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In Reply to: Re: tongue in cheek response from someone in the "cables make a difference to me" camp posted by rlindsa on February 18, 2005 at 06:35:41:
Understanding standing why cables sound they way they do is not intended to also answer questions about musical enjoyment. People have questioned why is it important to know what makes a cable to sound good, and isn't it enough to know that it does?I want to know so that I can predict accurately which cables will best suit my personal preference in what sounds musical to me. To some (many?) it is a frustrating, time consuming, and expensive process to find the right cable through trial and error and reading reviews.
I propose that we can understand the cable attributes that contribute to their sonic signature. These measurable attributes could be published so that someone can then look up the attibutes of their system (amp, speakers, etc), cross referenced to the sound they are looking for (transparency, bass, treble, etc.), and the attributes that match that sound in commercial cables, and reach their end goal faster and at a lower cost.
I am not an engineer, but I would be very surprised if what many audiophiles see as a complex issue, cannot be simplified to a understandable and usable model.
On a tangent, I have a question for you. Given that the bandwidth for PC buss transfers is wider than even an optimistic view of the audible range of frequencies, and given that PCs must transfer the data across these busses with bit level accuracy, and given that cables for PCs are dirt cheap, why are audio cables in general so in-accurate and cost so much?
Lynn
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Follow Ups
- Re: tongue in cheek response from someone in the "cables make a difference to me" camp - Lynn 02/18/0512:29:25 02/18/05 (4)
- Re: tongue in cheek response from someone in the "cables make a difference to me" camp - Dawnrazor 16:08:00 02/18/05 (3)
- Re: tongue in cheek response from someone in the "cables make a difference to me" camp - Lynn 18:01:47 02/18/05 (2)
- Re: tongue in cheek response from someone in the "cables make a difference to me" camp - Dawnrazor 18:47:59 02/18/05 (1)
- Re: tongue in cheek response from someone in the "cables make a difference to me" camp - Lynn 18:57:39 02/18/05 (0)
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