Even my cables need calibration?!

[Soccerkid830]

It's no wonder my setup doesn't sound as good as it should, I don't think I ever had my Home Depot cables calibrated! What was I thinking? I wonder if Home Depot has a cable calibration station like they have the wood cutting station, first calibration is free?

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Saw this article and laughed a little to myself. I didn't look into it at all, and maybe I will later, but I'm curious to know what they actually do to "calibrate" your cables for you. I briefly saw something to match the circuits of your electronics but I'd like to know what they physically (electrically maybe?) do to the cables in order to call it calibrated.

 

[Rickster71]

Actually, this is a very real thing.
It's a prerequisite, one must work for Transparent Cables before running for any political office.

 

[rojo]

That testimonial has a typo. It should read, "To make a long story short, Brian opted to [strike]get his cables certified[/strike] put $700 into better speakers, and they sound great."

 

[Adam]

I'm impressed that they could match the electrical characteristics of his Krell components without actually having them in the measurement loop...

Yes, this is a real thing, but you can't optimize electrical performance for a system without having the whole system. You can characterize cables by themselves, but you can't correctly tailor them without knowing the characteristics of what they are connecting. Knowing the brand name does not provide the characteristics, unless Krell components have zero variation in their parameters.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

$500 power cables, without these you wallet will never feel like it just got robbed of $500
Premium PowerLink Power Cord - Transparent Store

 

[Speedskater]

It's not a cable, it's an equalization network. When you change the EQ it stands a good chance of sounding different. If you just spent a huge amount of money on that adjustment, well then of course it will sound better.

 

[cpp]

This is what I think of expense miracle audio cables
You Do Something To Me

[video=youtube;ga0mZehXRMw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga0mZehXRMw[/video]

You do that Voodoo So Well

 

[j_garcia]

Here's how I feel about calibrating cables.

 

[darien87]

Wow so the guy spent the money on the cables and then spent another $700 to have them certified?!?? Must be nice to have money burning a hole in your pocket.

 

[Rowdy S13]

I feel dumber for having read that, and I am not joking.


Sean

 

[Soccerkid830]

I've actually been to the audio store that he was sent to, down in Ann Arbor. I used to live down that way and I went into Paragon once just to take a gander. They have a lot of real high priced stuff in there and I was fairly quickly rubbed off as just a kid messing around. Didn't bother me much as I wasn't planning on buying anything they had, but still, I guess I should've asked them to calibrate my stuff .

 

[herbu]

It's a prerequisite, one must work for Transparent Cables before running for any political office.

Not really... you just have to say you worked for Transparent Cables.

 

[slipperybidness]

I've actually been to the audio store that he was sent to, down in Ann Arbor. I used to live down that way and I went into Paragon once just to take a gander. They have a lot of real high priced stuff in there and I was fairly quickly rubbed off as just a kid messing around. Didn't bother me much as I wasn't planning on buying anything they had, but still, I guess I should've asked them to calibrate my stuff .

Then I would call that "strike 2".

A GOOD audio store will give you attention and treat you like a customer, regardless of how you look.

 

[j_garcia]

Then I would call that "strike 2".

A GOOD audio store will give you attention and treat you like a customer, regardless of how you look.

Have had similar reactions from some "known" shops in the area here too, so I took my money and business elsewhere.

 

[timmay8612]

So you can teach copper to make nice with different kinds of equipment now? So that's what all the wizards spend their time doing. And here I thought they spent their time hiding from us non-magic folks and riding on broomsticks and the like.

 

[GIEGAR]

Is there no limit to the foolery?

[video=youtube;3UQDTZcpsDE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UQDTZcpsDE[/video]​

 

[FrancisDaniel]

thanks for sharing. good insight. even I dont know about this. What I am only aware of is the thickness of the cables