A great improvement- so I thought. I took out my old cables and replaced them with these beauties. And what a difference it made. Tighter bass, crisp high end, a huge soundstage so wide I believed the instruments were literally surrounding me. Amazing!
But then I decided to blind test them. I asked my girlfriend over- yes, I have one- and together we switched out the new cables with the old MIT cables. She tested me- and I tested her. For hours we listened. There was not a single difference between these and the more expensive MIT cables, at least none which we could hear.
OK, I thought, both these super expensive cables are doing the same job. How to choose?
Then I had an idea. I went into the garage and found a spool of bell wire. Maybe 200', and about the thinnest wire you can imagine. I hooked it up to one of the speakers and blind tested it. My girlfriend had no idea whether we were listening to both the MIT cables, or just one, or the Canares, or the 200' spool of bell wire. There was no difference.
And that is all it took. Speaker cables are a total con. If you don't believe me, try it yourself. Test a fancy set of cables- any ones you want- against the cheapest, thinnest, longest spool of wire you can lay your hands on. If you can see what is going on you will always prefer the expensive, cool looking cables. But if you are being blind tested, you will not be able to tell the difference.
A great improvement- so I thought. I took out my old cables and replaced them with these beauties. And what a difference it made. Tighter bass, crisp high end, a huge soundstage so wide I believed the instruments were literally surrounding me. Amazing!
But then I decided to blind test them. I asked my girlfriend over- yes, I have one- and together we switched out the new cables with the old MIT cables. She tested me- and I tested her. For hours we listened. There was not a single difference between these and the more expensive MIT cables, at least none which we could hear.
OK, I thought, both these super expensive cables are doing the same job. How to choose?
Then I had an idea. I went into the garage and found a spool of bell wire. Maybe 200', and about the thinnest wire you can imagine. I hooked it up to one of the speakers and blind tested it. My girlfriend had no idea whether we were listening to both the MIT cables, or just one, or the Canares, or the 200' spool of bell wire. There was no difference.
And that is all it took. Speaker cables are a total con. If you don't believe me, try it yourself. Test a fancy set of cables- any ones you want- against the cheapest, thinnest, longest spool of wire you can lay your hands on. If you can see what is going on you will always prefer the expensive, cool looking cables. But if you are being blind tested, you will not be able to tell the difference.
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