cables actually have very HIGH capacitance, and thus violate the primary factor of quality cables :)
+Steve Silvers And how, exactly, does one look up a particular cable's capacitance and shield resistance?
batman144 Go to the manufacturer's website and look for the datasheet. It will show the DC resistance of the shield as well as nominal capacitance. This one for 1505A also shows attenuation. So, look for capacitance (and shield resistance). Ignore inductance and impedance; both are irrelevant for interconnects. Here is the datasheet for 1505A.
www.belden.com/techdatas/metric/1505A.pdf
Very cool. Thank you for taking my request to publish a video on interconnects seriously. Love the no nonsense delivery.
I have monoprice/amazon basics and media bridge. I ended up replacing them because they were badly built. There was a bad end (shielding) on one of them and I got an intermittent hum. I replaced them all with belden LC-1 from blue jeans. What goes in, comes out. No noise or "boutique" rolloff.
Very good. What do you think about XLR cables?
so for a run for a sub pre out of say 20-30', using tv coaxial cables with F connectors and adapters to RCA, is that a crappy setup? Should one just use coaxial shielded cable with RCA ends? I found these coax F to RCA outlet adapters. Am considering using them. Also, is it best to pull the cable out of the wall and RCA direct to sub or is using the outlet covers with RCA female jack fine with no signal loss at each connection point?
I am using a rg6 coax cable with rca adaptor at both ends and works amazing... 50Ft of cable in a subwoofer with no buzz no hum interferance...
Thanks for presenting good info! Seems like people can't agree on cables. Some say to buy the high dollar stuff and others say it's all the same!
To reference my favourite criticism of audiophile ethernet cables... "but the signal actually uses the silver plating ...whatever that means."
Hi, I've been using the Wireworld subwoofer cable for quite some time now especially the Luna 7 series and found that these cables produces thick and boomie bass sounds from the Bowers & Wilkins ASW608/610 subs however I'm currently looking at changing the Wireworld cables to something like the Audioquest Irish red subwoofer cables. Can you please tell me if the Audioquest cables are the way to go for use or are they just snake oils like many other subwoofer cables? Thanks guys.
What's better for phono the Blue Jeans LC1 or Belden 1505F?
I'm about to find out for myself. Just ordered a Blue Jeans LC-1 for my turntable.
I highly recommend your channel to anyone I talk to regarding all things audio. I heard you mention the Carnare RCA plugs, what are your thoughts about the Taversoe brand RCA plugs that blue jeans include with their LC-1 cables?
You should've shown the connections to the connectors. That way we could've seen how they're terminated... if they were cramped, soldered, and if there's any shrink wrap to shield the positive and negative connections. Also, shielded cable in a home can act as an antenna. If you're going to show the differences, then SHOW the differences in the cables all the way to their core!
Do you guys have any recommendations for us UK folk who can't get the stuff you recommend over here?
Curious... Audio interconnects - is there a difference in quality and performance between compression, solder, and screw RCA plugs?
Hello I bought a Bluetooth receiver and am thinking about using the Optical output into my Arcam SA20. Will this give me superior sound quality over a coaxial cable? Than you very much
Single coaxes aren`t suited for audio but works for digital. Audio needs to be threated moore carefully by giving the negative half of the signal the same quality conductor as the positive half. And yeah, the conductors must be solid single-core to keep the signal clean.
I am a professional audio consumer and the only important consideration is cable thickness and screened signal cable. NOOOO need for ultra expensive cables..
What you said makes perfect logical sense until you actually do the experiment and hear large, worthwhile differences. Experimental evidence trumps theory. Theories are only good when they can accurately predict the experimental result. When that is not the case, then the theory is not accounting for everything.
@@phantomplastics6582 Were you not listening to these guys? The only experiment that matters is MEASUREMENT. There is no magic here. If you're hearing differences with super expensive cables it's your brain lying to you.
@@Wizardofgosz In theory I agree that a few electrical parameters should be all you need to know. However, in reality, many people hear absolutely clear and reproducible differences. When the theory does not explain the experiment, it usually means that the assumptions made were wrong. It is unwise to dismiss something without trying the experiment and using your own ears.
for rca patch cables mogami mw-01 is about 19pf / ft and you can usually find 1 ft cables for around $15. blue jeans has good belden stuff too.
Once i discovered Mogami W2528 I never looked back. It's siamese wire (almost like Zip style). It's basically two signal cables stuck together. Like dual guitar cable. I make dual RCA cables with these using the Neutrik/Rean RCA connectors. I make insert cable for unbalanced insert sends that you find on most common audio consoles. I also use it to make stereo guitar cables for people who have stereo pickups.
Is the quality of the cable from AV receiver to an external amplifier very important?
Audioholics, what do you think about morrow cables? they have a listen now or trade your cables plan to try theirs for 60 days at 40% off
Guys, buy QED cables. Unlike other esoteric cable companies that only talk about theoretical differences in design, QED measures everything.
Look up their papers on cable design. Their cables are state of the art yet cost way less than the overpriced tat you say in hi-fi magazines. They do have a few expensive cables, but are vastly cheaper than other companies yet offer state of the art measured performance.
Look at QED Supremus speaker cable and QED Signature RCA cable for example.
Would you guys recommended digital coax cable over digital optical cable. Thank you for your advice and great video.
I prefer Coax
Did you say you can use digital coax for subwoofer cable? And may be a better option?
Can be used the component cable as a RCA audio cable?If not why?
any differences in sound between different brands of similar cables?
Great video!
For every topic,
Ever heard of chord?
They sell interconnects C line,
Reasonably priced $60 for 1meter
They're more expensive interconnects or around 4000$
I'm hoping that's a typo
That's not a typo. The Stereophile magazine had some $15000 IC cables on their Recommended Components list. The typo is "They're".
Gene, Greetings from Down Under. what cable should i use to connect my pre-outs of Denon X4700H to Emotiva BasX3 pre amp? What’s the difference between analogue RCA V’s Digital Coaxial RCA? Is there a difference? Is one better than the other for what i want to do?
Did you ever learn more about the differences? 75 Ohm is the magic number for digital coaxial but beyond that I have the same question... what are the differences and when does it matter?
I read somewhere that TOSLINK cables have low bandwidth and should not be used if RCA cables can be used. If one has an older receiver with (Left-Right) stereo RCA connections -- (it will be replaced in the next year or so) -- but you crave 5.1 sound in the mean time, is TOSLINK the only way to go, absent HDMI.
You guys are awesome. Can you provide me some interconnects product name without breaking bank?
They already did. Blue Jeans.
My deepest condolences. I'm sure she will be sorely missed.
What is defined as a short run versus long run? Looking to put a YPbPR and L/R audio in wall, about 20 feet run
I have a 35ft Hdmi cable.... "one of those expensive i got suckerd ones" going from my NAD T758 Reciever up the wall into the roof and coming down to my Epson 5030ub projector. Will I run into video problems with that cable at that length? I keep having a blacking out video problem but the audio keeps working fine. Idk if it is my cable or my reciever port. helllllp
***** I figured out that it wasn't the projector or the hdmi...... it was the Android Box I bought. Glitchy POS. thanks for the replies btw.
A great thing about Blue Jeans cable is that they publish specs with sources for all their stuff. Want to know capacitance per foot and who actuall manufatured the wire, etc.? It's all on their site. I would rather spend just a few extra dollars with them because I trust them. Actually their stuff is only a little more expensive than cheaper Amazon cables.
Does anybody know where I can get some of this cable pre made in to RCA and Coax, in the United Kingdom?
Never thought I’d ever seen Lou Ferrigno and Buster Bluth discuss audio cables
I was super skeptical to buy an expensive USB cable for my questyle DAC. Just swapped out my 5m printer cable with some generic old 1m printer cable, and there definately was a sonic difference. I'm not sure if it is length, quality, etc. But it's there. Both sound good enough. Might have to get something nice just to remove the doubt arrrggg
The cheap USB cable was likely causing a ground loop due to improper shielding causing hissing and popping from the source (your PC) in the DAC's analog output stage. Had the same issue once hence I usually go for optical.
What about resistance of coaxial rca cables?
Balanced cables? Pros & Cons? Thank You!
Martin Miller For shorter runs, say up to 6 to 10 feet, you aren't going to hear any difference. The reason balanced cable technology exists is to provide a clean, noiseless signal over very long lengths, say 50, 100, or more feet. That's why you see this connection so often in the pro audio realm, because they often need to make these long runs. Unbalanced cable, such as the ones featured in this video, just can't make runs of that length without picking up some sort of noise. Again, for shorter runs, there is no audible difference.
am i understanding this wrong , or are you saying to use 75ohm (antenna cable) for interconnects between for instance a amplifier and a cd player ???
Peter C Yes he is, standard 50 ohms cables have a very high capacitance, and capacitance causes high frequency rollout. Video cables have much less capacitance.
what's a good brand for a hdmi 4k 240hz tv?
12schnsaint For all your cable needs, buy Audioquest in your price range.
The cheapest one that you like the look of and has firm connection, HDMI is digital so it sends all the data or it doesn't work.
Cables might measure differently on the test bench but this doesn't matter in real life because as long as the resistance of the cables is low enough you will audibly not hear any difference.
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One manufacturer claims that stranded wire introduces distortion into the signal because of the thousands of times the wire overlaps. I'd like to see how they measure this apparent distortion. But it is important to use the correct type of cable, whether coax or twisted pair in accordance with the amplifier design. If it is a single ended input (neutral and chassis ground are connected) as found with consumer grade equipment, then coax is the right way to go. If it is a differential input, (floating ground) then twisted pair is correct. It comes down to how noise is either shielded in coax or cancelled out with twisted.
Audioquest has been promoting wire distortion propaganda for a very long time. They lack the scientific rigor or knowledge to back up the claim. The reality is stranded wire is better than equivalent solid core since the air gaps between the strands exhibits litz like behavior and thus pushes the skin effect frequency higher up. I've measured this countless times in cables. COAX for unbalanced is absolutely perfect for DC up to GHz. If you have a differential input amplifier, then use XLR.
@@Audioholics In the case that you can't wire for balanced, which is not easy on a lot of gear, twisted pair is the better option because both + and - cancel each other out.
i've heard SPDIF is better than optical, because the SPDIF signal hasn't been messed around with before it leaves whatever source it has come from, unlike optical (converted from an electrical signal to an optical one, therefore more processing). That said, optical is very reliable as a cable, i.e doesn't suffer from RF interference. RF issues aside, would you recommend at least technically SPDIF to be superior due to the lack of additional processing? Anyone?
Mark Manning Both are SPDIF but one is optical and the other is electric. There is no difference in data quality between the two.
i take your point, however simply from a theoretical viewpoint I have been advised by many, that the Coaxial version of SPDIF has less processing (from electrical signal to optical, then back to electrical within the DAC). Therefore, optical could be viewed as inferior assuming some errors are introduced in the changeover process. My issue is not the cables themselves, as optical "cable" has been shown in many tests to have zero errors, this is a processing issue, cables aside! I take the view Coaxial SPDIF (assuming RF isn't an issue) is a better option at least from a technical standpoint.
What about Optical Audio?
Thanks Guys!
Thanks for the very useful advice. I have the feeling that one weak point in ICs are the connectors, both the male and the female. Material and tolerances are critical for a very good contact. Some expensive brands sell the male/female combination. Maybe this is a little extreme but it should work nicely. Given that the panel rcas are difficult to replace it is important that the ICs rcas are good quality. Good and cheap cables can be found. Good and cheap connectors are more rare.
I caught a few talks given by AJ van den Hul regarding all of the different materials he uses and doesn't use. He makes quite a lot of very scientific sounding claims. Such as how when copper is drawn through a die to make wire there is surface oxidation that make its way into the finished product. His claim is that as the wire is formed into smaller gauges the oxidation is 'mixed in" thereby causing all sorts of barriers for the electron flow, which then creates distortion. So I wonder just how he get into the metal structure so minutely to see this, let alone measure the "distortion" that he claims can be heard. In another video he admits that the different treatments and adjustments for building his phono cartridges cannot be measured yet can be heard. So if he cannot measure these miniscule variations, how does he know they exist? I don't think you can patent what is imagined.
People will tell you that Belden 1694a is hard to work with -- I have encountered no difficulty. It's not anything like as stiff as people are making it sound.
I challenge any of these two "honest" gentleman to back up, technically, with some form of measurement how good some of these cables are over another, not including the first free cable that comes with a bought component.
Exactly ! The same old myths shielding, thickness and shorter is better is all negligible to zero difference.
Don't buy junk but dont spend $5o dollars on 3 feet of cable either. Snake oil.
@@decimusrex92 Indeed. The free red and white ones sound the same.
Assuming the source player has an HDMI output and your Preamp has HDMI inputs; and assuming your preamp and amplifier has XLRs, why in the world would anyone use RCA cables now-a-days. Is there any advantage of using RCA cables in such a setup?
the lower the voltage, the higher the gauge...the higher the voltage the lower the gauge
thats why they transform the elektrik energie to high voltage...so they dont need those massive cables... in your car runs 12V..and ther are thick cables right! but all this depends on the ampere draw...low ampere is also low gauge.
simply physic.
Whats the most I should ever spend on a cable? Being super high quality without being snake oil?
Why 75 Ohm impedance? That should only be relevant to R.F impedance matching. Most audio amplifiers have a much higher input impedance than 75R, 50K etc. It should make no difference I would have thought...? 50R / 75R shouldn't make a bean of difference at audio
Do cables with silver conductors affect sound? Also now some manufacturers use magnets to guide or focus signal through cable. Are these myths?
Silver is slightly more conductive than copper but all you have to do is use a little more copper to offset the difference which is a much more cost effective route. Using DC magnets on a cable is a scam unless it's being used as a ferrite to reduce RFI/EMI emissions for compliance testing.
Audioholics So sliver doesn't give more detail? They are using magnets to guide electrons to reduce noise. Inventor Rick Schulz of High Fidelity cables formerly Virtual Dynamic cables.
Snake oil. A static magnetic field won't drive any electrons around and will have no appreciable affect on AC current flow.
Audioholics Thanks for clearing that up!
Audioholics I have another question! Does dielectric material make a difference? Manufacturers say no dielectric is best then Teflon is second best for clarity!
sounds like TV coax to me
Unlike most everyone else here, I'm not an expert at this. So when someone recently insisted to me that wire gauge matters for speaker cables (yes) but not for interconnects (not sure) I asked for an explanation. But the one I received (low-level line signals aren't sensitive) failed to persuade. Can anyone shed light on this? The interconnects I see are all AWG24 or 22 at best. It would cost a trivial amount more to make them 18..
As if that weren't enough, it turns out that virtually all of them are CCA (Aluminum) rather than OFC (Copper).
2014... could easily pass for the 1980s especially with those rad zingers
Thank you for sharing. Are you saying the COAX cable can be used to replace the RCA line out to RCA line in interconnect?
thx for clear my doubts about twisted cable
What about power cords? Some like Shunyata cost over $3,000 while Audio Adviser's Pangea cost about $400. Are both these snake oil as well?
After about 2 mins of looking into Shunyata I'd say it's total BS. Look at the cable coming out of the device itself, will a 3000 bone extension cord make any difference? I do run my gear through Furman power conditioners, but for the price I see no reason not to, plus they make a really awesome looking power bar. BTW they do work.
Is Michael Imperioli lifting weights?
I guess Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t the only one who had sex with his housekeeper
Normally, with polarisation there should be a clear + and - field running through the cable to obstruct " flowing " charges through the cable. With this construction polarisation with an electric field is doubtfull because of the positioning of the anode and cathode wires within the cable running through the conductors. But the idea had been really nice, but not practical. Perhaps done behind a desk without practical knowledge. But also the effect is uncertain, because measuring is problematic without lab conditions, so quality control is at least doubtfull. Furthermore the cable is not very stable because it is flexible because of position and temperature and differences in length of the cable. So inpractical.
Another thing, it may be a suggestion for AQ using the two wires for "clean earthing ". So connecting the two wires through a EMC/EMI LC filter to a central earth, connected only on one side I think the AQ cable is an excellent cable but not connected the way they do. It is actually now working as an antenna, with the newer type of cables they now also provide it with RF filtering funny enough. 🤣
Is the Loch Ness monster real haha. If mugs want to spend a fortune let them
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We can’t wait for you to visit Ted Denney’s Synergistic Research factory. It’s your Golden opportunity to PROVE once and for all that his products are snake oil. We’re all excited to see this through. We’re all waiting for your response to Ted!!!
Hyde and Fezz have aged well
V good
Since when did Lou Ferrigno get so into audio cables????
Hi guys I'm your fan for the longest time watch all your videos and follow you guys I'm building up a home theater room and After you reading your reviews on them marantz 8802 I purchase it also have a Macintosh mc205 Power amplifier I just got all the stuff but my biggest question for you guys I'm about to purchase XLR interconnect. Everybody recommend DH Lab or audio quest or Kimber cable for at least $500 a pair that's total of five cables XLR's around $1500 after watching your videos I'm really confused and don't know if he is just a waste of money or simple XLR really use your advice and your help please your biggest fan Yaniv
Gents can you do a video on power cables please. Im guessing it would be similar to your other cables but I just need to make sure. I was just at my local super high end audio dealer and they try to sell me what I believe is hard core BS. My two questions are unanswered. 1. Why it would matter if you have 4k$ power cable if its connected to 2$ wall socket? 2. Doesn't amplifier actually work on DC from capacitors ?
Please help me understand.
The red shirt guy is that Lou ferigno's son?
You are the best guys
Hey, wouldn’t it be better to connect the front channels bare wire to five way binding posts instead of terminating and putting a banana plug in the way? Asking for a friend of course.
I purchased a 15 meter SVS Soundpath IC cable to reach my second subwoofer behind the listening chair. Paid like $39.95 with free shipping. Extremely high quality cable with excellent termination, couldn't ask for a better cable at any price.
Can you do a video on xlr cables vs rca style cables for pre amp connections?
Someone did not say his ending phrase, nnana
Hey lessisnevermore they just told you why the freebies suck!
The guy on the right looks like a young Lou Ferringo
I was thinking the same.
No hearing aid though
George Krutz a sawed off version
So audioquest HDMI cables are B.S. !!!!
I am using some rocket fish HDMI cables and they put some measurements on their packaging, which they're putting out on the market! Is the Gbps measurement really important, Gene?
toorop111 see: www.audioholics.com/audio-video-cables/hdmi-cable-speed
That's Hugo riviera
Low gauge arms :-) we miss Hugo
I am a scientist
These all corporates playing with insane public
Only one OPTICAL (SPDIF or TOSLINK) can pass all ethernet+audio with also eERC+video+controll signal also
This optical connction is best comptible for small and large devices ....mean we can use optical data connection from mobile to AVR and TV ...etc
But corporate peoples playing with public money
We have many interfaces HDMI -stereo -s video ....and so on ...everything is myth
Optical has limited bandwidth and is pretty much obsolete for hifi audio and a non-starter for video. HDMI is the current gold standard for video, but is poor for audio because of implementation. Coax the is the best for digital and analog audio. Digital has a strict 75 Ohm requirement, so requires a special terminal, analog requires low impedance and low capacitance, so they require a different cable than digital.
P.S. I am also a scientist, it is not relevant to this discussion.
Some good common sense advice.
gauge is not important for the shorter ones :))))))
Buster from Arrested Development? Is that you? 😮
Hope Hugo is rich selling houses because we sure miss him
I know you are right but it doesn't sound so convincing with the terrible sound.
I don't understand meters, only inches and miles.
You should not throw out your low quality TV cable, you should throw out your TV... it makes you more stupid every day ;)
Hans and Franz say "don't be a girly man".
Professional world class recording studios use low impedance transformer balanced, spec Belden cable, 3 conductor plus physical ground into the main rack summed to a single point buried 6' into the ground. Audiophile cable? Hi impedance, unbalanced snake oil-- $3,000.
I don't know how a person can hear any difference while the video is playing thru a smartphone.
I just received the SKW rca cables both end sheilded. Till this time I thought buying good cables is a joke but man ai can't explain the things this changed. My Schiit Asgard 3 with multibit dac indeed sounds more controlled. I still keep going back and forth between this and the old monster rca cable I was using and yes there is a difference. So my perception has changed a lot that cables do make a difference. There is something with good quality cables like the more relaxed and conntroled sound
there a some very good sub 20 dollar audio interconnect cables that put those snake oil audio quest cables to shame. If you bought MIT or Audio quest interconnect cable, you've just poured your hard earned cash down the drain.
David Perry some folks have more money than sense.
thank you.
+David Perry So very true! All the nonsense about the various electron flows and "directionality" of currents as well as the claims that cables can be installed backwards and will sound different (even though audio is an AC signal). IT's maddening!
+Steve Silvers I agree. Audio signal is alternating current that is both frequency modulated and amplitude modulated. The only real science terms in audio cable is resistance, inductance, and capacitance. There is only a miniscule difference in sound quality between a 175 dollar speaker cable and 50 dollar zip cord, but the difference between cheap lamp cord and 50 dollar speaker cables is enough to be day and night. If you want to save even more money and get a very good zip cord buy a 5 dollar 15ft spool of 10 gauge speaker wire and spend 25 dollar on a pack of 4 banana connectors and make it yourself. 50 dollar monoprice speaker cables and 20 dollar shielded audio interconnects is all you need for excellent wiring. And you do not need to spend more than 300 dollars for a really good power conditioner BTW.
David Perry Yes, the key to quality speaker wire is the gauge. When I hear people talk about "twisted pair" for speaker wire quality, I laugh because "twisting" the pair will do absolutely nothing for noise rejection--a speaker is unbalanced and twisting does nothing for unbalanced circuits. Despite claims, the "high end" cable manufacturers cannot change the physics.
I bet the guy on the right has a hard time fitting through doorways.
He builds doorways. Never demeans himself walking thru them
+yan. yanyan I hope you haven't purchased yet. Stay away from those snake oil cables and save a fortune. You can build an EXCELLENT cable yourself for very little money. I've been a broadcast engineer for 15 years and have build hundred and hundreds of cables that stand up to true testing. Post back here, and I'll help you.
Interconnect cables and speaker cables make a HUGE difference. Just take them home for a demo. You'll hear the difference between a great cable and poor cable and the difference is not small.
Right. Just trust your own ears.
But you don't need to spend big $ on fancy boutique cables. Like they said, a good quality double shielded coax with low capacitance like Belden will outperform those mega buck cables that are not based on proper cable science.