Can we stop talking about cables on here!
A lot of the guys and gals on this forum will already know this, but cables, amps, CD players and DAC's - None of them make a great deal of difference to sound quality. So why oh why is there such an obsession with the "lies" that cable manufacturers/lovers tell?
Amps - They amplify an electrical signal and that is all they do. As long as there is enough bang to drive their partnered loudspeaker's buck, and the basics have been executed correctly by the amp manufacture, then the signal will be amplified truthfully.
CD Player - Transports are pretty much ubiquitous and the same units are used by most manufacturers from £100 to £5000. How can that be?! All it does is extract the info and that job is done by the ubiquitous transport which cost £20. Where is the extra value?
The DAC chip has reached a level of performance well beyond that required for audio decoding. 24bit/192K DAC's cost less than £10 each yet "high end" manufacturers using these very same chips will charge you many £1000's for owning one. Sounds just like buying a £10 cable for £1000's to me!
So why do we spend so much on so little? We do it because we want to, because we can, and because we don't want to believe that the above is true. Unfortunately it is true so let's drop the cable hang up shall we?
Loudspeakers are the ONLY thing worth going up the chain for. They DO make a real difference. Oh, and turntables as well. Mustn't forget them.
A lot of the guys and gals on this forum will already know this, but cables, amps, CD players and DAC's - None of them make a great deal of difference to sound quality. So why oh why is there such an obsession with the "lies" that cable manufacturers/lovers tell?
Amps - They amplify an electrical signal and that is all they do. As long as there is enough bang to drive their partnered loudspeaker's buck, and the basics have been executed correctly by the amp manufacture, then the signal will be amplified truthfully.
CD Player - Transports are pretty much ubiquitous and the same units are used by most manufacturers from £100 to £5000. How can that be?! All it does is extract the info and that job is done by the ubiquitous transport which cost £20. Where is the extra value?
The DAC chip has reached a level of performance well beyond that required for audio decoding. 24bit/192K DAC's cost less than £10 each yet "high end" manufacturers using these very same chips will charge you many £1000's for owning one. Sounds just like buying a £10 cable for £1000's to me!
So why do we spend so much on so little? We do it because we want to, because we can, and because we don't want to believe that the above is true. Unfortunately it is true so let's drop the cable hang up shall we?
Loudspeakers are the ONLY thing worth going up the chain for. They DO make a real difference. Oh, and turntables as well. Mustn't forget them.
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