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In Reply to: Re: Respectfully disagree with #2 posted by Duster on January 2, 2005 at 10:30:52:
Again, with respect, the biggest problem with your approach is that you will likely trap yourself into a false optimum, and prevent further progress.Yes, I know that all cables have sonic signatures, just as all amps and speakers and source components. Some have signatures that result from suppression of aspects of the signal, while others get theirs from uneven tonal response. The degree of the signature varies considerably among cheap as well as expensive cables. There are plenty of expensive cables that deliberately modify the signal, so money is not the measure of transparency.
If you have a source with a lot of out-of-band noise, for example, it may sound smoother with cables that lack coherent high frequency response. If you fix the noise problem in the source, then you will not realize the benefit of extended treble. In practice, you would not know if a new source component gave better treble, or if some other tweak improved the performance of what you had, so you would likely not pursue these things. You would be stuck with a dull system.
We share the goal of getting the best sound possible within our budget limits. You have articulated your approach well, and I'm only trying to provide an alternative way of thinking that has been fruitful for me.
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Topic - Cable Selection Goals - Duster 13:25:36 01/1/05 ( 19)
- I think you have covered it well. (NT) - Artar1 11:49:14 01/4/05 ( 0)
Respectfully disagree with #2 - Al Sekela 09:14:10 01/2/05 ( 15)
- Re: Respectfully disagree with #2 - Duster 10:30:52 01/2/05 ( 14)
- Well put! - Artar1 11:51:24 01/4/05 ( 1)
- Good point - Duster 10:37:03 01/5/05 ( 0)
- Tuning for frustration... - Al Sekela 01/3/05 08:24:35 01/3/05 ( 9)
- Excellent post Al. - Tony Montana 15:15:39 01/3/05 ( 1)
- Oh, brother - Duster 16:42:12 01/3/05 ( 1)
- Tuning for frustration? - Duster 09:51:11 01/3/05 ( 6)
- We are very close, but the difference is important - Al Sekela 11:54:35 01/4/05 ( 5)
- I must clarify - Duster 10:14:15 01/5/05 ( 4)
- "higher resolution and a lowered noise floor" - Al Sekela 11:23:31 01/5/05 ( 3)
- Not my position - Duster 12:06:25 01/5/05 ( 2)
- peace - Al Sekela 11:47:19 01/7/05 ( 1)
- cheers :-) - Duster 16:40:23 01/7/05 ( 0)
Tuning for perfection - paul_s 12:28:58 01/2/05 ( 1)
- Re: Tuning for perfection - Duster 13:16:15 01/2/05 ( 0)
Re: Cable Selection Goals - mt10425 18:23:23 01/1/05 ( 0)
Re: Cable Selection Goals - thefeds15@yahoo.com 17:26:19 01/1/05 ( 0)