15 Aug
2014
15 Aug
'14
8:11 a.m.
On 8/15/2014 5:47 AM, Peter Corlett wrote:
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 10:38:01PM -0600, Eric Smith
wrote:
[...]
But they don't sell medium priced cables any more.
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. I tend to repurpose the crappy cables for S/PDIF and
composite video, neither
of which need such a wide SNR, just so long as there's not too much attenuation
at a few MHz.
The problem with consumer stuff is you get a new standard every week
with a new cable.
I am sure that you had better connector out in the 1950's than the 5
cent RCA stuff, but it cost a good bit more.
Ben.