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Found an interesting way to compare IC cables...

Hi Agoner's,

I found an interesting way to compare IC's that immediately and vividly shows up the difference between different cables.

I was listening to my new pair of Sennheiser HD-580's and thought the sound was "veiled over", so did a quick switch of IC cables and everything immediately openned up. So much for the award winning name brand cables versus the no-name brand :)

Caveat: I realize this does not highlight the exact effects of the different interactions between equipment!

Any thoughts on this as a valid test?
joshcloud9

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philjolet
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I think it depends where you plan on using the cable.

The reason I say this is because recently I changed my source to pre cables (AZ WOW) with my pre to amp cables (AZ Matrix Ref II) and was bowled over by the difference. With the WOW between the source and pre amp there was more extension and clarity, with the Matrix Ref between source and pre it was noticable smoother but quite a bit less impact and more ill defined. I expected a difference but not this much.

This is why I think the headphone test would be valid only if you tested cables in the spot you intend them to go in your normal setup.
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