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Berolzheimer · 9th April 2003

I've done a bunch of listening tests, with what are now the Req. cables, as mic, speaker, line & AC cables, & there are clear differences with all of them. With the mic cables I've compared them to mogami, belden, Audio-Technica (cheapies from an MI store), Canare & Cardas. They all sounded different, not always in the ways you might expect. The Cardas, which is a $400 cable, didn't hold up well at all, it was kind of dark & blurry. the Canare starquad was kind of rolled off in the high end also. I generally preferred the Req., for overall detail & balance.
And yes, the AC cables do make a big difference and no, I didn't believe it would until I heard it. The way I did a lot of the tests was, since you can't switch back & forth quickly with cables while keeping the mic & everything else the same, I recorded very consistent sources, with the mic taped down so it's position couldn't change while switching cables, & then compared the various recordings. For the AC cables I changed the cables on my converters. That AC cable lives on my 888/24 now.

9th April 2003	#28
Berolzheimer Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2002 Location: El Lay Posts: 2,209	I've done a bunch of listening tests, with what are now the Req. cables, as mic, speaker, line & AC cables, & there are clear differences with all of them. With the mic cables I've compared them to mogami, belden, Audio-Technica (cheapies from an MI store), Canare & Cardas. They all sounded different, not always in the ways you might expect. The Cardas, which is a $400 cable, didn't hold up well at all, it was kind of dark & blurry. the Canare starquad was kind of rolled off in the high end also. I generally preferred the Req., for overall detail & balance. And yes, the AC cables do make a big difference and no, I didn't believe it would until I heard it. The way I did a lot of the tests was, since you can't switch back & forth quickly with cables while keeping the mic & everything else the same, I recorded very consistent sources, with the mic taped down so it's position couldn't change while switching cables, & then compared the various recordings. For the AC cables I changed the cables on my converters. That AC cable lives on my 888/24 now.