He should buy some carpet. That is more likely to improve the sound
I suggested that and got a sensible response. Am impressed.
I just looked and couldn't see that, is it still there?
Måns Nilsson
för 22 timmar sedan
Get a bloody rug in. It will do 3 orders of magnitude more difference than the snake oil you're peddling.
Hifi Knob.
för 22 timmar sedan
Hahahahaha. My wife won’t let me.
Yup, at least when I check from a non-logged-in browser.
Obviously his wife is running the hifi store from where you can buy the things he's reviewing
08:58 I can barely get her to pick up the right remote control for the tv.
Quotedouxreveur131 1 week ago
Hello. First of all, I want to thank your wife for all the time spent for these tests. It's really brave of her and she must have found it all very boring !
On the subject of audio cables, it's always good to remember that it's just a hobby and that no matter how we feel about it, it's not that bad
You can also get high quality cables without spending a lot of money with a little soldering and patience.
The NEOTECH brand offers the best quality UP-OCC copper at very reasonable prices. It's up to you to choose the RCA plugs of your choiceQuotebrown-eyed man 2 days ago
Ah Tarun you are a brave man indeed, evaluating cables.
As always, I appreciate your approach to reviewing. You tell us what you hear, rather than summarizing. And since we know what your reference system is, we have a way to correlate your descriptions to a know referenceQuoteSkip 6 days ago
Tough topic - nice job keeping it "corralled" - brave but of you, but obviously true to say that all of those cables sound different. And sure, that doesn't mean that one is necessarily better than another, they just sound different. But hey, for whatever reason, some that don't buy into that fact are very out spoken about it - like I couldn't care less what a person is running for cable, but, admit that I'm running hi end, high priced stuff, well, as we all know, ya won't have to wait very long for the fireworks to emerge. Thanks for posting.QuoteJon R 1 week ago
Yet to watch but brave man 😁QuoteMrhifitunes 1 week ago (edited)
Wow..brave to tackle cables... I agree 100% with your view...many things we still don't understand...it would be good if we did..but also it's nice not too and have some "magic" going on. Compare it with adults and kids imagination. My favourite cable is Kimber pjb. Sounds great and great specs too (53ohm/km low cap and induc)Didnt find anything better price / quantity (same pricerange as those pro cables)QuoteJohn 1 week ago
Very brave taking on cables Tarun. You may be interested in my own findings with some of these cables in my own highly resolving active ATC system and a previous passive system. Having read on countless forums that a decent quality shielded cable is all you need, I purchased some Mogami interconnects and I also have Van den Hul the 1st and second and Van Damme and Belden knocking around. In the passive system I too found Mogami bright and lean - very fatiguing after 30mins listening. Van den Hul can really help in a bright system (its nickname is Van den dull) but softens off edges too much for me. Van damme and Belden were considered OK but nothing special. In the passive system I tried some used Transparent Audio reference cables and I had to buy them as they were in a nother league, so revealing yet so refined. Placebo effect ? Who knows, all I can say is they did it for me. When I changed to the active ATC's I tried some long interconnects to the speakers, some Van den Hul the 2nd and some Van Damme microphone cable (that ATC themselves recommended) which was very cheap. ATC are cable sceptics interestingly. I still found the VDH dull but every other cable cheap or expensive sounded much the same. I have come away with the feeling that balanced cables are far less critical than single ended and they all sound much the same. I now use balanced Van Damme shielded microphone cable and I am totally happy.
I have also tried lots of exotic mains cables and I find Belkin is as good as anything.
U2021 1 week ago
Put a spectrum analyser on the end of each cable. This will show attenuation and loss together with bandwidth.
No point doing it by ear as you will not hear any difference.
It also depends on the hearing of the user.
A lot is snake oil.
He should buy some carpet. That is more likely to improve the sound
I suggested that and got a sensible response. Am impressed.
"This was a subjective listening review. I am sure there are other channels that can provide you the objective measurements you seek. There is a distinct lack of proper scientific double trials in this area. Unfortunately, a double blind test done but one person does not make it scientifically valid due to the sample size being one. There was a single blind test done in my cable evaluation (a double blind test would require switching mechanisms that do not degrade sound quality and a second person cable to set it up).
I switched the cables about half a dozen time for my wife to listen and made sure I had no interaction with her. Each time she picked out the difference between the cables and surprisingly quickly. Others You-tubers have done similar investigations where some have picked out differences and others have not. My advice, try for yourself 😊"
Jon Beck 14 hours ago @Mr Mobodies I checked out the EEVBLOG forum with the post about this video review (mis-stated as a speaker cable comparison). I was distracted by the demeanor of that forum and went on my way. What a bunch of whiney babies there! Somebody should call the waaambulance for that lot.
Got this reply, pointing out that the title was mistated in some way
Quite a few morons cherry pick partial quotes out of context too.
Yes, I know. The whole audiophool thing has been done to death, but I still can't help but shake my head at these people who can trick themselves into hearing differences that don't exist.
Yes, I know. The whole audiophool thing has been done to death, but I still can't help but shake my head at these people who can trick themselves into hearing differences that don't exist.
If you pay $800 for a cable you WILL hear the difference!
If you pay $800 for a cable you WILL hear the difference!
08:25 I just basically got her to listen to that track for 15-20 minutes and then I switched the cables sometimes I'd pretend to
switch the cables and I didn't actually switch them I made sure that I wasn't in eye shot and I just asked her to
tell me which cable she preferred and whether she noticed a change every time without fail she noticed a change and
she picked out the cable out the two that she preferred so take from that what you like.
Prairie Dawg 15 hours ago
@Mr Mobodies The "Wife test" somehow reminds me of a program I saw about a dog which could do maths, tapping its paw to give the answer to a verbal question. In short, it could answer whatever the owner could - when she got it wrong the dog did. It was picking up some subtle visual clue when the nth tap matched the answer, when the owner was shielded from sight the dog's answers pretty random. So - TL;DR wife picking up some (maybe subcounscious) cogniive bias
If you pay $800 for a cable you WILL hear the difference!
One commenter mentioned that it could be about a wife test thing:QuotePrairie Dawg 15 hours ago
@Mr Mobodies The "Wife test" somehow reminds me of a program I saw about a dog which could do maths, tapping its paw to give the answer to a verbal question. In short, it could answer whatever the owner could - when she got it wrong the dog did. It was picking up some subtle visual clue when the nth tap matched the answer, when the owner was shielded from sight the dog's answers pretty random. So - TL;DR wife picking up some (maybe subcounscious) cogniive bias
I have to laugh, one of my mates is an audiophool. Nice guy, but I think he believed everything the sales guy told him. Has all the gold plated, woo woo cables etc... Claims he has a golden ear but was unable to hear that his record player turns a little too fast. I was listening to a song I had heard many. many times and told him it's slightly too fast. He didn't believe me.
Anyway, what I'd love to know from people smarter than I am is this... He streams all his music to hisoverpricedpremium sound system via a Bluetooth DAC. Does Bluetooth recompress audio and result in degradation of the original source material?
I mean it sounds perfectly fine. I have a Bowers and Wilkins audio system in my car which sounds phenomenal but I still stream to it using Bluetooth. I'd just be curious to know if there is any real perceivable difference in audio quality versus playing music directly from a phone via the audio output.
I have to laugh, one of my mates is an audiophool. Nice guy, but I think he believed everything the sales guy told him. Has all the gold plated, woo woo cables etc... Claims he has a golden ear but was unable to hear that his record player turns a little too fast. I was listening to a song I had heard many. many times and told him it's slightly too fast. He didn't believe me.
Anyway, what I'd love to know from people smarter than I am is this... He streams all his music to hisoverpricedpremium sound system via a Bluetooth DAC. Does Bluetooth recompress audio and result in degradation of the original source material?
I mean it sounds perfectly fine. I have a Bowers and Wilkins audio system in my car which sounds phenomenal but I still stream to it using Bluetooth. I'd just be curious to know if there is any real perceivable difference in audio quality versus playing music directly from a phone via the audio output.
Anyway, what I'd love to know from people smarter than I am is this... He streams all his music to hisoverpricedpremium sound system via a Bluetooth DAC. Does Bluetooth recompress audio and result in degradation of the original source material?