KVR Audio

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Wed May 23, 2012 11:01 am

yairhol wrote:If you look around the web you'll find a $1M dollar prize to anyone who can distinguish between the most expensive audio cable you can find and a coat hanger in a double blind audio experiment. The prize has not been won yet.

You're referring to James Randi? That's a generic prize for anyone that can prove any paranormal phenomenum in a scientifical way.
Also coat hangers work fine for connecting passive speakers. However due to the total lack of shielding I would advise against using them. With the lower voltages of line level audio you'd get electromagnetic interference, which is no issue with the high voltages fed to passive speakers.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Wed May 23, 2012 11:14 am

I tried using coat hangers instead of audio cables, but I couldn't get them to stay in the XLR connections on my monitors. They keep falling out. Am I doing something wrong?

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Wed May 23, 2012 11:27 am

thecontrolcentre wrote:I tried using coat hangers instead of audio cables, but I couldn't get them to stay in the XLR connections on my monitors. They keep falling out. Am I doing something wrong?

you need more duct tape.

trimph1 · Post by **trimph1** » Wed May 23, 2012 12:27 pm

whyterabbyt wrote:
thecontrolcentre wrote:I tried using coat hangers instead of audio cables, but I couldn't get them to stay in the XLR connections on my monitors. They keep falling out. Am I doing something wrong?
you need more duct tape.

And staples....

jupiter8 · Post by **jupiter8** » Wed May 23, 2012 12:35 pm

whyterabbyt wrote:
thecontrolcentre wrote:I tried using coat hangers instead of audio cables, but I couldn't get them to stay in the XLR connections on my monitors. They keep falling out. Am I doing something wrong?
you need more duct tape.

Duct tape,what would i do without it ? Usable for so much.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Wed May 23, 2012 9:05 pm

thecontrolcentre wrote:I tried using coat hangers instead of audio cables, but I couldn't get them to stay in the XLR connections on my monitors. They keep falling out. Am I doing something wrong?

You did know there was no way to escape this, right?

trimph1 · Post by **trimph1** » Wed May 23, 2012 9:39 pm

If no wire hangers then Fish Caps!!!!!

Unaspected · Post by **Unaspected** » Wed May 23, 2012 10:05 pm

Depends what you mean by expensive. There are plenty of very expensive cables marketed at audiophiles who can convince themselves that they're hearing a difference.

Very cheap cables, of course, can be less durable and are less likely to take daily winding but if you're using them to hook up monitors then you just need them to be reasonably shielded.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Wed May 23, 2012 10:21 pm

Unaspected wrote:Depends what you mean by expensive. There are plenty of very expensive cables marketed at audiophiles who can convince themselves that they're hearing a difference.

Very cheap cables, of course, can be less durable and are less likely to take daily winding but if you're using them to hook up monitors then you just need them to be reasonably shielded.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Wed May 23, 2012 10:22 pm

jupiter8 wrote:

proof of why extinction would be best

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Wed May 23, 2012 10:24 pm

thecontrolcentre wrote:I tried using coat hangers instead of audio cables, but I couldn't get them to stay in the XLR connections on my monitors. They keep falling out. Am I doing something wrong?

Yeah. And all my shirts lost their shape

yairhol · Post by **yairhol** » Thu May 24, 2012 5:09 am

Read This:
The 10 biggest lies in audio.
http://sonido.uchile.cl/articulos/tenbi ... saudio.pdf

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu May 24, 2012 5:14 am

I guess the key word is "expensive". Though that has some relativity, I guess the answer is "no" considering. I just hate these threads because they generally mask the importance of "good" cables.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu May 24, 2012 5:16 am

yairhol wrote:Read This:
The 10 biggest lies in audio.
http://sonido.uchile.cl/articulos/tenbi ... saudio.pdf

I read two sentences and feel I need a shower. Big difference between a guy with an axe to grind and reasonable information. Sorry yairhol, just how I feel about it.

AudioGuy720 · Post by **AudioGuy720** » Thu May 24, 2012 6:09 am

I feel that:

Analog XLR and patch cables offer no audible difference in quality. You are paying extra for craftsmanship, materials (Mogami/Belden/Canare cable, Neutrik/Switchcraft connectors) and often a lifetime replacement warranty.

However instrument cable is another ball game. I have found that quality cable can definitely make a difference, especially with electric guitar and plugged-in acoustic guitar (during live shows). Not so much for bass guitar although it couldn't hurt right? My personal fave instrument cables are Mogami Platinum and George L's .225 .

Do expensive cables make a difference?