Good video. I've always kept it simple which has annoyed some "audiophiles". Differential Outputs and Inputs? Basic Twisted RCA. Unbalanced I/O? Some decently shielded coax.
I'd imagine the cables with insulation will have a tiny difference in less noise however I doubt we would hear any difference between the quality coming out.
Nice work man. Great to see cables debunked again. Hopefully someone in the UK can send you some long lengths of various cables to test, but I’d bet my bottom dollar that we’d still see no difference
So my favorite installer, that's not me, uses twisted primary wire for custom length RCAs. You could take that speaker wire and twist it and it would reject noise and measure the same as the rest I bet!
I was very surprised to hear a big difference in sound between sommer and klotz cables. But my cables were 7 meters long! And the klotz cable sounded much worse than sommer! There is a difference in the transmission of analog sound, but it manifests itself on large lengths, at least 5 meters or more, and on such small pieces as you have it will not be.
I used to have my car radio connected directly to amp in the trunk with 5m rca cables and i could hear the noise even when turning on my headlights,so I would assume there's some difference. Edit: I just realized that It was only happening for my rear speakers which used some super cheap cables, but it still has special insulation according to website. Maybe alternator noise is easier to pickup ? Maybe alternator noise
I've heard others experience similar issues and the root cause for those issues can be really hard to pinpoint, as it can have something to do with the alternator, grounding etc. In those situations I highly doubt a more expensive RCA cable would change much of anything. Nowadays high level inputs have become quite common in amps and DSPs so I would always recommend using those instead of long runs of RCA, as high level signal is much less prone for picking up noise. Another thing is differential RCA, but that seems to be topic still causing confusion, since manufacturers are not clearly disclosing if they use single ended or differential inputs and outputs
Length and quality of soldering at the connector is where you will notice difference. I just use optical to dsp now. The difference is ridiculous compared to a n rca of the same length
I got an idea I don't know if you want to try. Can you do measurements at listening position with a vehicle door cards off and on? I would like to see what impact the door cards have on frequency response.
Audiophiles trigerred in 1, 2, 3... 😅
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The cat didn't look at all surprised with the results 🐱
Thanks Raw-Cat.
Good video. I've always kept it simple which has annoyed some "audiophiles". Differential Outputs and Inputs? Basic Twisted RCA. Unbalanced I/O? Some decently shielded coax.
As objective as it gets! No feelings, just numbers...
I'd imagine the cables with insulation will have a tiny difference in less noise however I doubt we would hear any difference between the quality coming out.
Nice work man. Great to see cables debunked again. Hopefully someone in the UK can send you some long lengths of various cables to test, but I’d bet my bottom dollar that we’d still see no difference
So the conclusion is that a 20$ good quality and nice looking cable is all you need.
So my favorite installer, that's not me, uses twisted primary wire for custom length RCAs. You could take that speaker wire and twist it and it would reject noise and measure the same as the rest I bet!
I was very surprised to hear a big difference in sound between sommer and klotz cables. But my cables were 7 meters long! And the klotz cable sounded much worse than sommer! There is a difference in the transmission of analog sound, but it manifests itself on large lengths, at least 5 meters or more, and on such small pieces as you have it will not be.
I used to have my car radio connected directly to amp in the trunk with 5m rca cables and i could hear the noise even when turning on my headlights,so I would assume there's some difference.
Edit: I just realized that It was only happening for my rear speakers which used some super cheap cables, but it still has special insulation according to website.
Maybe alternator noise is easier to pickup ?
Maybe alternator noise
I've heard others experience similar issues and the root cause for those issues can be really hard to pinpoint, as it can have something to do with the alternator, grounding etc. In those situations I highly doubt a more expensive RCA cable would change much of anything. Nowadays high level inputs have become quite common in amps and DSPs so I would always recommend using those instead of long runs of RCA, as high level signal is much less prone for picking up noise. Another thing is differential RCA, but that seems to be topic still causing confusion, since manufacturers are not clearly disclosing if they use single ended or differential inputs and outputs
@Tomzuki. Yeah, it was a terrible setup. Right now, I use dsp that has like 0.5 m RCA cable to amp and there's no noise.
Length and quality of soldering at the connector is where you will notice difference. I just use optical to dsp now. The difference is ridiculous compared to a n rca of the same length
I got an idea I don't know if you want to try. Can you do measurements at listening position with a vehicle door cards off and on? I would like to see what impact the door cards have on frequency response.
My first guess is probably 😂 but not really.
So the only comment I have is would you be willing to test manufactured cable? Compared to one of your custom cables of the same length?