Cascade 2700 from what I recall.-- Amir, you have an Audio Precision System? ...Which model number?
Cascade 2700 from what I recall.-- Amir, you have an Audio Precision System? ...Which model number?
I don't think he was lazy at all. He ran tons more tests than any other report like it that I have seen. He tested dozen plus cables. He is testing using the same analysis that we use for audio equipment in general: frequency response, phase, noise, THD, etc.
Have you run the tests that you are talking about and can share the results?
And what exactly do you want tested?
If you can describe it and I can use my Audio Precision with it, I can generate the data for the cables I have.
They didn't use any kind of simulated load so how could they calculate the effect on FR without knowing the load impedance?
Overall from the details so far given this does not look like particularly thorough work to me, and that's a typically British understatement
Right or wrong, the way they approach this is that the cable IS an electrical component, and they are simply measuring such an LCR network, all by itself.
In general, MIT views audio cable as a series inductor in parallel with a capacitor, as shown
In my view there are really only 2 types of cables. Ones that do the job properly with minimal noise/degradation. And ones that do a poor job eg. unshielded interconnects, poorly terminated, low quality connectors etc.
To Assume/believe/desire that a cable should add or subtract ANYTHING is to miss the point! Its a fairly simple matter of good or bad - cable companies have tried (successfully) to 'educate' us otherwise. Are there differences? - absolutely no question! Should you pay thousands for a cable simply doing its job well? NO. Cat5/6/7 do their job very well for less than a buck a meter!
I guess that depends on what you define as "doing their job properly".
While I would agree that all cables that are poorly made and are of low quality will most likely not sound good,however, the differences in cables that are well made can be profound. IMHO, IF you have a highly resolving system, these differences become more profound as you dial in the cable.
I do have a highly resolving system - within a purpose built room with proper inbuilt (as well ad add on) room treatments (even my carpet underlay has an acoustic rating)! Acoustic rated fitouts is part of what my company does, so I do know a little bit about acoustics and room treatments. I stick to what ive stated - well made cables should NEVER 'add' anything and should degrade in as small a way as is possible for copper or in my case silver. Mate, don't get caught up in all the 'if its more expensive it must be better' BS
I agree. I am not opposed to spending money on the hobby and many of my non-audiphile friends believe we audiophiles have gone far overboard with equipment purchases and diminishing returns as we supposedly go up the ladder, but I really do find there is something very wrong when a power cable costs $10K (Crystal Power) or $17K (PranaWire).
I do have a highly resolving system - within a purpose built room with proper inbuilt (as well ad add on) room treatments (even my carpet underlay has an acoustic rating)! Acoustic rated fitouts is part of what my company does, so I do know a little bit about acoustics and room treatments. I stick to what ive stated - well made cables should NEVER 'add' anything and should degrade in as small a way as is possible for copper or in my case silver. Mate, don't get caught up in all the 'if its more expensive it must be better' BS
Shouldn't it be?OTOH, to say all well built cable sound the same simply isn't my experience either.
More than any other device all cables should sound the same. That is to say they should have no sound. Why do we hold cables to a different standard? Because it is the job of every device to alter the signal albeit in a specific way. Transducers-convert. Amplifiers-magnify,etc.
Shouldn't it be?
The designer wold have two primary goal;. to counter the cables natural obstructions to pass the signal unaltered and to reject outside contamination. Simple in the design difficult in the execution.
Is it preferential to use the same brand throughout the chain?
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