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JonCraig · 28th November 2005

i'd have to say i agree with orange. there seem to be three types of cable:

1) cheapo crap cable. this stuff is high capacitance, breaks, etc. etc.

2) good cable. low capacitance, resistance, tough, etc.

3) good cable that you pay lots of money for. same quality as #2, but the company has spent $100,000 on marketing the bullshit idea that their dialectric focuses the electrons to minimize phase interference up to 100kHz, giving you unparalled blah blah blah.

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here's another way to look at it. say you're interfacing an SSL & ProTools (just as an example). the audio paths on the SSL are copper pcb's. the audio paths (after the converters, of course... we don't care what the ones & zeros do (although, tell that to the guy that bought a $100 AES cable...)) anyway... PT interface audio traces are copper PCB. you think either of those companies are spending $2 per foot for "high quality linear copper" or anything of the sort? weakest link in the chain and all that bit.

but... here's the real test. get one of those audiophile shops to send you a couple feet of cable (understanding that you will return it if you don't hear a difference), and try it out! if you hear a difference, keep it, and invite me & orange over to hear the A/B/X comparison. We'll bring the beer!

--jon

28th November 2005	#4
JonCraig Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2004 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1,800	i'd have to say i agree with orange. there seem to be three types of cable: 1) cheapo crap cable. this stuff is high capacitance, breaks, etc. etc. 2) good cable. low capacitance, resistance, tough, etc. 3) good cable that you pay lots of money for. same quality as #2, but the company has spent $100,000 on marketing the bullshit idea that their dialectric focuses the electrons to minimize phase interference up to 100kHz, giving you unparalled blah blah blah. --- here's another way to look at it. say you're interfacing an SSL & ProTools (just as an example). the audio paths on the SSL are copper pcb's. the audio paths (after the converters, of course... we don't care what the ones & zeros do (although, tell that to the guy that bought a $100 AES cable...)) anyway... PT interface audio traces are copper PCB. you think either of those companies are spending $2 per foot for "high quality linear copper" or anything of the sort? weakest link in the chain and all that bit. but... here's the real test. get one of those audiophile shops to send you a couple feet of cable (understanding that you will return it if you don't hear a difference), and try it out! if you hear a difference, keep it, and invite me & orange over to hear the A/B/X comparison. We'll bring the beer! --jon __________________ "My job is to make music sound great and to not whine too much." --George Massenburg Learn PT Techniques from Multi-Platinum Engineers. Click Here.