I've occasionally read this thread with mild interest. It seemed innocent enough, and plenty of posters did tell the OP to have fun but don't expect it to sound different.
Then I read this:
I read this with growing alarm. I had been lulled by Snakebitten's posts about wanting to decorate his speaker cables, only to be surprised by his dubious claims about improved sound. Have we been exposed to a stealth Cable Fable troll?
Your 'experience' of being 'blown away' by better sound suffers from the worst kind of expectation bias. DIY tweaks can create this in some people more so than spending large amounts of cash.
Your claim is extraordinary. Have you done anything to verify that its for real and not due to wishful thinking? Did you cut new ends on your old 14g cable, removing the old and possibly frayed or oxidized ends? It would be unfair to compare two cables without making sure both cable had freshly cut ends. Did you try listening to both 14 and 10 gauge cables while blinded, without knowing which cable was used? Did anyone else also hear the same effect as you claim? I could go on, but my point is that any claims of vastly improved sound due to new speaker cables (8 feet of 14g vs. 8 feet of 10g), regardless of the cost, cannot go unchallenged. I feel it's my duty to question Snakebitten's claim. It would be a sin not to
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Perhaps Snakebitten should change his online name to Snakeoiled.
