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.