What kind of amps and cables do you use?

[Ian Mackenzie]

In reference to connector, for small voltages like phono they matter and require cleaning as do loudspeaker terminations that are the weakest link.

On cables it's not the cable changing anything, it's the visual appearance and in some cases the capacitance and inductance load created by the cable on the input stage the cable is feeding with interconnects and the loading on the power amp.

Some cables are worse than no cable in the regard.

Don't tell a cable can sound better than no cable!

[gasfan]

Has anyone tried the TNT Audio Ubyte-2?http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/ubyte2e.html

[David Ketley]

I think the capacitance of a cable might make a difference. I use 75 ohm TV analogue cable connecting direct from the amplifiers to the tweeters JBL 2405s, no connectors. Very cheap.
This is on a 4 way active system.
Mains can have an effect on noise and response,my system was suffering from interference with the central heating boiler turning on and off so I had a dedicated spur fitted to the mains box it certainly improved matters and the bass seemed more solid than going through a mains conditioner. Mains conditioners seem to adversely affect the bass response so should only be used for low current devices?
Corrosion can also have a detrimental affect, I sold an expensive DAC only to find out later that the copper core of the connectors had corroded giving a very poor signal.

[SEAWOLF97]

Mains conditioners seem to adversely affect the bass response so should only be used for low current devices

I had a speaker selector box - up to 4 pairs, that had an "impedance protection" switch for when more than 1 pair was selected.

Thankfully it was defeat-able, as it killed bass response when engaged.

[Mctwins]

Hallo!

I am using Supra Ply 3,4 speaker cables.

Signal cables all in XLR is a mix with Cordial CSM FM Gold and Supras DAC-XLR.

Power cables and Main blocks....Supra

More than enough ability to sound great

[richluvsound]

What is this filter? I've never heard of it.

Regarding your original question... That's a tough one. The list is long and often changing... at least on the electronics side. Luckily for me (as far as my budget goes) I'm still a cable agnostic. I have a pile of uber high end Transparent cables sitting in a box that a friend wants me to sell... I haven't even bothered to hook them up to see what tens of thousands of dollars of cables sounds like.


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