15 Aug
2014
15 Aug
'14
1:43 p.m.
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 5:47 AM, Peter Corlett <abuse at cabal.org.uk> wrote:
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 10:38:01PM -0600, Eric Smith
wrote:
I've never gotten cables longer than 2m with any consumer electronics,
and that's not "ultra-long" in my opinion. I was considering roughly
10m or longer as "ultra-long".
I've also never gotten poor-quality cables with any of my AV gear, but
then, I only have purchased fairly reputable brands (e.g., Denon,
Epson, Kenwood, Marantz, Onkyo, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Sony,
Tascam/Teac). I don't doubt that crappy (or no-name) brands might
provide crappy cables, if they bothered to provide any at all.
Ignoring whether one cable sounds
"better" than another, I'm not convinced
that they even sound different. I'd be very interested to see results of a
proper double-blind study on whether there is actually any audible difference
between cables as you state. Aside from ultra-crappy unshielded cables, or
ultra-long cables, I very much doubt that any human can reliably distinguish
any two audio cables.
The problem is, ultra-crappy and ultra-long cables are standard, as they come
with consumer-grade kit. Anybody who gives even the slightest damn about audio
quality should replace them. However, you don't need anything fancy: if you're
paying more than ten quid, they saw you coming.