Oh NO! Cables again!!

[twinkletoes]

I'll never understand why people think it's worth 'sharing' videos of their setups - others will only hear sound as good as the kit they are using themselves - in my case the cheap speakers built into my laptop. Similar to those who post videos of the records they are listening to - both are very definitely not 'all about the music' to my mind. All rather self-congratulatory.

i mentioned this once under YouTube video got told where go by a few people, all rather amusing really. Seems to be how people base there purchasing decisions these days.

 

[Gray]

...mind you, I have heard differences between cartridges, when listening on headphones to YT videos.

But, then there was the video that used a microphone to record cartridge differences through his system.
I had to (diplomatically) point out that his video was useless.... his reply informed me that it was because his recorder had no line input 🤪

 

[Jasonovich]

Apologies for reactivating this old thread but I just want to share this with those, who see the value in cables.

Humans have veins, without them, we simply can't exist. Same with HiFi, if you don't plug your speaker wires it doesn't function. So never under estimate the importance of cabling!

Pfffthud.....Oooook...just got an arrow in my back

Anyway if you're not a believer, Amazon speaker cables are really good and costs about £15 a meter.
OK, check out these bad boys below, AliExpress, credit to them for selling these top notch cables, and I am more than 100% pleased with the purchase.

 

[podknocker]

You're right Jason, £15/m is enough to get the electricity from your amp to your speakers etc. The Valhalla pictured above is totally overkill and there's no need for it, but as we all know, there are many HIFI magpies out there who love the expensive shiny bling.

 

[nopiano]

You're right Jason, £15/m is enough to get the electricity from your amp to your speakers etc. The Valhalla pictured above is totally overkill and there's no need for it, but as we all know, there are many HIFI magpies out there who love the expensive shiny bling.

And it’s obviously a Chinese rip-off of the similar looking Nordost. Not that I think genuine Nordost is much more than jewellery foo, but then I’m a bit cynical these days.

 

[Jasonovich]

You're right Jason, £15/m is enough to get the electricity from your amp to your speakers etc. The Valhalla pictured above is totally overkill and there's no need for it, but as we all know, there are many HIFI magpies out there who love the expensive shiny bling.

That's me Pod!

 

[Jasonovich]

And it’s obviously a Chinese rip-off of the similar looking Nordost. Not that I think genuine Nordost is much more than jewellery foo, but then I’m a bit cynical these days.

Genuine Nordost is about £10K a meter! There's no comparison to the kosher product but I will say, it really is well made and excellent throughout. You're paying £95-£100 for meter and a half for these, there's no way you can mistake it for the real thing.

I didn't purchase because it's faux Nordost, I genuinely wanted flat speaker wire to manage better my cabling. The old python like cabling was sticking out from the sides and nervous it would get knocked and send everything tumbling down.

In all honesty, I would rather they call it by another name or kept to their generic branding because it distracts from the integrity of the product. It isn't genuine but it is quality speaker cable. I was surprised by the quality both in terms of construction and sound quality - ooops I said that dirty word

The Ataudio interconnect cable on the other hand, closely resemble the Nordost Odin but they did the smart thing, they labelled it as their own brand, and I think that was the right approach.

View: https://youtu.be/Uh_0QP9oanw?si=_bohPIp_NY7-3x1w