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Why Do Cables Matter?

To me, all you need is low L, C, and R. I run Mogami W3104 bi-wire from my McIntosh MAC7200 to my Martin Logan Theos. We all know that a chain is only as strong as its' weakest link - so I am honestly confused by all this cable discussion. 

What kind of wiring goes from the transistor or tube to the amplifier speaker binding post inside the amplifier? It is usually plain old 16 ga or 14 ga copper. Then we are supposed to install 5 - 10' or so of wallet-emptying, pipe-sized pure CU or AG with "special configurations" to the speaker terminals?

What kind of wiring is inside the speaker from the terminals to the crossover, and from the crossover to the drivers? Usually plain old 16 ga or 14 ga copper.

So you have "weak links" inside the amplifier, and inside the speaker, so why bother with mega expensive cabling between the two? It doesn't make logical sense to me. It makes more sense to match the quality of your speaker wires with the existing wires in the signal path [inside the amplifier and inside the speaker].

 

 

kinarow1
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thyname
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jasonbourne71

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I have never seen speaker wires move no matter how loud I cranked the stereo!

I have never seen viruses no matter how hard I squint 🙄

 

rodman99999
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@thyname-

       How interesting: many speak of tube, "microphonics", on a regular basis.

   ie: http://www.tungsol.com/html/faqs18.html#:~:text=Microphonics%20describes%20the%20phenomenon%20where,exhibit%20some%20inherent%20microphonic%20tendencies.

        Gotta wonder: how many try to observe THAT phenomenon (visually)?

decooney
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@jasonbourne71... "In use the AQ Silver Extremes sound fine! I am not so neurotic to lose sleep worrying if some other brand of interconnects sounds better!"

 

There you go, a nice cable that you like. That’s what matters most. Many have compared this cable to others since 2010 and like it too, and no lost sleep 👍

 

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madcow
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Imagine a military parade, the whole column marching in sync. Imagine the same column marching into obstacles, what happens? Imagine each man is an electron in the cable. See it?

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