The Cable Test - listen and decide

Discussion in 'Hi-Fi and General Audio' started by RobHolt, Aug 15, 2009.

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I prefer......

  1. Cable 1

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  2. Cable 2

    3 vote(s)
    13.6%
  3. Cable 3

    2 vote(s)
    9.1%
  4. Cable 4

    2 vote(s)
    9.1%
  5. I cannot detect a difference

    15 vote(s)
    68.2%
  1. RobHolt

    sq225917 Exposer of Foo

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    Now I couldn't tell them apart if you asked me to pick them at random, but from repeated playing I liked 4 most, and 1 least, the other two had nothing to highlight the for me.

    4. sounded cleaner, good decay, maybe better shielded....who knows.
     
    sq225917, Aug 16, 2009
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    bottleneck talks a load of rubbish

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    what I love about these polls, is that you can't see the results until you vote (or abstain from voting).

    Well done on all the effort Rob, bravo.

    thanks for the shorter files too, much appreciatd.
     
    bottleneck, Aug 16, 2009
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    Dev Moderator

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    I didn't hear any significant difference.
     
    Dev, Aug 16, 2009
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    YNMOAN Trade - AudioFlat

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    You can you know.
     
    YNMOAN, Aug 16, 2009
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    RobHolt Moderator

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    Shhhhh ;)
     
    RobHolt, Aug 16, 2009
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    muzzer

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    Hmm , I saw the results before voting, didn't influence me though.
     
    muzzer, Aug 16, 2009
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    bottleneck talks a load of rubbish

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    you can? ooh. whoops. !

    oh well.

    just aswell as they all say cable 1 cable 2 cable 3 etc ! haha. Liked that :)
     
    bottleneck, Aug 16, 2009
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    So glad I've never wasted money on interconnects as the differences are so marginal it hardly makes it worthwhile buying. Definitely not Night & Day improvements as has so often been claimed.

    I put these onto CD had a listen in sequence & on random play, tried to pick them out & wasn't that successful

    Slight preference for 2 over the others
    4 had a bit more bass & generally warmer
    1 was the thinnest sounding but had sense of depth in that the sax seemed further back
    2 & 3 were very close

    I vote for 2 but could also choose 3 or 4

    I don't think I'll be spending more than a tenner in the future
     
    UK Duty Paid, Aug 17, 2009
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    Hope you keep this alive for a few days - I've downloaded them but can't get to listen yet.

    Steve
     
    SteveS1, Aug 17, 2009
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    RobHolt Moderator

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    No Problem Steve - at least another week.
     
    RobHolt, Aug 17, 2009
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    am unsure about the quality of downloads ? mine get a little rough if there's heavy use farther down the mountain :)

    for what it's worth...

    file's 1 and 4 were out, the vote fell to 2 and 3, i went with 3.

    :)
     
    spica, Aug 18, 2009
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    RobHolt Moderator

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    Thanks for voting.

    Line speed doesn't effect file qulaity - at least not to my knowledge. Just takes a bit longer :)
     
    RobHolt, Aug 18, 2009
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    I had a quick listen a few days ago, but not going to get the chance to sit down at home and have a proper one so I'll go with no difference heard.

    I did think there was maybe something better about 2, but couldn't actually decide if it was just my fragile little mind playing tricks.

    Thanks Rob.
     
    scott_01, Aug 18, 2009
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    SteveS1

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    All pretty much the same, but slight preference for 4. Seemed a little fuller and slightly more detailed. Nothing here worth spending much money on.

    Steve
     
    SteveS1, Aug 19, 2009
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    grivois

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    At first, I had a preference for 3, but when I played the 4 extracts at random, I couldn't tell them apart. I voted "I cannot detect a difference".
    grivois
     
    grivois, Aug 19, 2009
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    RobHolt Moderator

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    Thanks all for trying the test and commenting.
    Happy to let this run unless people are eager to see the result :)

    Nearly at 20 votes - enough or more needed?
     
    RobHolt, Aug 19, 2009
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    The Devil IHTFP

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    In some ways, the most amusing result would be if they were all the same cable, but I guess that's too much to hope for.

    Apart from our resident cable sales expert, who cares?
     
    The Devil, Aug 19, 2009
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    RobHolt Moderator

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    James, they are all different.

    Did you listen and vote?
     
    RobHolt, Aug 19, 2009
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    felix part-time Horta

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    Results are now in: cables smelled of Bolivian Unicyclist's jockstrap, Pumice stone and West Germany.

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    felix, Aug 19, 2009
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    The Devil IHTFP

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    Of course not.
     
    The Devil, Aug 19, 2009
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