In article , John
wrote:
On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:22:33 +0100, Laurence Payne wrote:

On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:19:12 +0100, John wrote:

Ahem, this debate seems to have been going on for more years than I
care to remember. To me, the main reason why some cables do sound
different is bad design of output stages themselves. After all,
speakers are very weird loads and if an amp is going to sound
different just due to cables then it does not bode well for how it
will drive real speakers.

I'd say there is some truth in what you say but alas I have never come
across a situation where the substitution with bell wire of much
heavier multi-strand in the speaker leads where I can hear any
difference between the two and I have used some of the crappiest audio
amps.


That's the only time I ever HAVE heard a difference, when competent
cable was substituted with an excessive length of bell wire. The
music got a little quieter. See: www.auym23.dsl.pipex.com/cables.html

Excessive length could mean a long run. I didn't do any long/short
comparison.

Perhas also worth adding that how 'crappy' the amp is may not be the issue
when considering runs so long that the series resistance+inductance becomes
high. What might then matter is the impedance variations with frequency of
the loudspeakers chosen.

Slainte,

Jim

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