Why Are You Mad At Cables You Can't Afford?

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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited April 2011
    newrival wrote: »
    An interesting read: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/04/audiophile_test_speaker_wire_ac_power_cable_record_demagnetizer-2/

    if you're going to comment on it, please read the whole thing. I think it offers good insight from a specific perspective.

    Why are you mad at cables you can't afford?

    John Mahoney, the author of the "gizmodo" article cited above after listening to Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love . . .

    "You may want to put a knife in any audiophile you see, but if you heard that song like I did once, and realize that these guys get to listen to it that way every time, you'd be doing it out of jealousy, not contempt."

    'Nuf said. The defense rests.
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  • jinjuku
    jinjuku Posts: 1,523
    edited April 2011
    newrival wrote: »
    An interesting read: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/04/audiophile_test_speaker_wire_ac_power_cable_record_demagnetizer-2/

    if you're going to comment on it, please read the whole thing. I think it offers good insight from a specific perspective.

    Interesting article.

    I love this statement:

    I could pretend to listen critically for such minutiae, but I heard something different than I would hear listening to my own sound system, and that?s also a fact.


    Well DUH...

    The blogger basically maintains the same viewpoint I have on this: Differences don't mean better. I would love to hear this guys system even with Lamp cord and Monoprice interconnects.

    The system discussed is also to the point that the only thing really left to do is start the cable roulette wheel. How many here (including myself) have a system that is to that point?

    I would have liked to see his un-coached vs coached listening impressions. I am assuming he was coached by the tone (pun not intended) of the blog.
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  • jinjuku
    jinjuku Posts: 1,523
    edited April 2011
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    Why are you mad at cables you can't afford?

    John Mahoney, the author of the "gizmodo" article cited above after listening to Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love . . .

    "You may want to put a knife in any audiophile you see, but if you heard that song like I did once, and realize that these guys get to listen to it that way every time, you'd be doing it out of jealousy, not contempt."

    'Nuf said. The defense rests.

    He is saying that about the system (all $350K of it) as a whole. He isn't referring to $4K power cord or $22K speaker cable.

    If the defense rests on that, the client needs new representation.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited April 2011
    maybe some sort of government program should be established.

    RT1
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited April 2011
    jinjuku wrote: »
    He is saying that about the system (all $350K of it) as a whole. He isn't referring to $4K power cord or $22K speaker cable.

    If the defense rests on that, the client needs new representation.

    You are just jealous, and size does matter.
    VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
    TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
    Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
    Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
    MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
    Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
    PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
    Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,969
    edited April 2011
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    maybe some sort of government program should be established.

    RT1

    Nah....then we would all be forced to use the government approved cable, Monster.:tongue:
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited April 2011
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    You are just jealous, and size does matter.

    You could have at least picked a picture with a women's hand holding it. :smile:
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  • jinjuku
    jinjuku Posts: 1,523
    edited April 2011
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    You are just jealous, and size does matter.

    Well, not after you used it:biggrin::wink:

    Is it one of those that takes batteries?
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited April 2011
    Sometimes it's best to eat crow while its still warm....
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  • ysss
    ysss Posts: 213
    edited April 2011
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    You are just jealous, and size does matter.

    It has decent girth, but kinda limp.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited April 2011
    This thread has probably reach the point where everything worth saying has been said. So, with no objections, I'll close it down.
    Thanks for keeping it relatively civilized.
    Ken
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