Well I hear constantly that the Rat shack (AKA The Source by Circuit City here in Canada) isn't neccessarily the best place to go for hi fidelity audio stuff...
Well I wanted to give the 42-2607 a try to replace the one that came with my PA2V2 and ordering online can be a pain because of customs, dutues, shipping etc. since it seems like almost every online store is based outside of Canada... I decided to give it a shot.
I have A/B tested this cable probably about 100 times now on 3 different sources with varying types of music.:
1. Creative Sound Blaster 2 NX
2. Palm Tungsten E PDA
3. GE DVD player
I have Sennheiser HD570s and Shure E2C headphones that I am testing with.
The difference is very obvious... It almost seems like there is a high frequency roll off or something... It's strange. It's almost like the detail is slightly sucked out of the recording. For example when you hear a chello playing you don't hear the texture of the bow moving over the strings as much with the Radio Shack 42-2607. The cheap looking grey cable that came with the PA2V2 seems to show more detail...
Am I immagining this or what guys? Has anyone else here made this comparison? I'm tempted to try and take the cable back and maybe think about another cable (which I suppose I'd need to find online, i've heard good things about that Cardas Cable on HeadRoom).
Here is a link to the RadioShack Site with this cable on it:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...tId=2103871&cp
Here is a link to TheSource By Circuit City website with the cable I have on it. It would appear that it's the same cable (same model number, looks the same) but just retagged):
http://www.thesourcecc.com/estore/pr...roduct=4202607
I'd love some input on this guys. I was skeptical at first (hence trying it 100 times, and blowing like 2 hours away LOL).
Well I wanted to give the 42-2607 a try to replace the one that came with my PA2V2 and ordering online can be a pain because of customs, dutues, shipping etc. since it seems like almost every online store is based outside of Canada... I decided to give it a shot.
I have A/B tested this cable probably about 100 times now on 3 different sources with varying types of music.:
1. Creative Sound Blaster 2 NX
2. Palm Tungsten E PDA
3. GE DVD player
I have Sennheiser HD570s and Shure E2C headphones that I am testing with.
The difference is very obvious... It almost seems like there is a high frequency roll off or something... It's strange. It's almost like the detail is slightly sucked out of the recording. For example when you hear a chello playing you don't hear the texture of the bow moving over the strings as much with the Radio Shack 42-2607. The cheap looking grey cable that came with the PA2V2 seems to show more detail...
Am I immagining this or what guys? Has anyone else here made this comparison? I'm tempted to try and take the cable back and maybe think about another cable (which I suppose I'd need to find online, i've heard good things about that Cardas Cable on HeadRoom).
Here is a link to the RadioShack Site with this cable on it:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...tId=2103871&cp
Here is a link to TheSource By Circuit City website with the cable I have on it. It would appear that it's the same cable (same model number, looks the same) but just retagged):
http://www.thesourcecc.com/estore/pr...roduct=4202607
I'd love some input on this guys. I was skeptical at first (hence trying it 100 times, and blowing like 2 hours away LOL).
