In article , Bob Latham
wrote:
In article , Eeyore
wrote:


I *think*, poor deluded soul that I am, that I have experienced sound
staging differences with interconnects and tonal balance changes with
speaker leads.

A change in frequency response of the system may affect such perceptions -
so may simply be due to the cable having a high enough series impedance to
alter this in the relevant manner.

That leaves their effect on frequency response. As far as this is
concerned it would be easy to put scientific limits on it. Could you
hear a 1dB difference at some frequency ? Possibly ? 0.1dB ? Pretty
damn unlikely I'd say.

This depends on circumstances IMHO. I would say that 1db is just about
perceptible as a volume control change but could easily be missed.
However, raise the level of the bass driver on a speaker by 1 db leaving
the mid and tweeter where they were and there is no missing that. The
whole balance of the speaker is different.

Comment as above. Changes in frequency response may not be noticed as
such. Instead, they may alter some other aspect of how we percieve the
results. Also if the effect is slightly different for the two channels.

Although how significant that might be will depend on circumstances as the
room will have far more effect than any normal choice of something like
cables.

Slainte,

Jim

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