Speaker Cables

[bobertk]

Very interesting debate.

Just to put things into context a friend of mine is a sound engineer in a trendy central london recording studio. He's worked with lots of big names and has produced lots of critically acclaimed stuff. Sorry can't remember the details off the top of my head.

We often have fun on the subject of audiophile equipment. Just to summarise his position - he thinks we are all mad. He reckons that room acoustics are more important than speakers and tells me that he (and others!) produce using the cheapest wires and equipment (and many sound engineers have terrible hearing! ). He also claims that there isn't really a difference between a £500 and £2000 speaker, as long as they are well made. He puts this down to placebo effect and expectation bias. But it's the room and the way it interacts with a speaker which is the most important thing.

After much impassioned debate (and far too many pints!) we inevitably end up parting ways and yet manage to remain good friends.

I hope we can all be the same on here

Guillaume

Well, I read this thread, ordered some Blue Jeans cable and took the Pepsi Challenge :

WW Silver Eclipse power  D200  AIR/Ethernet  Macbook Pro   KEF LS50  SAM

$2495   Audience AU24SE  vs

$77.25  Blue Jeans 5T00UP

Still experimenting but early returns:

The Audience is more dimensional - music in more planes 

The Blue Jeans are more upfront and paint more of a bas-relief sound stage.

The Blue Jeans are more dynamic - they have a bite the Audience do not

Both sound good....but

The Audience is not 32 X better... so far.   It's more of a preference thing.

I'll update as I swap some more.


PS - Power Cable: Gotta say the Wireworld Aurora PC is a big improvement from stock.   Several cable manufacturers claim
the power cord is the most important link - maybe true?

PPS  AIR destroys USB via WW Platinum Starlight.  Some quirks for sure. As an engineer I say work on router / settings
and go ethernet both ends if possible, when possible.  Cat 6a is a lot cheaper than a streamer... 

Well,  It only took an hour or so with the Blue Jeans.  They are a bit overbearing.

Still, it's not 32X...