This from a thread over at A-R started by a fella calling himself
musicoverall - which would seem to be indicative of an individual that
really enjoys just listening to music. Not someone to get caught up in the craziness that
audiophilia-nervosa has become. But when I read what he had to say about some new wires he'd found, I about fell off my chair! This comment sounded so outrageous to me that I could hardly wait to see if others picked up on it as well, and what they might have to say to him. But the thread went on for days with a raft of replies without anyone having a word to say regarding the bizarre statement he makes! Without further ado, here's what he said:
"After a couple of months of auditioning cables - and discovering that the Nordost Valhalla I liked best was way beyond my price range - I found what seems to be the perfect IC's and speaker cable for my system - the Cardas Neutral Reference. Two sets of IC's and a bi-wired set of speaker cable were found on the used market and I'm astonished at the improvement in performance over my previous wire. At first, I thought the lower mids and the upper bass was thin sounding but I realized that it was the lack of distortion that was causing bloat and grain!
A "lack of distortion" was causing sonic anomalies in his system? Also, I've never heard
bloat described as "thin sounding" ... in fact, I'd always thought that "bloat" was just the exact opposite of "thin". Sheeeeesh! If this doesn't take the cake and win the prize as just about the most absurd comment ever?
