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Old July 2nd 08, 07:45 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
Glenn Richards
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Default New amp and speakers

David Looser wrote:

opinions are divided on this group but it does make a difference.

I love that!, "opinion is divided, but I'm right"


Heh, ok, posting written rather quickly... but you get the idea.

In your opinion of course.


In my experience, yes, speaker cables do make a difference to the sound.
As do interconnects to some extent. Seems that some people can hear a
difference and others can't - just like some people (myself included)
have perfect pitch and others don't.

There are people who really can't hear differences between various hi-fi
components. Although one of the more entertaining examples was a couple
of years ago when a know-it-all friend insisted that there couldn't
possibly be a difference between £100 worth of Technics CD player
(SL-PG590) and £1000 worth of Arcam CD/DVD player (DV79). So I hooked
both up, played a piece of music on the Technics (Duelling Banjos off a
Hayseed Dixie CD IIRC, was what I had in my hand at the time)... all
fine during the intro but when the bassline kicked in the whole sound
became overblown.

I then swapped to the Arcam and the difference was fairly amazing.

My friend's response? "Oh, you're using those fancy Chord interconnects
on the Arcam, you're using a £10 Cambridge Atlantic on the Technics."

Riiiiight...

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