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  1. SoupRKnowva
    SoupRKnowva
    they've been sitting on my floor for 2 months, sorry Scott! They didn't make any sort of tonal differences vs my BJC RCAs, but what they did was wipe away a layer of confusedness I hadn't known was left. I don't quite want to call it improved separation, but that's sorta what it is.
    Jul 24, 2022
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  2. SoupRKnowva
    SoupRKnowva
    The designer does say that the new geometry he employs mainly fixes phase response across the audio frequency band, evening it out as much as is possible, which will effect timing. maybe this has a bigger effect using something like the Dave where timing is already such a central pillar of its performance
    Jul 24, 2022
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  3. SoupRKnowva
    SoupRKnowva
    to be specific this was using the tough pitch copper(TPC) 1x4 gen2 RCA cables from Iconoclast, they also offer OFE, Oxygen-Free Electrolytic Copper, and upocc copper options, but the TPC is ~520 for a 4ft pair.
    Jul 24, 2022
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  4. gixxerwimp
    gixxerwimp
    TIL: confusedness

    Please submit your Cable Belieber Card application a.s.a.p.
    Jul 24, 2022
  5. SoupRKnowva
    SoupRKnowva
    If at first you don't succeed at using words to describe what you hear, just make up new ones : D
    Jul 24, 2022
  6. penguins
    penguins
    I always speculated that there would be a minimal to some difference due to the different physical properties and Z (impedance) measurements of different cables... but somehow this is another case of the "reality" we hear not necessarily matching the theoretical stuff above.
    Jul 25, 2022
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  7. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    For headphones? Or component interconnects?

    For the latter, I remain utterly sceptic, and would gladly take on your card. Also, I think that any real advance would come from somewhere like a Belden laboratory, where they totally know the structure, physics, capability, heck, even maybe spirituality, of wire. Not from some boutique person or company

    ...
    Jul 25, 2022
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  8. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    ... But for headphone cables, guitar cables, I have it on good authority that there very well can be a difference.
    Jul 25, 2022
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  9. gixxerwimp
    gixxerwimp
    Jul 25, 2022
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  10. Riotvan
    Riotvan
    Supposedly raising them off the floor does stuff too, won't cost you much(glass jars, lego) and at most makes you look stupid(or a genius). If i didn't have active speakers i'd try that one tbh.
    Jul 25, 2022
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  11. gixxerwimp
    gixxerwimp
    But only if you use magical wood blessed by an Amazonian shaman ;)
    I'm still a Cable Lifter Skeptic card holder.
    Jul 25, 2022
  12. Riotvan
    Riotvan
    Well this card is pretty cheap, sanity card is quite expensive otoh.
    Jul 25, 2022
  13. SoupRKnowva
    SoupRKnowva
    @Thad E Ginathom iconoclast cables are from Belden, designed by a cable engineer that had been there for many years who also happened to be into audio, and wanted to know, if you could use spare no expense construction, would it actually make an audible difference.
    Jul 25, 2022
  14. SoupRKnowva
    SoupRKnowva
    I honestly would never have even bothered with cables, cause like you @Thad E Ginathom i would never have bought any from any of the random boutique cable makers. But I stared reading what the iconoclast guy was saying with all the reports and documentation and figured if I was gonna try an expensive cable someday, it’d be them lol
    Jul 25, 2022
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  15. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    Oh! Is this the stuff that my favourite cable company, Blue Jeans, shocked me by taking on?

    I guess there *had* to be a cable, one day, that *did* make a difference. And not the one that blew up amplifiers.

    Belden labs is one hell of a pedigree, I do admit!
    Jul 25, 2022
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  16. SoupRKnowva
    SoupRKnowva
    haha it is indeed!
    Jul 25, 2022
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  17. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    Edited more in above
    Jul 25, 2022
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  18. SoupRKnowva
    SoupRKnowva
    Jul 25, 2022
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