I don't believe cables make a difference, any input?

[pxr5]

can anyone remember how a transistor works ?
certainly there is quite a pronounced effect using junctions of differing atomic structures, have got used to using opamps a perfect building blocks,

are their any similar effects appearing in cables,even at a very insignificant level ?

[pxr5]

dread the thought, cables might be the most significant single factor in determining sound fidelity.
they are big and heavy, and all the sound goes through them,and all the power.
perhaps an approprate cable design could make that 0.00000% distortion figure a reality.

(notice no ones replying think i'll put 000000.00000000% in the title)

[carlosfm]

Ha!
Wanna know?
If your turntable has female RCA outputs, you can easily change those shielded interconnects you have connecting to your pre, for unshielded ones.
If it's Cat-5 or Silver or any DIY unshielded interconnect, or Kimber PBJ, or Nordost, or DNM Reson, doesn't matter.
You will clearly listen to the effect of the cable.
Noise pickup?
Naaaahhh....

[janneman]

Carlos,

We already knew that ther are incompetently designed cables that audibly mess up the signal. No need to go to such extremes as to take off the screening on low-level signal cables. Try something really new!

Jan Didden

[carlosfm]

Originally posted by janneman
Carlos,

We already knew that ther are incompetently designed cables that audibly mess up the signal. No need to go to such extremes as to take off the screening on low-level signal cables. Try something really new!

Jan Didden

I was joking, maaaaannnn...

But this is already an achievement:

Originally posted by janneman
Carlos,

We already knew that ther are incompetently designed cables that audibly mess up the signal.

Coolness.

[janneman]

S********, you got me maaaaaaan!

[analog_sa]

No need to go to such extremes as to take off the screening on low-level signal cables

Very appropriately said. The single biggest improvement in my system in recent times was removing the last piece of screened wire - cartridge to step-up transformer. Of course the hum issue with a MC input terminated in low impedance is not as severe as a MM in 47k; careful positioning of the wires guarantees practically no hum. If you have a real hum phobia designing a screen at a significant distance from the signal carrying wires is probably a good solution.

[carlosfm]

Originally posted by janneman
S********, you got me maaaaaaan!

[pxr5]

does anyone know a cheap supply of silver cable for internal wiring, by the way carlos just got some sample ad843 in post 1/2 hr ago. top sound

[carlosfm]

Originally posted by pxr5
by the way carlos just got some sample ad843 in post 1/2 hr ago. top sound

Maaannn, you are fast...