Iconoclast speaker cables

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Good! And if my analogy drew your ire I suspect others will also see the sheer hypocrisy of the act. Beyond that I won't debate cable values with you beyond perhaps to say I find your notion that only a "few hear the differences" might be a tad short of the mark... but just a L-O-T!!! More aptly in this day & age, only a 'few' if any, might not! But heck if you think wire clothes hangers and lamp cords are fine as cables/interconnects its no skin off my nose.

I was annoyed since I am a tyre specialist and your analogy was about as wrong a one as could be imagined by a tyre specialist.

I didn't mention coat hangers or lamp chord. What I have found is that a properly terminated and properly engineered for purpose cable is all that is needed. The quality of the connection is important, but is not expensive to do properly. Speaker cables need appropriate CLR characteristics for the current and amp stability in use. Again, good engineering needs not be expensive.

In the case of how many people can hear differences between cables, apart from a few audiophile extremists and dealers none IME.

One of the things I shall be listening to on Wednesday at the OAC Phantom day are due to be cables, I believe. Maybe something has changed since I last did a proper comparison, though a dealer open day is not a proper time for worthwhile comparison.