In Reply to: Are shielded cables declasse? posted by robfoto@sbcglobal.net on May 30, 2008 at 21:50:32:
About 6 months back I switched from a pair of shielded, garden-hose type IC's to a pair of Kimber Hero's (both pairs are XLR).
The Hero's are a simple twisted or braided design with some techflex protecting the conductors. The air and dynamics of the Hero's far exceed that of the shielded IC's. I tried the shielded one more time after recently switching speakers and had the same result - loss of air and mid/high dynamics. The Hero's are keepers.
Disclaimer: I have yet to hear any difference in IC's between source and preamp; only between preamp and amp (when I had such a set-up).
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Follow Ups
- RE: Are shielded cables declasse? - BS64 14:14:26 06/01/08 (4)
- I think I see what you mean, but . . . - robfoto@sbcglobal.net 22:02:39 06/05/08 (3)
- I agree w/lancelot - BS64 04:50:41 06/09/08 (0)
- RE: I think I see what you mean, but . . . - lancelot 19:25:16 06/06/08 (1)
- I'm hearing a lot to like - robfoto@sbcglobal.net 16:55:21 06/09/08 (0)