Wire Facts

[Reffc]

A fascinating and insightful paper written by Roger Russell of McIntosh Research labs. This is mandatory reading and could save you from yourself! Enjoy & discuss:

http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm

[Tom-Brown]

Very interesting :)

[awkwardbydesign]

Very interesting :)

Indeed, especially this bit. "All Low Cost Wires Are Not the Same"

[Reffc]

Indeed, especially this bit. "All Low Cost Wires Are Not the Same"

He meant in terms of quality and the thought applied to using non reactive dielectric rather than SQ, but yes, very valid. Caveat Emptor as usual.

[IslandPink]

The problem with that article is that it doesn't just 'save people from themselves' in the sense of discouraging them from spending money un-necessarily , it also discourages anyone from taking an interest in the subject and experimenting at all - which could prevent them from achieving quite significant improvements in their system performance.
It also treats the potential technical differences in a very first-order way, just dealing with copper cross-section and capacitance. There's a lot more going on than that .
You don't need to spend large amounts of money finding this out , just try a few runs of thin enamelled 'magnet wire' without insulation, to each speaker, or using litz wire to your tweeters . You'll find out some useful stuff that is not even touched-on in that article.

Good backup if you're already convinced cables don't make any difference, though !

[Scooby]

Every speaker cable I have tried has been different, so to me the article is ultimately bollocks.

[walpurgis]

Every speaker cable I have tried has been different, so to me the article is ultimately bollocks.

That's my thinking too. I have many cables, including interconnects and even digital cables too, each produce different sounding results. These differences are clearly heard and not subtle at all.

I was told on here recently that digital cables cannot 'sound' different. But they do. Very audibly.

[twickers]

That's my thinking too. I have many cables, including interconnects and even digital cables too, each produce different sounding results. These differences are clearly heard and not subtle at all.

I was told on here recently that digital cables cannot 'sound' different. But they do. Very audibly.

Shouldn't you add IME or IMO? ;)

[struth]

Shouldn't you add IME or IMO? ;)

He should, but if I try and make him, he will beat me up...;)

[walpurgis]

Shouldn't you add IME or IMO? ;)

No. :D

[brian2957]

That's my thinking too. I have many cables, including interconnects and even digital cables too, each produce different sounding results. These differences are clearly heard and not subtle at all.

I was told on here recently that digital cables cannot 'sound' different. But they do. Very audibly.

+1 :D

We had a USB cable bake off a couple of years ago and they all sounded different .