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In Reply to: RE: Is it live, or is it hi fi? posted by Michael Samra on January 16, 2017 at 16:42:15
Go post that over at the cable forum. Flames shall taste your flesh!
I use a generic 14 gauge just to play it safe on both sides of the issue.
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That's why I didn't post it there.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
Sometimes for entertainment I read postings about speaker cabling.
I always found it funny how they ignore that fact that there is an amp connected to that cable. And lets not forget the preamp and source!!! Oh yeah, and the crappy recordings that we seem to forget about and blame our stereos for!!!!
I'm kind of from the old school point of view. If my stereo is THAT picky then it isn't for me. I want something that can run on a rusty wire and still sound good with a cheap recording.
My fav is them thinking more expensive usb cables sound way better.
I also see postings about digital cables.
I always thought that USB and other digital cables carry only "digital" information. And THAT information is converted to an audio signal.
I figure as long as those dots an dashes or ones and zeros get there - who cares?
They also carry 5v of power but I still think that it's ridiculous. Belkin makes a nicely shielded cable with twisted pairs etc that's not expensive if using a regular one gives one a anxiety attack.
I once had kind of a argument with someone probably on the Digital board that insisted different programs ripping the same CD track resulted in different sound quality. I had them generate a CRC of both files of the same song ripped with the two different programs and they were the same yet the person still insisted that they were different. One bit off would have resulted in a mismatched CRC.
Anyway, the one thing that i'm proud of is that I never fell for the expensive power chord thing even at my stupidest.
Ah the power cord. As a former electrician, do you have any idea how many junction splices there are between the breaker board and your receptacle? And crappy splices at that! that spring clip in your receptacle is a joke! Like those 1980's speaker spring clips.
I didn't give it much though above the cable in the wall etc isn't some super large gauge etc but after reading your post it seems even more foolish to me.
It requires a very good amplifier, speakers and source to accurately recreate concert hall reverb correctly.
I fell for all of the cable stuff like 20 years ago. It's kind of embarrassing to admit now.
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