Help with cables

[nima]

This thread was hijacked by trolls for trolling purpuses. I'm sorry I ever joined in.

 

[BenLaw]

This thread was hijacked by trolls for trolling purpuses. I'm sorry I ever joined in.

No apology for your offensive earlier comments then?

 

[nima]

Oh, I'm so so sorry if I offended you in any way. over & out

 

[unknown]

what about mains cables with filters attached to them ?

Unlikely you would need them on a line source.

so what do you make of the ben duncan/craig sawyer superkords ?

 

[TrevC]

what about mains cables with filters attached to them ?

Unlikely you would need them on a line source.

so what do you make of the ben duncan/craig sawyer superkords ?

Something for rich clueless people to waste their cash on?

 

[unknown]

what about mains cables with filters attached to them ?

Unlikely you would need them on a line source.

so what do you make of the ben duncan/craig sawyer superkords ?

Something for rich clueless people to waste their cash on?

at least your honest, i'll give you that !

 

[the record spot]

This thread was hijacked by trolls for trolling purpuses. I'm sorry I ever joined in.

Yes, your comment about cancer was a right peach. I'm sorry I had to read it.

 

[hifikrazy]

[ Something for rich clueless people to waste their cash on?

amen. God has spoken.

 

[jcbrum]

I saw a cable review on a website a while ago.

One of the comments following the review was so amusing I copied it for posterity. Some here might be interested.

99 of 107 people found the following review helpful:

If only Heracles had such power!, March 19, 2009

By Valannin "Pantheon Outcast"

This review is from: AudioQuest K2 terminated speaker cable - UST plugs 8' (2.44m) pair (Electronics)

If there is one cable I would whole-heartedly trust to my Chimera-hunting needs, this would be the cable. No other cable has the tensile strength to properly and efficiently garrote a lycanthrope, asphyxiate an Esquilax or even gag a mermaid. Last week, using my trusty AudioQuest K2 (retrofitted with lead weights, bright orange latex paint and a generous coating of crushed glass stolen from the window of an abandoned church at midnight), I managed to snuff 3 golden unicorns in swift succession!

Pros: Quickly tears through scales, fur, bone, and adamantium with ease

Coils and uncoils from hip holster (optional) quickly and quietly

For a product fabricated from 1,000 Onyx Dragon fetuses, the price is unbelievably reasonable!

Cons: Shipping from the R'lyeh took far too long

Doesn't come in 10' lengths (which would be perfect for hydra, cerberii and other multi-headed creatures)

After every use, I can feel 6 ounces of my soul slipping from my core into the ether. But this may be due to the fact that I prefer to work without gloves. YMMV.

Overall, I would recommend that any hunter buy one, nay, two, of these immediately, and experience the difference that upgrading to the K2 will make in your next quest!

 

[professorhat]

That's ridiculous. Everyone knows adamantium is indestructible (except from bullets made of the same alloy of course).

 

[DocG]

That's ridiculous. Everyone knows adamantium is indestructible (except from bullets made of the same alloy of course).

Yeah, they shouldn't claim this without proper measurements to back it up! |(

 

[Kamikaze Bitter]

I have a Marantz PM6004 + Cd6004 and Tannoy Mercury V4 speakers. I started with:

Chord Carnival SilverScreen speaker cables (thrown in by the dealer when I bought the system).

Chord Chrimson Plus Interconnects.

I need to relocate the speakers and needed longer cable runs – so I bi wired them using Van Damme reference cable. For fun I also swapped the Chord interconnect for an old Cambridge Audio Pacific cable.

I couldn't perceive much change to the sound in either case. Any that did arise was probably more due to repositioning the speakers. System does sound good tho!

I think cables and interconnects are a kind of beguiling upgrade. You can punt £30 in the hope of an improvement in a way that you can't punt £5000 for a complete upgrade. I just don't think they make a lot of difference.

 

[Covenanter]

I love this from a current WHF cable review:

"It conveys the eagerness and punch of the QED Ruby Anniversary Evolution but with a touch of added tact and guile." All for £7 too.

I go to quite a lot of wine tastings and I'm afraid I am sometimes a bit naughty. I'll say something like "Can anybody else smell warm rain on pebbles?" and in a few minutes the room will be agreeing with me. Maybe I ought to be a WHF reviewer as I can make this stuff up too. I suppose my only disqualification is that I can spell and understand grammar. :rofl:

Chris

 

[matt49]

I think cables and interconnects are a kind of beguiling upgrade. You can punt £30 in the hope of an improvement in a way that you can't punt £5000 for a complete upgrade. I just don't think they make a lot of difference.

I think this is a good point.

People are impatient. Instead of saving up for a couple of years for a new pair of speakers, which might be a significant upgrade, they want to get an upgrade in the short term. This kind of thinking is, as you say, a "beguiling" illusion.

The other thing about cables is that they're not very visible, and so you can 'upgrade' them without telling your other half, whereas a speaker upgrade is always obvious and may lead to an awkward conversation: 'you spent how much?'.

Matt

 

[ROTH AV]

I love this from a current WHF cable review:

"It conveys the eagerness and punch of the QED Ruby Anniversary Evolution but with a touch of added tact and guile." All for £7 too.

I go to quite a lot of wine tastings and I'm afraid I am sometimes a bit naughty. I'll say something like "Can anybody else smell warm rain on pebbles?" and in a few minutes the room will be agreeing with me. Maybe I ought to be a WHF reviewer as I can make this stuff up too. I suppose my only disqualification is that I can spell and understand grammar. :rofl:

Chris

QUITE SIMPLY, BRILLIANT.

 

[TrevC]

I love this from a current WHF cable review:

"It conveys the eagerness and punch of the QED Ruby Anniversary Evolution but with a touch of added tact and guile." All for £7 too.

I go to quite a lot of wine tastings and I'm afraid I am sometimes a bit naughty. I'll say something like "Can anybody else smell warm rain on pebbles?" and in a few minutes the room will be agreeing with me. Maybe I ought to be a WHF reviewer as I can make this stuff up too. I suppose my only disqualification is that I can spell and understand grammar. :rofl:

Chris

This one is funny, especially when you consider that mains cables don't affect performance in the slightest.

The solidly chunky PowerKord-8 feels like a distinct upgrade. Giving our review sample the twisting Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, it let our kit produce sharp, detailed images.

Colour was natural, with convincing skin tones, while sonically this mains lead gave our setup a wide, revealing sound that's tonally integrated and kicks like a mule when required.

If you're fishing around for a second upgrade, this should be on your list.

 

[Freddy58]

However, what I find the better cables bring is that little bit more naturalness - the metal of a cymbal, the burnished brass tone of a saxophone, the skin of a drum, the wooden sound of drum sticks striking the side of a Japanese drum, the hammer of a piano striking the strings, the woodiness of a violin and acoustic guitar, the breathiness of a female voice, etc. It’s that ability to immediately cause my mind to envision the materials of that instrument, and that a singer’s voice is reproduced from their whole body and not just their mouth

You've pretty much described how I felt about my old system, using QED 79 strand...

Cardboard cut-out time again...