Cable directionality & cables

Since they aren't open to human perception issues and while clever obviously aren't sentient observers I'm not that surprised that you don't need DBT.

Cheers

Jason

 

True to a point Jason,
However one is required to manned by an operator visually, so DBT may be not benefical in this instance

 

Sounds fine dude................................just that when I'm checkin' out some new gear to buy, I don't wanna involve blindfolds, and shit like that.............if ya get my meaning

 

Not really. Why can't you type in plain English?

 

Have to say I've never heard a difference in putting the cables either way round, but usually put them the way arrows point anyway. Probably for no better reason than thats the way the arrows point.

I believe there's so much hype about cables now that I go buy a decent quality ofc shielded length of copper cable from maplins and a set of plugs and I make my own.

Cost? About £6

I listened to the cables I've made head to head against cables sold as award winners, 5 star rated etc, and maybe there were slight difference's from these cables to each other and from these cables to my own, very slight.

I wouldnt say they were better or worse than each other, just slightly different, but certainly not in the way the hifi press would have you believe.

I guess you can use cables to try and tune a system if you percieve that you personally like the "sound" of one cable more than others etc, thats the indeviduals choice.

I'll stick to my own cables and spend the money that saves on better quality hifi or more music.

Mart

 

Oh come on. It's not so difficult to understand.

 

indeed. It might give the game away!

Although on review of some earlier posts, the mask has slipped off from time to time.

 

Hey, James, you should get an award of some sort for the most visited "regular" posting - 4615!

 

The trick is to pick an emotive 'nonsense' topic like this one. Directionality of cables only 'exists' in domestic hi-fi systems AFAIK.

Gets the golden-eared anti-scientist audiophools going like nothing else!

 

The thread also came at just the right moment to pefectly capture the objectivist wave here. I haven't looked but the "Is the GBP 7000 Naim CDP any good?" thread must have had quite a few views too. That also ended up being a sub. vs. ob. thread

Michael.

 

9740

(Yes I am that bored this afternoon...)

 

Well I propose that henceforth we change the names:

Objectivists = 'Lone Rangers'

(wears a mask for blind testing)

We could have Moderate Rangers or Radical Rangers

Subjectivists = 'Tontos'

They could be Tonto Moderates or Tonto Fanatics

Maybe if we call each other different names we can get less emotional about it all.

After all, where would the Lone Ranger be without Tonto (and vice-versa).

Steve
Tonto Moderate, HFMQ:18, HFMuQ:1, SillinessQ: extreme
"Kimosabe"

 

I want to be the RED RADICAL RANGER.

 

A whole new meaning for the three Rs.

 

can i be a stoned ranger

 

What, you think I think of this stuff straight?

 

James
Out of interest have you tried it? I reversed my burndy repeatedly over a few days and there is no question in my mind that the sound was changed significantly. Terry

 

No of course I haven't! Asking the question means that you don't really understand. Connecting/disconnecting will clean the contacts. Other than that effect, any differences which you have heard are psychological in origin, Terry.

 

Here's one for woofie, sign up to pink fish and reason with breaded fisherman types, seems their at it too now

To be, or not to be directional that is the question

 

Terry, if you wish to here you naim kit sound better than it's done before you know what to do Call *Direction busters*, we can make the impossible happen T.