greenstiles
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Not wishing to invade anothers thread I thought I would post up seperatly.
Found this artical http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/intere.html
My own long term experiences are that different speaker cables make more of a difference than interconnects.
Most interconnects don't really improve the sound at all, apart from a very few that might just let the ' real sound through' wihout making it bass heavy or treble sharp.
I have noticed that some pure silver solid strand interconnects do make the sound very sharp at the top end (too much)
After trying many many over the years..........Gotham GAC1 off ebay £17.00 ish
XLO Pro 100 / 150 old but were about £100 but 2nd hand £20.00
And the very very good but expensive NVA Super Sound Pipes off ebay now ( used to sell via retailers ).........£80.00 for 30cm !.......you can buy longer lengths
are about the best buys and are an improvement
I now listen to music via a dedicated headphone amp ( as well as a normal set up)and have noticed that any differences can be observed more closely, prob due to not having to deal with room acoustics etc......
As for RCA plugs it doesn't seem to make any difference at all, god knows why people pay £100's of pounds on conectors...........just as long as theyare gold plated and kept clean all they do is join a cable to a terminal just like on the back of a speaker..more or less.
ps. NVA Silver speaker cables rocks
Found this artical http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/intere.html
My own long term experiences are that different speaker cables make more of a difference than interconnects.
Most interconnects don't really improve the sound at all, apart from a very few that might just let the ' real sound through' wihout making it bass heavy or treble sharp.
I have noticed that some pure silver solid strand interconnects do make the sound very sharp at the top end (too much)
After trying many many over the years..........Gotham GAC1 off ebay £17.00 ish
XLO Pro 100 / 150 old but were about £100 but 2nd hand £20.00
And the very very good but expensive NVA Super Sound Pipes off ebay now ( used to sell via retailers ).........£80.00 for 30cm !.......you can buy longer lengths
are about the best buys and are an improvement
I now listen to music via a dedicated headphone amp ( as well as a normal set up)and have noticed that any differences can be observed more closely, prob due to not having to deal with room acoustics etc......
As for RCA plugs it doesn't seem to make any difference at all, god knows why people pay £100's of pounds on conectors...........just as long as theyare gold plated and kept clean all they do is join a cable to a terminal just like on the back of a speaker..more or less.
ps. NVA Silver speaker cables rocks