Visual appeal usually comes with high quality workmanship. I think replacing some words with "bling" is better suited. You won't find flashy connectors with bling behind my stereo. But fine looking connectors, I'm guilty.
When cheap copper is used, with lousy connection plating covering up cheaply processed metals, and shoddy looking inconsistent rubber insulation for being made on low budget extrusion machines, its going to show poorly in the end result. And drag the look of your system rig down with it.
Don't even get me started on those cheap type of metal connectors that can barely hold on to an RCA post =(. Or those 3.5 pins that have space to wiggle. Hardly nice percision work. The one I have now is a few years old, and still true and tight in the hole. I have had many go loose and then go in the garbage pale.
I sure as **** can tell when I pop in a wire that offers a low budget cost. A wire than has poor conductivity or greater resistance, or whatever its short coming mechanical issue is. Its going to be present audibly when listening through it unless the system can not resolve enough detail to make it obvious.
I like a wire than happens to be costlier than a lot of what's offered out there. Its very low bling, no frills but very good looking good sounding wire that hasn't changed much in decades. They still sell the same stuff because it holds true where it counts, the SQ. That invites people over to buy it. No flashy attractants are needed.
When cheap copper is used, with lousy connection plating covering up cheaply processed metals, and shoddy looking inconsistent rubber insulation for being made on low budget extrusion machines, its going to show poorly in the end result. And drag the look of your system rig down with it.
Don't even get me started on those cheap type of metal connectors that can barely hold on to an RCA post =(. Or those 3.5 pins that have space to wiggle. Hardly nice percision work. The one I have now is a few years old, and still true and tight in the hole. I have had many go loose and then go in the garbage pale.
I sure as **** can tell when I pop in a wire that offers a low budget cost. A wire than has poor conductivity or greater resistance, or whatever its short coming mechanical issue is. Its going to be present audibly when listening through it unless the system can not resolve enough detail to make it obvious.
I like a wire than happens to be costlier than a lot of what's offered out there. Its very low bling, no frills but very good looking good sounding wire that hasn't changed much in decades. They still sell the same stuff because it holds true where it counts, the SQ. That invites people over to buy it. No flashy attractants are needed.
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