haloxt
Headphoneus Supremus
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Well, since you asked me that question I will play devil's advocate a bit hehe. It's true that pro-cablers sometimes wrongly believe with conviction that, for example, a $5000 interconnect "improves" the sound. In many ways, but not all, having a short hardwire connection is theoretically superior to having ANY cable, even if the cable costs a million dollars. Sometimes pro-cablers may completely overlook this fact when forming their opinions or making decisions about cables.
In my mind, cables are usually just a necessary evil, or at least a theoretical evil, and should be treated as such. I'm not saying all the different factors in cables are therefore unimportant, but that we should not mistake cables as something that improves sound in most cases, but something that can prevent degradation, real or theoretical. Or else consider cables as something to tailor or tweak the sound to your liking.
In my mind, cables are usually just a necessary evil, or at least a theoretical evil, and should be treated as such. I'm not saying all the different factors in cables are therefore unimportant, but that we should not mistake cables as something that improves sound in most cases, but something that can prevent degradation, real or theoretical. Or else consider cables as something to tailor or tweak the sound to your liking.