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Originally Posted by WATYF  I've spent an @ssload of money on pres and mics and what not, but I've never really dumped a lot of money into getting "better" cables. So I wonder... how much do cables really matter? Will there be any appreciable difference if I upgrade my mic/routing cables from generic to "high-end"? Are the more expensive cables really any better, or is that just a lot of marketing and name recognition? Is the benefit simply that they have better build quality and are less prone to fall apart, or is there a sonic benefit as well?
When acquiring gear, I never thing about cabling... so is this something I should be looking into?
WATYF |
[I don't even have to look down from the OP to know that this thread will soon be totally off the rails and into the netherworld of mysterious properties than defy any measure short of the purely metaphysical...]
An audio chain, like any other chain, is only as strong as its weakest link.
But the job of
wire is very easy, compared to the jobs of other, more complex and sometimes less predictable electronic components.
I would say that buying
good wire -- and the
right wire for the job in terms of gauge/impedance/length -- makes
good sense.
If one wants to spend something
extra to assure himself that he's buying a high grade of wire, with good connectors, well-connected, that sounds entirely reasonable, too.
But if one is looking for measurable, significant differences in performance specifications in transmitting signal by making the jump from
good wire to
really expensive wire... I suspect he may well be disappointed if he either tests the respective cable choices with good test gear --
or, perhaps crucially,
sets up a true, double blind subjective test for himself and others.