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In the Thread: We who are about to die... (a cable thread)
Post Subject: Thinner wiresPosted by drdna on: 7/2/2008
Well,
I also did this comparison a long while back and found the same result. The thinner the wire, the better for the preservation of the sound. But it is important to recognize that the sound we hear from a something even perfectly reproducing the recorded stereo sounds will not at all be the same as the Sound of the actual musical event. What is recorded is only a small part of the musical event, like trying to represent an apple with a tiny sliver off the skin.
The problem is that we (or at least I) want to reproduce the original musical event with a stereo system, so the strong temptation is when we hear something that reminds us of the musical even, even if it is a distortion which leads us away from accurately reproducing the recording, we are drawn to it. But so often, we tire of this one small aspect and move on to another different small aspect; hence the audiophile cult.
The key for me is to stay true to getting the reproduction of the recording correct. When this happens, I am getting closer to the actual Sound.
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