The Cable Test - listen and decide

I prefer......

  • Cable 1

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Cable 2

    Votes: 3 13.6%

  • Cable 3

    Votes: 2 9.1%

  • Cable 4

    Votes: 2 9.1%

  • I cannot detect a difference

    Votes: 15 68.2%
  • Total voters
    22
Mastering One said:
Not reading the thread, #3 was the one I preferred.

#4, #2 were hot on the highs and #1 came pretty close to 3.

Scientifically, I looked at the files from a more molecular state after listening and I can assure you that each is 'different" Whether we can tell the difference or not is pure subjectivity and this is based on "opinion" or "honesty" based on the impressions at the specific time after listening (which is certainly subject to change)

The above said, some people simply cannot hear differences. Some people cannot hear differences that by others are preceived as "large" and I know one fellow who absolutely could not hear a difference of 1.5dB, even when it hit me 'upside of" my face.

Since the poll is concluded, is their a post telling "what is what?"


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hehe, I saw page 5. Cool!

On a given day, I know certainly that something I prefer one day may not be preferrable the next. This is why in mastering, it is critical to go back to a 'known' reference track at least once every 30 mins. as to not dig a hole you cannot get out of with any rebalancing or voicing. The fact remains, our preception changes and cannot be an absolute.
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Genuwine lol, from the heart of my bottom.
 
Mastering One said:
I for one don't believe in "gain matching" when it comes to cables. Clearly, the difference between two cables may be one of gain... and normalizing that would negate the differences. If one cable is louder (either overall or in terms of certain areas of the frequency spectra) then "that" is the difference I would like to know when it comes to various wire schemes.
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You shouldn't need to worry about gain matching with interconnects - if you do then one of them is seriously broken, I mean literally kaput.
Series resistance of 99.9% of all cables out there is <1ohm for a 1m length. Used between a typical source and load you'd need a few K ohms to get audible changes in level and no cable has anything like that. Even the VDH carbon cables only push it to a couple of hundred ohms IIRC.

It could have exceptionally high capacitance which will change things at HF in some cases usually though loss of level at the very top, or it might upset some op amps giving unpredictable results. Rare events though IMO.
 
Just read the outcome, Cable 2, ha ha ha, and that was the one I thought 'there may have been something better about'.

I think I'll start soldering screws and foil into my kit tonight.

:D
 
scott_01 said:
Just read the outcome, Cable 2, ha ha ha, and that was the one I thought 'there may have been something better about'.

I think I'll start soldering screws and foil into my kit tonight.

:D
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I also liked 2 , what a great laugh :D doesn't say much about the most expensive ones;)
 
RobHolt said:
Went out yesterday David so should be with you early next week.
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Got there, eventually!! :D

I can say with a fair degree of certainty that I can't hear any difference in any of the recordings. :)

Nice bit of music though (and nicely recorded! ;)), what/who is it? U40 I think?

Thanks for the listen!
 
Hi David,

It is UB40 and the track is 'Madam Medusa'.

Glad you enjoyed it.
Good album and clearly their best by a mile IMO.
 

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