[quote user="Fraziel"]I honestly cant undestand how anyone cant hear the difference. In saying that, my mates girlfriend is tone deaf. We watched the x factor auditions one night for a laugh and she genuinely could not tell the difference between the awful singers and the good ones. I thought she was at the wind up but she honestly could not hear the difference. She is an extreme example though but if you genuinely cant hear any difference between interconnects then yes, i hate to say it but i suspect its a degree of being tone deaf. Cant see how it could be anything else.
I dislike the way big business try and rip us off but i dont believe that there is a huge conspiracy between all the hi fi manufacturers to con us into buying expensive cables that sound no different to cheap ones. I could hear HUGE differences between , for example, the qed xtube speaker cable range of xtube 300, 350 and 400. Those cables have identical design and the only differences between them is the diameter of the strands and the quantity of silver in each cable. Individual manufacturers often have a house sound that if you were a real cable geek could possibly be identified by ear alone, the differences are that big.[/quote]
Needn't just apply to cables and it is quite possible not to hear an obvious sonic difference at times. I loaned a Rega Mira some years back when replacing my then Arcam Alpha 5 amp. Pointless exercise; no difference in sound and hence not worth spending £500 on the Rega. Nice little amp, but the "great leap" wasn't there. Ended up with the marantz PM6010- KIS and it was like night and day. Same applies with cabling I suspect.
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