question about speaker cables

nduitch
nduitch Posts: 316
edited April 2009 in Electronics
Excuse me if this has been answered elsewhere, I would like to upgrade my bestbuy run of the mill speaker cables so I am wondering...Is the integrity or purity of the signal lost if I have nice cables that connect to the terminals in the back then go right back into some 18 gauge stock wiring? I don't get it.
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited April 2009
    Well, it took 4 years to study EE and takes another 2 years for field practice plus a whole life long dedication to Electronics Principles to get it.

    Plus a whole lot of technical books, tools, measurement gadgets, about 5 tons of Audio Gears, several attempts to get things right and most of all, the tolerance (or endurance really) to Sales guys BS that you heard from BB, CC, and some folks in Audio Forums.

    Sorry for my BS! Your question has been answered about 1000 times in the other threads and I guess you can find one using search function. I just wish this is not the beginning of another Cable Thread which stirs things again in the forum.
    Trying out Different Audio Cables is a Religious Affair. You don't discuss it with anyone. :redface::biggrin:
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  • nduitch
    nduitch Posts: 316
    edited April 2009
    Looking for a "yes'', ''no'' type of deal here.
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited April 2009
    nduitch wrote: »
    Is the integrity or purity of the signal lost if I have nice cables that connect to the terminals in the back then go right back into some 18 gauge stock wiring?
    nduitch wrote: »
    Looking for a "yes'', ''no'' type of deal here.

    If you are looking for a plain simple scientific answer, the simple and truthful answer is "YES". Anytime, a signal (be it light or electrons or sound) passes through a medium or different medium or same medium with different density, the signal integrity is somehow effected. I believe it's mentioned in the 8th grade Physics?
    Trying out Different Audio Cables is a Religious Affair. You don't discuss it with anyone. :redface::biggrin:
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  • nduitch
    nduitch Posts: 316
    edited April 2009
    I only got to 6th grade, ya know with the baking soda volcanoes and such. I bow down to your superior EE knowledge and life time experience.
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited April 2009
    Ricardo??? Are you there? :D:D:D:D

    I thought I smells something familiar in this thread. :D
    Trying out Different Audio Cables is a Religious Affair. You don't discuss it with anyone. :redface::biggrin:
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited April 2009
    Check out Bluejeanscables.com and order the 10awg, nice solid speaker cable that performs well.
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  • ShinAce
    ShinAce Posts: 1,194
    edited April 2009
    The biggest loss of signal is usually in the connections. So the connectors themselves.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,634
    edited April 2009
    megasat16 wrote: »
    Ricardo??? Are you there? :D:D:D:D

    I thought I smells something familiar in this thread. :D

    I am here. Why?

    nduitch, you ask a logical question. There have been 1,000,000's of debates about this and you'll find equal amount of opinions.

    In a nutshell, some people hear differences (or claim to hear differences) when using better cables (this "better" could also get into an interesting debate), and some people don't hear anything. I stand on the first group. I don't care what others think, hear or do not hear. I enjoy my "better" cables.

    I know this is not the answer you're looking for, but you will only know if you hear an improvement if you try it. Also, the resolution your gear/speakers are capable of reproducing will play a role here.
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited April 2009
    Just for the hell of it

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64995


    Pauly
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  • Monster Jam
    Monster Jam Posts: 919
    edited April 2009
    These are always my favorite type of threads! Its like no-holds-barred cage fighting!
    Do you hear that buzzing noise? :confused:
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited April 2009
    Pauly wrote: »
    Just for the hell of it

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64995


    Pauly

    Thanks for posting that. I followed a chain of CandyLiquor threads through that post and got roughly half an hour of pure comedy out of it.:D

    To answer the OP's question. Yes, in my opinion. That's all I'm going to say. This argument is tiring.
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