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The sound of speaker cables
I recall in olden days Consumer Reports tested speakers with a method
that compared speakers under test with their reference(AR3a). It was an elaborate system that they considered scientific, to see how closely other speakers could mimic the sound of the AR, but I wondered how it was able to distinguish a speaker with better resolution than the AR3a. This if prefatory to a conversation with an audiophile friend today. I mentioned that I was not quite pleased with my system's sound. He asked "Haven't you listened to those Tara Labs cables the rep loaned you? ( I have some expensive ones on loan, and some much cheaper ones I own and use) I replied that I had but hadn't heard enough difference to be sure it was real. Certainly no significant improvement to my ears. His reply was that the problem is probably that my speakers are too low on the food chain to discern the difference, and offered to loan me his when he goes out of town soon. He says I'll hear the difference then. This raises an interesting point about all those listening tests we hear about. Maybe the speakers in the tests have too little resolution to allow differences to be heard. Have any of the subjectivist RAHE members (surely some exist) had the experience of discovering that a some point getting better speakers started making a difference in being able to hear dfferences in the sound of speaker cables? Wylie Williams |
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