Yes, I´m one of those people believing in cable sound. Over the years I´ve owned so many (mostly less expensive) cables... I´ve had my fair share of experience. One cable was too crisp, the other one too muddy. So when I bought my headphone amp in 2008 I decided to end all of this, I wanted to do it right. Years ago I bought another Audioquest, a Topaz. Impressed by the quality I opted for Audioquest again. When the King Cobra finally arrived I had to listen twice - because it didn´t "sound". I had the impression that my purchase was a complete failure. I even went so far and recorded the output of my CD player with my interface, one time with a standard RCA, the other time with this one.
A DBT made it clear immediately that this cable did in fact great: everything was a bit better compared to the standard cable. Not so much better as some magazines want to make you believe but better, I´d say, 10-15 %. Why was I fooled? Because this cable is immensely neutral, it doesn´t change one bit, it doesn´t amplify or mutes any frequencies. It just delivers them "as-is". Which is exactly what an RCA cable should do.
Still, despite the good things it does it was too expensive for my taste. And while the silver plating looks nice, it tends to tarnish over time. Therefore the cable has to be cleaned once or twice a year. If I had known that it would be like that I would have kept my older Audioquest Topaz, it sounded almost as neutral (it added just a slight amount of warmth).
But on the other hand, who am I to argue against neutrality?
dalb
I really doubt you did a real double blind test and were able to identify the cable.
Marlene
Then why did you write this comment in the first place?
