hey, i have these cables with a length of 1.5 - 2 m
This thread was more interesting than I expected.
Expanding the topic a bit: does anyone think power transformers for synths need to be avoided to close proximity of audio cables?
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Most gear nowadays dont use transformers. All my boxes are switch mode supplys.
Ive never worried about them. Never had any issues either.
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And now we wait for a meme in the music memes thread and come to our personal conclusion. Or we spend 30 dollars to read this AES E-Library » Cable Pathways Between Audio Components Can Affect Perceived Sound Quality
And start over:grin:
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I don’t buy cheap cables, because of durability.
But that’s really the only reason…
Almost all my cables are from Cordial, not expensive, but not exactly cheap.
Got a bunch of their 1/4" twin cable and many many of these simple 1/4" . Got everything connected to a patchbay and patching stuff in and out basically every day.
Not one cable broke in almost ten years.
Before that I had everything connected with their balanced 1/4" cables, all in a storage box now basically in pristine condition.
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The measurements taken in this video showed that using an expensive cable over a cheap one made no difference at all.
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I also use Cordial. They have a nice build quality and are relatively cheap.
Me as well… and they have a very convenient online “cable finder” that allows you to search the correct reference to be used on Thomann etc.: https://www.cordial-cables.com/en/cablefinder
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Average audio cables vs High ticket items: there’s a lot of pseudo-science about the conductivity of silver content in the wires, oxygen free copper, gold plated connectors - all of which may increase electrification but is debatable whether it truly impacts audio fidelity.
Do you buy the hype? Have you done your own A/B? What’s your belief or personal experience?
It’s all bullshit.
Obviously well soldered components made with quality raw materials are better than cheap materials assembled carelessly, but all that gold plated Silver coated vibranium superchakra stuff is bollocks.
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Na, cables just need to be rolled counterclockwise.
If you do it not that way the audio frequencies will get dizzy.
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Hype is what it is indeed. Just get good quality cables and you’ll be fine. No need for the fancy expensive stuff.
thousand dollar cables are no good, you need quantum stickers;
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I don’t know what this web page is on about but it is true that a sheet of blotter may impact your listening experience.
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It is mostly nonsense.
Cable construction does matter, but it’s not going to have drastic effects on your audio.
There’s no need to spend a lot of money.
It’s mostly about how well it rejects (obvious) interference/noise, nothing to do with “audio quality.”
And how well that cable stands up to abrasion etc (which may matter outside of a typical home environment).
A bad USB cable might be marginal and drop out/glitch from time-to-time, or not deliver its rated power, while a higher quality cable with lower gauge wire and ferrite chokes may not.
Better shielding may lessen the impact of audio cables running near power cables/power supplies, but the impact is usually marginal.
Switching to balanced audio connections—particularly cables using a Star Quad configuration—will do dramatically more for this than spending big on “fancy” RCA cables.
It also costs nothing to separate your audio cables from power, and ensure that they only ever cross over at 90° rather than running parallel, if they have to.
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For guitars, decent cable makes quite a difference, but all you need is a low capacitance cable and you’re good.
Otherwise, thanks to the nature of a passive guitar pickup circuit, the cable acts kind of like a tone control and removes top end.
They’re not expensive though.
I got a new record player setup a while back, and I needed speaker cables. I went to the local hifi store and the guy tried to sell me some €200-300 cables, when I know they do cheap, good alternatives. I laughed at him, and told him I’d get some mains cable from the hardware store. Which I did, and it sounds great.
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I’m about equally convinced by the audiophile claims, and the ‘Guy on the internet’, who apparently found no difference, listening in his concrete basement on a pair of krk monitors. It’s probably somewhere between the two, as it so often is.
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i just buy decent cables. workhorses.
voices in my head said that a cable should not cost the same as a synth it’s plugged in 
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