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How accurate are cable descriptions for your system?

Steve Huff, whose videos I typically like on YouTube is now reporting this about some cables:

SVS Ultra Cables can be found at Amazon for just about $100 for an 8 foot pair. These will bring a bit more bass to your sound but are less refined. 

Tuneful cables are light and have a nice design. They are leaner, and faster but also very good. You can find them for $79 for a 12 foot pair at Amazon HERE.

QUESTION: To what degree can his descriptions be taken as "likely true" for any given (sufficiently resolving) system?

I ask this for people who have found that cables DO make a difference (to their ears, in their system) and deniers will be ignored.

https://www.stevehuffphoto.com/my-fave-speaker-cables-under-100-hifi-quality/

hilde45
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dekay
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Hilde:

The following link is how cable discussions/reviews by users went down 20 years ago here @ A'Gon.

I still use the 47 Labs OTA cable in my main tube based setup and also as speaker cable for our living room CD based "mini system" setup.

I installed a duplicate "mini system" in our spare bed/computer room 3 months ago, or so, and am trying Canare 4S11 as speaker cable.

Mini system = Sharp SD-EX111/Polk RT15i.

I used to obtain my most valuable cable info/feedback here, but unfortunately times have changed.

 

 

DeKay

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hilde45 OP
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@dekay Thanks for the link.

@1971gto455ho 

So cable believers only, deniers not allowed.

Right, because I'm asking people who hear a difference whether it corresponds to how they have heard the supposed difference described.

Follow that? 

If someone does not hear a difference, then it is already obvious that they would not hear a difference from the supposed difference described.

I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you. 

Cheers

 

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strawj
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Cables are fun! Change 'em out- just be you...

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tony1954
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I look at it as just another opinion.

For a lot of components there are multiple reviews and when an opinion is asked on this forum, everybody and his dog has a different recommendation as what is the "best".

Add them all together and if you don't have the ability to listen to everything, then it comes down to just making your best guess.

Actually, when you think about it, it's very similar to buying wine.

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hilde45 OP
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@tony1954 

When you say "Just another opinion" does that mean that "all opinions are equal"?

It is the most obvious truism to say that one has to "listen for themself" -- so we certainly agree on that.

Above and beyond that, some people with opinions have those opinions grounded upon:

 

  • serious investment of time and effort
  • an effort to detach from prejudice
  • extensive, controlled comparisons

As a result of their efforts, they develop what Hume called:

"Strong sense, united to delicate sentiment, improved by practice, perfected by comparison, and cleared of all prejudice." 

And that's why THEIR opinion is worth MORE.

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