
itschris
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I was digging through the closet and found my old box of Monstor Cable speaker wire I had bought years ago. They were a bit short for my current setup but worked well for my 2 channel setup I had several years or so back. I bought them because they looked great, and have to admit, they still do. The cable is about the size of my thumb. Anyway, even back then I didn't necessarily believe that the high priced cables were that much better, but felt they couldn't be worse and was okay paying for looks.
Anyway, just for the hell of it, I moved my speakers a bit closer (so all the cables would reach), and moved the cabinet and started playing with the cables. I switched out the big fat monsters I probably paid $300+ for 10 years ago with the kinda fat cables I made myself. I got some discs that I new very well and went to town.
There was a part of me that wanted to hear a difference... 1) because the cables were so expensive and 2) because in some way you kinda like to think of yourself as a discriminating listener. Despite my best efforts, despite really wanting to... I couldn't hear anything different on any disc, at any volume. I got pretty good at switching the cables fairly quickly so there really wasn't a lot of lag time in between demos.
So if I was on Myth Busters, I'd certainly have to say the myth of high priced speaker wires making a difference is busted.
The only thing I would say is that if I did have super high end equipment, I'd still probably buy a set of Kimbers or some other high end cable just because and the fact that I'd want my cable to be just as cool as my equipment (silly I know, but I'll admit that) I'd like to one day talk to one my friends who have really exspensive setups and do the same kind of test on their stuff. I'm sure the results will be the same. For now, they're going to storage until I get around to putting together another 2 channel setup... I'll use em... since I know they're at least as good as the ones I made myself.
Anyway, just for the hell of it, I moved my speakers a bit closer (so all the cables would reach), and moved the cabinet and started playing with the cables. I switched out the big fat monsters I probably paid $300+ for 10 years ago with the kinda fat cables I made myself. I got some discs that I new very well and went to town.
There was a part of me that wanted to hear a difference... 1) because the cables were so expensive and 2) because in some way you kinda like to think of yourself as a discriminating listener. Despite my best efforts, despite really wanting to... I couldn't hear anything different on any disc, at any volume. I got pretty good at switching the cables fairly quickly so there really wasn't a lot of lag time in between demos.
So if I was on Myth Busters, I'd certainly have to say the myth of high priced speaker wires making a difference is busted.
The only thing I would say is that if I did have super high end equipment, I'd still probably buy a set of Kimbers or some other high end cable just because and the fact that I'd want my cable to be just as cool as my equipment (silly I know, but I'll admit that) I'd like to one day talk to one my friends who have really exspensive setups and do the same kind of test on their stuff. I'm sure the results will be the same. For now, they're going to storage until I get around to putting together another 2 channel setup... I'll use em... since I know they're at least as good as the ones I made myself.