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Originally Posted by LawnGnome /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Better paint make my car faster.
That is linear with how your argument is formed.
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I see it as paint is intended to make your car look good and protect it. So no, better paint will not make your car go faster only look and last better. However, if your intention is to make the car go faster, need more power... In headphone terms, amp them. Once you have the power, upgrade the fuel lines to get the increased need for fuel, head speak... UPGRADE THE CABLES!
Why do after market cables sound better? Easy to look at the simple construction. Stock Senn cables are very thin, stranded wires likely intended to help weak ass amp to sound OK or to keep cost down because so many people think this is snake oil! Most after market cables that people love are solid core not stranded. Current travels down the outside of the wire, not in it. This is why OCC copper and silver wire will sound the best, cryo it makes it even better. Cryo treatment will help "smooth" out the molecules to create a more uniform surface of the cable and OCC has no joining sections or anything because of the manufacturing process.
Do cable cost $250 in materials to make? No. Are they worth it? up to you. Why are the Chinese cables less? Because labor costs less in China. It took me 14 hours to braid my cable and terminate it and another 2 to make the plugs with a mold and ABS plastic. So if you want to look at why? Look no further than yourselves. Take $50 worth of materials and a day off work to do your own and you can have a better cable than the big boys. But what amount of income do you lose if you take an unpaid day off to make the cable? Is that worth the $150-$200 you pay someone to build one for you and guarantee them? If you screw up, you are out a days wages and some materials and maybe cans or worse!
I made mine out of gold plated copper/silver/gold alloy wire, cotton sleeve, custom pins, neutrik plug, and instead of Techflex, I used thick cotton tube over the insulation for braid integrity and died it black to look cool! A lot less microphonic sound transmitted through rubbing the cable. I spent about $180 in materials and it sounds good! Good enough that after burning it in for 400 hrs before listening and then doing an A/B comparison to my old Equinox cable. It sounded good enough that it took a total of two songs to post the for sale thread for the Equinox! I since then have thought about making my cable to sell to you guys. I just don't think that many would pay the $400 I would need to make reasonable profit. Also, I don't think I could handle all of the know it alls that complain and moan about someone else's experiences and spending habits!
Why some people cannot hear the difference? Only they can tell. One of my friends(an engineer), argued for days that I was full of BS! I finally had to invite him over for beers just so I could shut him up! He and another friend(audio salesman) listened to the Equinox and my creation, no stock cable as I had to hack it to get the pins. The hifi guy heard only a minor difference citing that it had better imaging, that is it! The engineer with all of his educated quips was blown away! He has yet to question my SNAKE OIL aqain. The hifi guy has since gone to see the doctor for a hearing test and found out he is suffering from hearing loss from all of his years in the business. Oh yeah, he could hear the difference in imaging because the damage done affects what frequencies he hears equally in each ear and mainly in the high highs and bass regions.
So what does this mean? If you are a skeptic, buy a cable from a manufacturer that has a return policy. Burn them in for 400 hours(the better the quality the longer the burn in is what I have found), do an A/B comparison BLIND! Have someone to change the cable for you. If you cannot hear the difference then it is one of a few things:
-your gear sucks and the cable was not the bottle neck
-your hearing sucks and you should see a doctor to verify it
-the cables actually do sound the same and the millions of satisfied IC and cable buyers are stupid and the millions of dollars spent on production and research is as much as a hoax as the USA's foreign policy!
In the end people will only believe what they see and hear with their own ears with religion and patriotism as exceptions. That scares me! I mean, who are us snake oil users hurting with our beliefs? Our snake oil benefits many besides the consumer... Snake oil provides jobs and research. Religion and Patriotism only takes from you and many still believe. Is there any research that shows that there is any fact in religion or benefits of patriotism other than killing other people so you don't have to debate these snake oil topics with them? On the other hand their is proof in the pudding that OCC and cryoed wires DO do the job better!
So be happy! If the listeners using these cables are happy, let them be. If you believe it is snake oil, then be happy that you have a choice. If you only believe in people walking on water and that my country, your country, or whatever is better or worse because I/you said so, time to re-evaluate your logic don't ya think!
