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In Reply to: Are there cables (ICs and SCs) well known for giving "body" to sound? posted by beppe61 on October 5, 2005 at 00:09:23:
Some cables do not sound their best if they are in contact with carpet or wood flooring. Some cables are relatively stiff and transmit acoustic vibration into the connected equipment.You can explore these possibilities with the cables you presently own by providing supports that are dielectrically benign and acoustically damped.
I've had good results with making cable supports from stiff paper rolled into cylinders about 10 cm long and wrapped with Teflon thread-seal tape (found in plumbing supply stores). The cylinders are filled with plastic bags containing oil-absorbant clay granules, similar to litter used for cat boxes, to eliminate their organ pipe resonances. The cylinders dig into the carpet pile, much like spikes, to give firm support to the cables.
These things are very cheap to make, and all your audio cables (including power cords) should be supported by them if the cables now rest upon the floor. Try this, and see if the bass and midrange improve.
Follow Ups:
Cable damping is not a cure-all, Al. I find that cable vibration/resonance tends to produce bloom or a lessened focus which creates a presentation with perceived "more body". I don't think this is beppe61's issue. just my 2 cents :-)
There could have been a specific low-frequency coupling in this case, however.The sonic 'warmth' from allowing my cables to rest on Nylon carpet is really just a fuzzy bloat in the midbass. It only takes me a few recordings to pick it out once I learned what real bass sounds like on my system.
I found that lifting cables usually took away some body and warmth from the sound. Even though I've known about the lifting tweak for almost 10 years, I didn't do it, untill about a year ago, when the trade-off was worth it to me.
Jack
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