Audioquest NEW Speaker Cables A/B Demo Garth Powell Linn Kudos Audio @ hi-fi Show Live 2018
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- A Pursuit Perfect System Exclusive Video for the hi-fi Show Live 2018
In this video I am in a room with Audioquest demonstrating their NEW range of Mythical Creatures Speaker Cables with the Linn Selekt all in one player and Kudos Audio Titan 505 Speakers
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He said that they didn't turn the volume up but this is what ive seen. @4:08 you can see the volume (Player/Dac/Amp) at 70 on the 1st cable. @6:06 you can see the volume at 72 on the 2nd cable (Comet). @11:55 you can see the volume at 73 on the 3rd cable (Thunderbird). @17:13 you can see the volume at 73 on the 4th cable (Dragon). Sorry if I have an eagle eye but you be the judge.
I think you are right in as much as I can see a volume difference between the first cable and the other. Why in gods name would they be stupid enough to do something like that???? Thats just game over for any company. Pursuit, please?
@@happinessliving6713 I actually agree that some cable can change the sound. It might be adding some coloration of some sort but deep inside im kinda skeptical about it but this video says it all. Tricky snake oil marketing.
Pursuit Perfect System should have done something like this in the show notes (description below): start: 4:01, next: 6:03, then: 11:45 silver: 17:11, finally A/B: 20:03
probably but I am too lazy - how much for you to do it for me ;) Thanks man, good suggestion !!
"No, we didn't turn up the volume..." Well switch to 4K resolution on the video and look closely at the bottom left corner of the front display... yes, the only volume goes up and up...
I did and it stayed at 73 on all four comparisons...
The quick A/B comparison at the end of the video the volume stayed the same on every cable. 73.
@@JPWinters Yeah because it's not a live shot lol they just look like they overlayed music on video with a constant 73db frame.
Thank you for posting. I own a Niagra 1000 and and tornado power cable. They made an insane difference and I was very curious to hear more about the new speaker cables.
Garth Powell knows his stuff the niagara power products are ace
Doesn’t Niagara choke the instant current in your amp? Many advice against using power conditioners for amplifiers!
the opposite is true with the Niagara tech :)
I think the non-Audio Quest cables were wired out of phase. Good trick though.
did they wire all of them out of phase because they all sounded different ?
@@PursuitPerfectSystem I should be clear: The Monster cable one sounded out of phase. I didn't claim to "know" they were out of phase, I said "I think" they're out of phase.
I made a video about cables and I said that cables CAN change the sound, but its tough to tell if the change is for the better or for worse.
If a company who makes cables uses passive electronics in their cables, can it change the sound? Yes! How will it affect the sound? I don't know. Is it improving or degrading or just adding coloration? I don't know. That's all I'm saying.
Whether someone buys expensive cables or cheap ones don't matter to me personally. I don't think that expensive cables improve the sound, but I could be wrong.
@@joentell if I could have included the full song demos that were played/recorded you would hear it's not them wiring the speakers our of phase. There is just a sizeable difference in audio quality between all of them
Play both recording simultaneously and invert the polarity of the other, it will be quiet, showing no differences. Now, the song, sync of the videos, and microphone placement all have to be identical and no people can be talking in the background.
@@joentell Wazzz up Joe? Good to see you here!
As a electrical engineering I know anyone will be fine with any cable as long as they have the proper cross section.
As a human being I do can hear the sound difference
As a modern homo sapiens I know I can NOT trust in a audio cable seller blind test.
Cables are essential, that's for sure.
I tried to get sound out of my speakers once. I discovered that I had not connected my speakers .... :p
@@oysteinsoreide4323 you are a Great audiophile 😂
Yeah! So I bought the dragons on Aliexpress, and they look and sound just like these ones for the fraction of the price, they even have a 72volt battery as well.
Pursuit Perfect System Thanks for uploading this video and Garth for the wonderful presentation. I watched this over and over again. It's very educational. I have some audioquest cables and accessories. I like the sound when using them. However, even for non-audiophiles, just listen to how these guys applying science into just a cable will make your day.
Cheers.
@TransmissionLineDesigns I like your video. I thought for a spare of the moment vid it was a good comparison. I didn't see volume levels being changed and I could hear a difference without a doubt. It is hard to pick up on youtube as audio quality is terrible from this source. I do however listen through a good Chord DAC into a Burson headamp to Grado high end cans.
I think people need to stop and think about this a bit. Sure cheap speaker cable will do the job and can sound good but in certain circumstances. If this system is entry level there isn't a problem using basic cables. Better or more expensive cables just aren't going to improve things as a system is only as strong as it's weakest link. Like putting high end tyres on an entry level car.
The cables will only start to show improvements as the system itself improves in quality and performance. And as you have said, just because it is more expensive doesn't make it automatically better. System synergy plays a bit part so finding the cable that is most compatible is more important than cost.
As to 'who would pay thousands of dollars for a cable'? Lots of people would. It's all relative to what the person earns. If you're on $500 000 a year, a $5k cable isn't going to be a problem. And if you like it and get pleasure from it, who's to say it's a waste of money?
i sat hear with a sound meter.all of the cables were the same decibels.in fact the last big cable was 1 decibel lower than the second. not convinced about this cable thingy..
ill have to wait till i can do an a-b comparison at home.will be able to do so soon.
Don't get me wrong I am all for spending a bit more on your cabling. I think the Rocket series is pretty good especially getting it at a discount which isn't hard at all when buying some equipment, I recently received 35% off some and 50% off another, the markup is pretty high on "Accessories" that being said, I think they are made very well and if you're speaker cables are exposed it's an added plus that they look premium. I just don't think there is this huge audible difference after that, certainly not worth thousands of dollars.
I hate to say it, but I hear a difference. The sound is elevated from being flat with the lamp cord to being more 3D with the Audioquest cable. And no, this has nothing to do with the slight difference in volume. I wouldn’t buy a cable that expensive, but it’s good to know that it’s not completely BS.
i can't hear the difference in my computer speakers. i have AQ stirling SE and volcano speaker cables but it is too much to upgrade to Mythical series
try some headphones they are more monitor in style
I can hear the difference BUT... Monster cables are renown for being mellow sounding. What if they had chose randomly other brand that were brighter, surely the outcome would have had more balanced results. Of course, this is biased. I could choose the cables and the components that highlights my point of view.
12.000$ for a cable is insane and the fact that the manufacturer can't do it as good for much less is an astounding failure.
Don't pay me attention, I'm also biased😉.
What type of cable can filter out that adjacent room leakage noise?
Yeah quite impressive eh. The AudioQuest cables being connected even managed to turn of the A/C unit that was full throttle during the Monster cable demo.
Biggest difference is usually from a $5 cable to a $50 dollar one, after that, diminishing returns and placebo hit hard
The biggest difference I heard going from the Monster cable to the AudioQuest cables, was that apparently the AudioQuest cables turn off the A/C unit. That really lowers the noise floor significantly.
Excellent video, thanks.
This article is worth reading: www.stereophile.com/content/gramophone-dreams-23-audioquest-triode-wire-labs
Always fascinating to hear this man speak.
Maybe you should’ve had the guy switching the cables while you were talking to save a little time. And this way you’re listening to the music closer to the previous listening session.
Demo was fair. Background noise very annoying.
I THINK O,F,C SPEAKERS CABLE 400 STRAND IS ALL YOU NEED, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE O,F,C SPEAKER CABLE YOU CANT GO WRONG BELIEVE ME.😉😎✌
As a certified electronic technician, I can tell you that any cable that has less than 1/10th Ohm resistance and does not produce an inductance level of more than 1 micro-henry will sound exactly the same no matter how much the designer rip-off company charges!
I'll trust my ears thank you very much.
Ok but are you DEAF? Even in RUclips I could hear a big difference.
I've heard the difference with my own ears.
And where does one find such a cable with those specs?
The difference is there - no questions about it. I could even hear it via my TV speakers.
Can we (the viewers) guarantee that they haven't played tricks? No, we can't, but the difference is audible no matter what caused it.
After working as a audio engineer for decades, this is one of the biggest shit shows I've ever seen, no disrespect, jmho..
I think your being very unfairly overly critical - but maybe its because you are unaware of the situation.
If you check in my You Tube channel in the playlist for this show you will see there are 26 videos - that means I on my own filmed 26 different systems and rooms across 2 days.
That is a phenomenal amount of work for one man, you would not believe how hard I work at shows and how much kit I carry around to produce video and audio at this quality.
This was filmed last thing on Sunday, when me and the guys from Audioquest had been at it all weekend - don't forget they have to set everything up and pack it all down again.
Just as I was there on the setup day (Friday) working.
This video was not pre arranged or organised in advance it was filmed completely adhoc on the day.
I think given all the factors above the video has come out extremely well from a production quality point of view and Garth has given a passionate and detailed presentation.
@@PursuitPerfectSystem oh man, please don't take me the wrong way, I didn't mean the presentation, I'm just talking about the cables themselves. I'm sure lots of hard work went into it, I've done many cable tests myself with others involved and it didn't go well for the "expensive high end" cables.
I appreciate your efforts, sorry for the confusion.
@@PursuitPerfectSystem I just looked at more of your content, I subbed, but please stay away from snake oil like cables. I watched a PS Audio vid the other day where he was talking about AC power and also his "power plants" He was in a test shop where I'm sure there was a scope within reach. Hook it up and show us !!! Religion will get you to church, science will get you to the moon.
I have done a lot of my own testing with cables over the years and recorded the differences easily.
However a point of note a more expensive cable doesnt guarantee a better sound - it should if made correctly expose more of the truth of the system which a "worse" cable is covering up.
So its very important for lots of factors to be nailed down when testing "expensive" cables because they might actually expose a truth that's not what is expected.
However long term will give more from what a better system is able to produce.
That is the whole purpose of this demo - listen to how good this excellent kit can sound.
If I could have used all the recorded song demo, not just a few second clip this would have hugely apparent in this video.
poserwannabe Trust your ears, if you can’t hear it, don’t buy it. I could clearly hear a difference in these videos. Much bigger jump from Monster to cheaper audioquest cable though.
How come with the monster cable they reduce the volume and add just a tid bit more of background noise??? Or does the cable magically filter out the background noise but not filter music content? Since the noise is part of the audio signal are they "smart cables" that know what to filter? They should put a wallet on a scale and measure the weight, that would be more accurate.
by background noise do you mean ambient noise from other rooms at the hifi show also playing music, yes of course we coordinated that before we shot the video....
@@PursuitPerfectSystem Sounds like someone put a fan in front of the mike when doing the monster cable. Also some people say they can see the volume turned up a tad on the audioquest cables, I can't see that but it sounds like it. That's cheating as a couple of db's can fool you into thinking it sounds "better". Anyway, good cables can't make anything better only bad cables can make things worse. Perfect 100% efficient cables can only give you whats coming from the amp. No cable can somehow "enhance" the signal. Things like RF ( I know I can't hear 95.5 mega hz ), or EMI are all things that are so far below our ability to hear don't do anything. No magic veil that gets lifted etc. Inductance, cap, resistance can have an effect but are so low in a short cable it's debatable and would be user preference anyway. A good piece of #10 zip cord CAN work just as well as a gussied up gold plated cable. Just my 2 cent's from 50+ yrs of electrical and audio exper. The real kicker is the cable with some 72 volt dielectric bias that actually measures worse when connected up. But is promoted with the most unscientific gobaldy goop I've ever heard. Sorry I do believe some cables can have some effect, some, but it's so overblown it gets me going. Get good spkrs and place them well, 90+% of the sound.
Bring back the Nighthawks please. Great headphones.
If one purchases the audioquest evo 3 polaris line conditioner, would one also need these cables. ..would it make a difference or nothing noticable !?
I myself hate speaker cables costing more than my speakers or amps in my system.
Really ?
It doesnt have to such extremes but my intuition tells me that it does make difference it dont think these guys are selling snake oil...either
@@fishingbear69 I have no intuition, I studied electrical engineering and I can tell you that as long as the cross section is enough your cable sounds the best
@@animalmuppetmonster664 trust your ears and not your former studies...(in a good system please, otherwise you do probably not hear differences!
@@bikemike1118 Well if you trust your ears you'd have no problem doing a blind listening test to see if you could distinguish differences between cables then.
Define a good system also.
Put a stethoscope on one end of an interconnect and then gently rub a coin on the other end. Transmission of mechanical noise, especially from the speakers back to the amp has a big negative influence. In the past I found Vertex AQ cables to be excellent if you have the budget.
Course the tell a huge difference
It amazes me that even with such a clear demonstration A/B, still some people continue to use "Snake Oil" in their personal defense... Perhaps, they can't afford upgrading and this can be very frustrating? Or they have too much wax build up? Perhaps they can afford Q-tips?
It amazes me no one has been able to find differences with any measuring equipment or blind test.
Exactly. I definitely heard the diff but it was a diminishing return. I’d be happy with the first set of Audio quest cables used vs. Monster.
@@AudiS4orce1 I have patent pendings that manipulate any speaker cable to sound similar to these, but thats another story, hoping to market 2019!
Esoteric Audiophile,or perhaps,you're just a rich spanker wanting to rub our noses in it.
@@4879daniel Use your ears.
if you think there is a difference then there is no difference. the biggest difference is the price .
Nonsense. There are audible differences between cables.
Have you heard thunder bird vs fire bird? If yes, do you feel price difference is justified?
I have AQ silver AES, AQ silver XLRs, and storm series thunder power cords. It’s addictive to hear the improvements wither lower noise floor, transparency, tonal improvements etc with every cable you introduce. Lately it’s time for speaker cable upgrade - my system has improved to a point where they are chocking it. And I know from personal experience how AQ pss is way better than their psc+ cables, so fire bird is very tempting - using silver where it matters the most. The problem is with speaker cables the cost difference is a lot higher between copper and silver models due to gauge and amount of material they use. Dragon is crazy expensive and out of picture. But other remaining two, is the big gap in price worth it? No much information on forums yet so thought I would ask someone who attended the demo :)
Hi, I was filming and trying to listen as well which is not easy, I promise.
there was a very big improvement as you moved up the cables, I cant give you specifics other than ithe sound kept getting more focused and dynamic sounding as Garth went up them.
Sorry that is all I have got :)
The thing that I like about AudioQuest is that they sell cables at all price points. You can buy a pair of cables for as little as $40, or spend thousands, and all will provide a meaningful upgrade from run-of-the-mill cables. The problem is of course: once you get a taste of the expensive stuff, you are spoiled.
The real problem is of course: other brands outperform Audioquest for less. And I'm not a fan of the silver-plated RCA and spade connectors AQ uses. It just adds brightness to the sound.
@@separation0620 Thanks for the heads up. I have not noticed any brightness; I’m using Audioquest with silver bananas and KEF’s now. I will have to investigate, KEF's aren't known for their brightness on their own and I have Audioquest bare wire to compare.
I agree fully! AudioQuest Type 4 "No Frills" speaker cable from Audio Advisor is a killer speaker cable for the price! $100 for 8 foot pair!
The monster cables were the most hazy, Comet increased in volume and clarity, the next one was smoother than Comet but still good clarity. Thunderbird was very clear but a bit harsher and louder. Dragon was the most refined of them all. I’d say the one after Comet with the smoothness is the easiest non fatigue listening of them all.
This is the thing with all these demos they do. They are comparing $10.00 "lamp cord" to an AQ Comet which is around 1.2K used... I mean why don't you compare lamp cords to let's say a Type 4 or a Rocket series, something most consumers can afford and let them determine if they hear a difference.
The guy looks (and sounds) like a snake oil salesman lol
This guy reminds me of a used car salesman.
Whats the massive rumbling airplane like sound I can hear when the monstercable is played? Other than that I can hardly or can't hear any difference. I Can hear differences in volume but I cannot hear differences in audio quality. Though I can hear enourmous differences in audioquality in components like speakers wich in the opinion of the AQ salesman are equal components like cables.
Maybe try the end A/B demo its easier to hear the differences there - also factor in I had to cut the sound recordings down really short which is a shame because it unbalanced the presentation. I chose the first few seconds of the song as it made the editing a little easier - its not the best section of music to use but I did the best I could.
The initial rumbling is the aircon - we also had lots of ambient noise from other systems being played loud in the adjacent rooms - its a hifi show and that is path of the course
@@PursuitPerfectSystem "par for the course" ;)
Even through a microphone, RUclips compression, phone DAC and finally my Audioquest Nighthawk headphones, I can hear a clear night and day difference between the Monster cable and the Entry level comet cable. I can't believe people cannot hear it? Granted, my headphones are quite resolving. All you naysayers could be using Apple earpods for all I know.
The difference between the cables can be described as a guitar string being tightened with every upgrade. The Dragon cable was the most taut-sounding, unsurprisingly. The monster cable was simply sloppy in its delivery of transients, which lends to a less exciting, less vibrant and less invigorating experience.
What I have determined is that the difference - if audible - is greatly affected by the bandwidth of the network connection you have and the fact that RUclips compresses audio - beyond your control - certainly is not helpful.
I have the emotive ta-100 driving the XPA 2 gen 3 on a pair of JBL s310 and every cable is audioquest and i hear the damn difference im sure ill get all kinds of shit about this but audioquest cables kill your Average of the mill cables!!! That is a f$#cking fact 100%
Don't step on the cables ,please !
Well i did not hear any difference between these cables
this was hard as I had to cut the music down to such a short section. Either way the difference is still audible but make sure you have the video set to 4k for the highest sound quality
There is another similar demo from the Munich show with longer music clips if you want to check that out.
That looks EXTREMELY BAD for them... In the first demos talking about the higher end cables you can clearly see the volume increased from 70-73. However when doing the A/B comparisons at the end there it doesn't move from 73 throughout all AB's but, it also looks like they took one shot with it at 73 and just overlayed music on the video... Sad.
There is definitely nothing overlaid that wasn't recorded on the day all the same at the same volume. I had to cut the recorded samples down to silly short clips because the RUclips copyright system at the time wouldn't allow that song but I worked hard to shoot and create the video and wanted to publish it. I covered the whole show with video and this presentation besides being about Audioquest they have no say in how the video was put together or published.
James T Kirk at work when no mission to explore .
The fact of the matter is that a regular good quality speaker cable which costs no more than $30/100ft will transmit an audio signal with no perceivable loss of quality over the distances required in a normal living room. It's certainly possible to manufacture a cable that sounds different, but let's be honest here - that cable is not better from the standpoint of flawlessly reproducing the audio - it distorts the signal. Whether or not that's something you like is a different matter entirely and up to personal preference. I just wish retailers were honest about this, rather than trying to sell customers ridiculously expensive cables which offer no real benefit. These people with their woo woo science claims are giving the whole hifi community a bad reputation.
there are 4 equally suitable speaker cables in this demo but they all sound different from worse to better
I wish I could have included all the sound demos because there is so much difference it's un canny.
@@PursuitPerfectSystem To my mind, the question is, is a perceived improvement in sound quality from cable to cable commensurate with the increasing cost, and is the 'end' cost justifiable?
This is not a recent phenomenon.
I recall the cult of obscenely expensive cables back in the 80s/90s.
Fortunately, there is a safeguard which will redeem you from the "evil snake oil salesmen". It's called "If you can't hear an improvement, don't buy it". Dilemma solved.
From point A--->B in hifi world can cost you thousands. It's just about personal satisfaction, the cost/benefit ratio cannot apply to sort of emotional products. Do you think billionaires are stupid to spend this much money if they could not hear the difference? I don't think so.
Fuck,that room next door was loud
I didn’t hear or measure any difference.
I dont really know how you would be looking to measure the sound clips but it was unfortunate that for this presentation the music used is blocked by youtube so I could only use a very short section of the music.
Even so I think you can still hear things being improved. I have shot a few ore for audioquest if you check in the channel. The recent Bristol show video is a very clear audible difference
@@PursuitPerfectSystem á
Why can't they just make a high quality switch box to do the cable switching. I mean it is Audioquest...
Wireworld does this with their cables. But the videos you'll find are painful to watch. The spokes person/engineer/CEO has little to no speaking experience. Think he suffers from stage fright. But anyway, they seem like good products.
Thanks for this. If you didn’t change levels, compression, mic location and amp volume was the same, even after RUclips audio compression I could hear the difference which is quite impressive. With diminishing returns though, going from Monster to first audioquest made the biggest diff, then to the next one and so on.
I could only put a very short few seconds of audio for the song demonstration - I actually recorded much more.
If I could have used more of the music you would have heard a very big improvement going up to the Dragon at the end - magnitudes better even.
You can see the volume is the same of the Linn for every song, I had 2 cameras rolling - I am holding the close range one - I couldn't be adjusting the audio - that was recording separately - the audio differences as all my recordings are 100% genuine and un-edited - I don't do anything to the recordings that are used RAW
Thanks for watching and commenting
Pursuit Perfect System Thanks. I find it quite funny they ppl like some “electricians” still deny there’s a difference as if they’re deaf! 🙈 My motto is, believe it only if you can hear the difference, otherwise its marketing or not for you. I also didn’t believe in power cables until I heard one. Thanks again!
I have a video coming soon on power cables where I will record a system and the difference power cables might or might not make - should be interesting :)
12....thousand....dollars. really? There are big differences in sound , but come on man! Most people don't have Jeff Besos disposable income.
Oh well.😵 P. S Would have been nice to gear more than the first 2 bars of stairway to heaven on a guitar as well...
No there aren't. There are minimal differences in sound, and that's being charitable.
@@johnratcliffe6438 I studied electrical engineering and I can tell you that as long as the cross section is enough your cable sounds the best, cero sound differences
Just run mesurements of the cables instead. Engineering is not art. But audiophiles is a mishmash of Old smoking jazz people
this guy is crazy lol
I like the company, and do believe that cables can sound different, but he doesn't help his cause by not even knowing the correct name of his product line. It's Mythical Creatures, not Mystical.
His sales pitch is the same for all the products he tries to sell at the start he says power cables and not speaker cables must of just been confused about all the other bull ---- he talks about it’s a real shame we are being made to think we would get a better sound with these cables I’ve done all the testing with super duper cables on my own equipment it’s never made a difference maybe I need a mythical creature
Would love to heR your thoughts on audioquest vs tellurium q. I have the tellurium q black speAker cables hooked up to naim nap 250dr and b&w 804 d3
they are both excellent and these new cables are very interesting.
An obvious move from black is to black 2 or silver 2 maybe from Tellurium Q. or higher obviously :)
Pursuit Perfect System that’s what I was thinking but audioquest have very different philosophy. Like chord, they make you think that you shouldn’t buy cables from anyone else.
@@sumitagg1 I think Audioquest Are quite a relaxed company they say we make these cables this way for this reason if you like them buy them.
Garth is extremely passionate as you can see in this video.
The guys at Chord are similar really nice laid back guys.
Tellurium Q do things a little different in terms of the way they design their cables and market them. They chose to let reviewers and owners spread their word.
Buy what you like the most ;)
Pursuit Perfect System unfortunately, most dealers don’t carry enough products to do a proper a/b compare in my home system. My naim dealer doesn’t do chord and almost no dealer has tellurium in the US. I end up buying all my gear from Graham’s Hi-Fi in London because I travel there a lot and at least they do an honest demo with what they have.
Pursuit Perfect System I’ve been intriguied with chord dac’s but I don’t know how to build a streaming system around that there is better than my current superuniti and nap 250 dr naim system for the same or less price
If you believe you will hear a difference.i took my mains cleaner out years ago.i use studio gable.thats it.save your money.20 years ago I tested cables and audioquest was won of the worst.ha.ha.just earth everything properly.hifi nut forms years.
If you believe you will hear a diffrence you will surely believing you won't has the same effect?
I heard very subtle differences between each cable, but with a limited budget, my money will go to 1. speakers, 2. amp, 3. source, 4. cables in that order.
Ofcourse; it would be stupid to work the other way around.
I love your channel but the whole cable thing is snake oil. Pushed by those with a vested interested...
Thanks for the kind comments, each to their own views of course but the rest seems a little harsh if its aimed at me - I have made countless A/B demo videos for everything I have reviewed and I dont earn a penny from any of them as they all feature copyright music. This video in particular was a real pig to make due to the restriction on the music demo which was a real shame as I put a lot of effort into making it.
For my own reviews I have backed up everything I have ever said with sound demos so you can listen for yourself and make up your own mind - I don't see how that is "pushing" anything its quite the opposite.
In terms of vested interest some channels make videos about cables regularly because they make money from the video - to stress again I dont make a bean from any video that has a sound demo in it - not a bean
I’ll tell you this much. I upgraded from Cinnamon USB to the Carbon in my car and there’s a huge difference. I have a cheap Audioquest Sky HDMI in my Home Theater and I want to upgrade to the Vodka. It’s definitely real somehow.
I can totally hear the differences of all four cables even through youtube. Anyone who says that all cables sound the same and call them snake oil must be deaf.
Sure, Yippie, I'm deaf and my gear is crap and I'm too old to hear the difference and my ears are made of cloth. Now that you've finished *insulting* me, feel free to upload receipts for any 5K+ cables you've bought as a result of your superior hearing. I dont have 5K but I can think of better ways to spend it.
Oh, and FWIW, I've owned Audioquest cables and I was impressed with the build quality (particularly on their XLR cables) but if I was going to prioritize anything it wouldn''t be cables : it would be room treatment - a good room can make all the difference. I enjoyed this presentation (handclaps aside) but I don't enjoy being told that I must be deaf if my impressions of anything don't reconcile with one of the cognoscenti in this fucked up hobby/obsession.
The Null Tester - ruclips.net/video/ZyWt3kANA3Q/видео.html
I hope this clears thing up for you. if not, try this - soundcloud.com/sqology/feat-ethan-winer
@@juststuff5216 I'm absolutely fine with the objectivist argument - 100% fine - but its not going to change ingrained beliefs in this hobby. If I have a stance its this : how much of the wire from the microphone(s) to the mixing and mastering desk is anywhere near as exotic as the audiophile cables we're told we need to buy. I'm also with the class war aspect of it - those who have the money are free to buy whatever they desire - but the cable industry has accomplished something that's relatively rare outside things like phono stages and cartridges : if you see a cable from Nordost, for example, priced at less than 5K it suddenly seems like a screaming 'bargain' - that's a trick normally reserved for boutique clothing and footwear. Genuinely handmade bespoke tailoring aside (eg Saville Row), its generally accepted that designer goods are massively inflated over the cost of design and construction - is that we really aspire to in the audio universe ?
@@arthurwatts1680 I'm with you on this one.
@@juststuff5216 I'm enjoying that SoundCloud podcast. Listening now.
Ah the placebo effect.
Comparativa de cables. ruclips.net/video/sJZ_ct0I2A0/видео.html
Beam me up Scottie
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