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Vibrating speaker cables

By coincidence I happened onto a major factor in improving bass performance and speaker transparency: vibrations in the speaker cable generated by the speaker itself! I run Duevel Bella Lunas supported by Symposium Svelteshelfs in turn supported by Final Darumas on carpet flooring over wooden floors, into Bybee Golden Goddess Speaker Bullets into Auditorium23 cables. Having by accident noted speaker generated vibrations in the cable, I used Black Ravioli Pads to dampen the cables as near as possible to the speakers’ binding posts and: Kazooks! major tightening in bass performance and depth as well as overall transparency. While this all sounds a bit outlandish, I suggest trying it: the results in my case were nothing short of spectacular.
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douglas_schroeder
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The OP could set up a simple test to determine whether the impression of change has validity. No ABX necessary. 

Many tweaks that are claimed to make a difference do not, at least not when the tweak is isolated and actually compared. Audiophiles typically fool themselves as to what is, or is not, happening with their system. 

douglas_schroeder
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My article with pertinency to this discussion is found at Dagogo.com, entitled "Audiophile Law: Burn In Test Redux" 

It would not be difficult for anyone to procure a Y cable splitter (or hard splitter; additional cables not needed in this comparison! Bonus!) and set up a casual test to compare the speakers side by side. Care would need to be exercised that one disconnected the inoperative speaker from the amp, as opposed to the speaker, so as to protect against leads coming in contact with each other. 

Such comparisons are instructive, and can be disturbing to the self-confident audiophile.  
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