max graff wrote:

Hi guys,

I was recently auditioning the Rotel 1071 pre-power combo on some
lovely $12,000 Sonus Faber speakers. They were fitted with some $200
IXOS interconnects. I played a couple of vinyl records (Miles Davis -
So what, Pink Floyd - Dark side of the moon) the bass was overwhelming
and a bit boomy at times (at least more that what I am used to).

I replaced them with some $70 Tara Labs cables and all seems to sound
crystal clear and neutral. Even the sales guy acknowledged that.

The equipment does not have hidden gizmos to enhance the bass and I
wired them with my own good hands. So there was no foulplay or
snakeoil involved.

Explain this - what's a mere cable got to do with adding extra bass?
As far as I know a cable is a cable with no processing happening
within it.

It is.

Human hearing changes from day to day, if not hour to hour so it's entirely
normal for the same thing to sound different. Add in psychological influences
and you've got a gold mine.

Graham