Re: Advise on speaker cable

[Wayne <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I take it its a bit of a 'myth' when the HiFi mags and home cinema
equipment mags more often say that you should be spending something like
20% (memorys failing here - its late but its a high is number am sure)
of your total equipment spend to then buy suitable cables... I cant
imagine the B&Q option will cost a few hundred / thousand pounds

Wayne.


>It was, and still is, Quad.
>They usually have a few people at the shows ask them where they can get
the
>"Quad" cable, and people are usually suprised to be told
"B&Q" orange
>flexible mains cable at ?pence/m
>I've been in the game a while (20+ years), and there is a LOT of
twaddle
>talked about cables. With competently designed audio electronics,
cables make
>little if any difference. Products sold on the high street however are
always
>designed down to a price, and features usually win over competent
design.
>This means that cables can make more of a difference on cheaper
equipment.
>However, it is the people who buy the expensive kit that buy expensive
>cables. Psychology? "If it's expensive, then it's got to be
better. If I
>can't hear it, then I admit I've been gullible, therefore I can hear
it."
>Cynical? After 20+ years? You betcha!
>
>
>Steve.
>
>Overlord of the Stuffed Attic.
>If it moves, I'll keep it..
>If it stands still, I'll keep it..
>If I want it, it's up there somewhere...
>
>If I've not yet used it, it's not been kept long enough...
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