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In Reply to: RE: Audio Cable Bibliography posted by Jon Risch on May 07, 2012 at 21:45:21
Thanks for alerting me to this. I think the way you have cables is a pretty good idea, really people are going to believe what they want and it cant be changed with a couple of forum posts. After peeling the onion a bit further though, I hafta say I'm rather astonished that a person would actually spend more on a cable connecting speakers and amp than the speakers and amp cost. That one is just beyond me.
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Price to performance is not linear, as we all know. Some components play way above their price point. My PM1's provide as thrilling a ride in my sitting room as my Wilson 6's or Dynaudio C4's did in my large family room and my C375BEE with MIT cabling and AC2 PC delivers close to state of the art vs my Krell Evo402 or AR VT200...just to name a very few examples. My Denon Anniversary SACD player rivals my Levinson No. 390s and Krell 505SACD. The room and system synergy and actuall dynamic performance should determine what one spends within any given budget. Bias towards the extremes is ignorant and misguided on both ends, whether it be the "Prop head/DIY it all sounds the same" crowd or the "I've gotta have the most expensive cool looking kit" morons. It's personal, it's a hobby and to each his own. To make a cult out of it is insane. Just enjoy the music your own way and let it be! Of course as I said before, all this pseudo intellectual drivel doled out by ostensibly well meaning people, can be easily avoided if you just "try before you buy" and trust youself. Now go forth and get that $25 ultimate IC you've been saving up for....or maybe the $2000/M one in the window at your local dealer:O)
dave_b
Edits: 05/23/12
Your argument would almost be compelling if you didnt tout MIT cables in vityually every post you make ;-)
You can believe what you want. I presume at the same time it might be okay for me to believe that anyone who plugs a '$1500' power cord into a $1200 integrated and pronounces it miraculously transformed to state of the art takes in a bit too much caffeine.
Why thank you finski, I'll consider that a compliment coming from you:O) I do keep an open mind actually, but what I can't relate to you completely is the countless years of system building, cable matching and exhaustive listening sessions comparing said gear. Just because I don't currently sport any one of my Mega systems, should not minimize my findings. Scaling down was a choice I made for my family and for myself in a way. I find it more satisfying listening to gear that has high performance per dollar and is more readily incorporated into my living environment. The 2 way PM1's also bring along a certain purity that is hard to attain from a multi way system. The MIT cables ARE my favorites, but not out of audiophool blindness or hype or advertising. I have owned much of what's available, from the $100/M stuff to the $12K/M wires. I was fortunate to have some of the best gear, but that didn't keep me from experimenting and doing trials, trying to learn first hand about a hobby(equipment)that most people only read and drool over. As I said, I came across the revelation of using High End cabling on my meager setup(still runs around $20K all total)by default, since I owned the wires already from my previous State of the Art kit. Believe me, I would rather sell them off, but they truly raise the level of performance from the mundane to the exhalted! Truth be told, I still use a couple of Audioquest PC's to feed my source and my tube buffer....they just seem to deliver the goods so why screw with it? What I've learned is that everything matters in a system and experimentation is the only true way to happiness. Some gear may be high value....other synergystic enhancements may cost more. Blending them is an art form and will never be correctly determined by any measurements or ideology. Sometimes however, you may find an exceptional group of products that repeatedly outperform the field, and when you do.....you tend to gush:O) Happy listening finski and all the best!
dave_b
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