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In Reply to: RE: As a confirmed cable sceptic... posted by The Real Dick Hertz on June 26, 2009 at 11:01:19
when I recently auditioned some phono preamps at a local dealer using my headphones. We began with the onboard phono section on a mid-fi receiver (yuck), then to a $500 solid state phono preamp (nice) and finally to a $300 tube unit (nicer but still unimpressed). At this point I inspected the setup and noticed we were using off the shelf ic's that appeared to be chrome plated. I asked for better ic's to see if it would make a difference, so he hooked up a pair of Kimber Heros - whoa, real nice! I then asked to try the Nordost Blue Heaven's - incredible! I had never heard recorded music sound so real, so alive, so undigital! All of this auditioning was still through the mid-fi receiver! Wow! I then noticed the salesman, who was laughing at me while I continued to listen through my phones. I held up both hands in a gesture which basically asked why was he laughing and he indicated I had a huge smile on my face.
I am convinced that if you cannot hear a difference in cables, it's not because of your inability to hear such differences as it is likely the result of some upstream component, especially cables, that prevents you from enjoying your music to its fullest.
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