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• PS - Cables do matter - SCEvans 08:11:29 04/18/04 (5)
  In Reply to: Needs be said: It takes guts to come out in favor of Home Depot ext. cord cabling. Thank you! posted by SCEvans on April 18, 2004 at 08:03:00:

  For the record I believe cables DO matter...the idea that they really don't has been disproved completely in my own system AFAI concerned. It'd just be soooo nice to pay less and avoid hours spent sorting through the hype.

  Scott
  
  

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  • Oh, they matter all right - Dave Pogue 11:41:11 04/18/04 (4)
    In Reply to: PS - Cables do matter posted by SCEvans on April 18, 2004 at 08:11:29:

    At least they matter to me -- I've got a closetful to prove it. In the case of speaker cables alone, the Omega Mikros replaced Mapleshades which replaced Kimber 8TCs which replaced Straightwires which replaced Monsters. Each new cable was compared to the predecessor and won handily. There wasn't as much difference between the Home Depot cables and the Omega Mikros, but I have a couple of "problem" CDs and records I use as references, and there was a clear, if slight, advantage to the HDs in terms of clarity, detail, smoothness and that old standby, "musicality."

    This is to my ears in my system. JMMV and all that.

    I'm going to make a second pair and send it off to be cryoed and then compare again.
    
    

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    • Question - Jon Risch 13:47:26 04/18/04 (2)
      In Reply to: Oh, they matter all right posted by Dave Pogue on April 18, 2004 at 11:41:11:

      Do the HD 14 seem to have PE instead of PVC for the wire insulation as was claimed in an earlier post by a fan?

      The PE should be harder and more slippery than PVC.

      
      Jon Risch
      
      

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      • Re: Question - Bob_C 18:42:55 04/19/04 (0)
        In Reply to: Question posted by Jon Risch on April 18, 2004 at 13:47:26:

        It is PVC, so says the maker. The orange without the black stripe is also the same cable.

        BC
        
        

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      • That's a tough one, Jon - Dave Pogue 16:18:21 04/18/04 (0)
        In Reply to: Question posted by Jon Risch on April 18, 2004 at 13:47:26:

        I honestly don't know. I've been feeling up my speaker cables, trying to figure out whether they're harder and more slippery (and feeling faintly foolish). Is there any other way to tell the difference?
        
        

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    • Point of clarification - Dave Pogue 11:46:51 04/18/04 (0)
      In Reply to: Oh, they matter all right posted by Dave Pogue on April 18, 2004 at 11:41:11:

      The Omega Mikro speaker cables are NOT the current versions and are at least 8 years old. I'm pretty sure the current OMs would leave the Home Depot jobs in the dust. But given the cost, I'm not about to find out.
      
      

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