My personal experience has shown that as the price of audio cables increases, you start to hear small changes of subtle musical nuances in your system that immediately become undeniably hard to live without. In addition, if it has the usual complex impedance variation over the frequency range, then this will now be reflected as errors in the loudspeaker’s frequency response.įor the dedicated enthusiast, (some) of whom just might have a great ear for music and sound, we can acknowledge the reasons why people spend lots of money on cables – and in many instances, (maybe far too much?). If we introduce some series resistance, say 1 ohm, then a nominal 8 ohm speaker will lose a barely audible 1 dB of sensitivity. With zero amplifier source resistance and zero cable resistance, the frequency response of a given loudspeaker will be as defined by the designer. It’s not overly hard to establish that cables can and do sound different, if only on the basis of their conductivity and the effect of their series impedance (mainly resistance and small series inductance) upon the generally non-uniform load impedance presented by most loudspeakers. That is that most speaker cables will have some subtle audible differences when used with different amplifier designs that they may be mated to. There is also another incontrovertible fact that comes into play when evaluating the sound differences in cables particularly loudspeaker cables. An example might be, as a wine enthusiast myself, like asking if you need to spend $50 or $100 to buy a good bottle of wine? Unless you’re a wine connoisseur most folks are perfectly happy with a nice $10 variety.įor those audiophiles who are very perceptive- routinely expecting and achieving a high caliber of performance in their music system, cables have become an increasingly important part of the finest high-end audio systems. In this sense, the choice of a cable may not make that much of a difference to justify the expense but may still represent good value in a more modest audio system. Understandably when compared against the many scores of premium and expensive audio cables, some low-cost cables will inevitably appear disappointing. Many audiophiles secretly keep an agnostic belief as such just let me hear the proof! If you’re a hardcore audiophile with a top-of-the-line system, (particularly with regards to your front end and loudspeakers) you probably will notice a cleaner, more detailed and accurate sound when switching to a premium set of audio cables.Īs for many enthusiasts with systems in an average state of tune, one can forgive those who prefer to devote resources on buying more music instead. Some believe cables do make a difference and then there is the other camp that believes all cables will produce the same results. While trying to achieve the best sonic performance out of your audio system can often become a fleeting quest, we know for a fact that people’s opinions on audio cables can often be quite polarizing. Wireworld’s ‘Eclipse 8’ Cables, interconnects and power cords are fully evaluated and they are nothing to sneeze at!įor forty years, the sonic effects of Audio Cables have been the subject of controversy and debate by audio enthusiasts and have been often noted in our many cable reviews over the past year.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |