Ed Selley
Hi-Fi Editor
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" the idea of using a higher quality cable to attach a printer in the pursuit of higher performance is entirely absurd."
This sums up the article for me in one sentence (one I will unashamedly recite in future conversations). This old argument is slowly dissolving along with the cables as we move into a new wireless era.
That and some Wi-fi wave guides (passive miniature TV aerials) tuned to specific frequencies, dotted around the house to guide wireless digital audio signals and remove digital harmonics from the signal path. I am truly surprised though that we haven’t yet seen digital speaker cable. I thought that would have been a no brainier for the Snake Oiler’s.Just wait until you start seeing cones that’s you can place on top of your wireless equipment. Point them towards your other equipment to “channel” the signal and get extra karma points !
.. oh dear, yesterday I put my speakers upside down,with the tweeters lower, because the shelf is above ear level, am I sucumbingPaul Messenger was one of those guys who said putting sticky tape on your turntable improved the sound plus like putting a a house brick on top of a Cd Player also made it sound better along in turning the speakers back to front plus many more other daft ideas.I think he wrote for Hi Fi News or Hi Fi World. My wife new him though her ex husband who designed hi fi and wrote for the magazine back in the 80s 90s she he floating these and many other silly ideas
Hi Ed,
On the HI-FI equipment that you own what kind of cables do you use?
There was a hi fi magazine reviewer who claimed that his felt mat on his LP12 turntable sounded better one way than the other.
I have this turntable Ed and a linn/naim 6 pack isobarik active system, I tried it and my hi fi dealer couldn't hear it. But if you could then that's good for you.It pains me to say this but... I've experienced this on the LP12. The two sides of the matt are different though and as noted in the piece, turntables are a minefield of input variables which is where a lot of this industry stems from.