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Roderick Stewart wrote:
It was only because my colleague is a professional sound mixer that I
even entertained the notion of bothering to try this at all. I've no
idea what could have happened when he swapped cables to make his system
sound different, and it's rather worrying that someone doing his job
might be "hearing" differences that aren't there. Apparently even the
people that mix the original material are human too, so where does that
leave objectivity?

If he's a 'pro sound mixer' does he concern himself with which cables to
use for work?

I've been in that field for many years and the only 'difference' I can
remember was how much better star quad was at rejecting interference in
difficult situations. And of course 'handling noise' for hand mic cables
or boom use. Non of which should apply to domestic interconnects.

The only times I've found a difference was when using long leads to and
from a Quad II to a tape recorder - easily explained by the high output
impedance. And doing the same with a pickup cartridge. But never with the
standard low impedance outputs of today's equipment.

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