I don't know about this ZU stuff, but if someone can't hear the difference
between at least some speaker cables then they must either have low
resolution audio equipment or little ability to listen to the various
strands and acoustic of music or just the luck not to have picked a poor
cable. It's some time since I compared speaker cables but a few years back
there were night and day differences on my system with 3 types I bought and
various ones I made up. Now, interconnects I could believe, differences are
much smaller compared to speaker cables. With headphone extension cables
we're back to night and day differences, I had to make one myself to get a
non-screwed up sound.



"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
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On Sat, 28 May 2005 17:54:27 +0100, "Mark & Mel"
wrote:

Has anyone heard of this US Loudspeaker Cable manufacturer?(
www.zucable.com ) I was speaking to a friend who uses their "Wax" cable
and
he couldn't praise them enough, he says his Wax out performs his now
disowned Kimber Kable 8TC.

Tell him to stop drinking that snake oil, it's bad for your hearing!

I'm intrigued! Is there anybody in the UK who uses ZU cable? Your info
will
be greatly received.

It's wire, dude, and wire is wire, no matter what the price or the
fancy packaging. In purely technical terms, Kimber 8TC is superior to
almost anything on the market - but it still *sounds* the same as
ordinary 12 AWG 'zipcord'.

I've had a look at the Zu site, and it's a classic scam. They don't
give any proper specifications for the cable, the remarks about
directionality and burn-in are total bull****, and the rest of the
blurb reeks of purest snake oil. You'll get *exactly* the same sound
from 13 amp mains cable at a hundredth of the price.
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering