Interconnect Cables, More Money The Better?

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[mrrocknroll]

I love your honesty...I work in the industry and realise that 50% is marketing and bs...keep up the good work. Honesty is the best policy

[Hari-vggy]

Started my hi fi adventures in the mid 90s...always thought that these high end speaker cables were all the same..much hyped..thats all..ur videos are just proving it..thx

[UU-wwhc]

I never buy expensive as long as it is OFC inner conductors (Oxygen Free Copper) to reproduce clean and outstanding sound to grab you then I am up for it always. Nice plant by the way 🌿

[moto-rambler]

Love the no BS videos -- keep 'em coming!

[pcbartolomeu]

Tharbamar's honesty is second to none. There's a lot of "sold outs" in this industry, but not Tharbamar. Continue the good work and telling it like it is!

[ioannisthpapanagiotou]

Since i had at home 2-3 meters of a useless UHP-OFC 99, 9997% copper speaker cable (15$/1 meter) i made myself a pair of rca to rca not shielded interconnects.
Only two wires, RED & BLACK
Result?
They play much much better than 1-2 branded shielded rca interconnects cables (200-250$ each) that i used before
Thank you
John

[garzia]

Great knowledge sharing. I've seen you how to make speaker cables as well...I learned more from you in the short videos than all the BS from salesmen claiming snake oil improvements. The truth hurts but it set me free from the BS. Keep up the great videos. I'm a lifelong fan of what you do. Thanks for providing links to the products you use.

[damirhlobik]

Good presentation, thank you

What is rarely mentioned is SYNERGY,

Cheap cables can have better synergy than expensive ones, the only question is whether you will pay 50 times the price for only 5% improvement

Start with cheap cables and go step by step towards better cable, if you can borrow better cables, borrow and try, until you get a sound you like, don't waste money on something you haven't heard in your system, "NICE CABLE" is NOT better cable

[RobWhittlestone]

Very refreshing to hear your opinion about the sound of different cables and the factors that are important. And not spending the whole world on cables! I think I will try your recommended methods.

[jm_]

I've sold and listened to hi end audio for years. Used every cable. You can't go wrong with Mogami 2497 or Mogami the balanced version

[bentleygt]

valuable information. thank you for your honest opinion.
and as you said. making your own Cables is the way to go.. i'd rather do that and put the money toward better equipment than buying big brand names.

[chatrs]

I changed the RCA plugs of my Cardas 33AWG tonearm cable from Neutrik NYS373(gold plated brass) to Furutech FP126(G) (gold plated pure copper center plong/gold plated brass ground). FP126(G) sounds more transparent than the NYS373. Then, from FP126(G) to AQ king cobra RCA plugs (silver ("hanging") plated pure copper). The AQ king cobra RCA plugs give best transparent sound I ever tried. I also tried Blue Jean LC-1 cables with AQ king cobra RCA jacks and they sound so good and well balanced but not as transparent as AQ Water. As per your advice, I will try the Mogami later.

[DDSRacer]

6:38 “Honesty is the last thing you will find in this industry” Amen!!

[ramencurry]

Excellent. I use Blue Jeans Belden, Mogami and Canare. They are top notch high end cables.

[roytasanen]

I owned mogami xlr cables to feed my event 8 studio monitors . The difference between the mogami to the standart cable that i got with the monitors is like night and day.

[craigdianesmith]

Blue jeans RCA is also a great value choice. Good video by the way.

[IliyaOsnovikov]

Resistance of the interconnect cables it's kind of irrelevant as long as it is below a few Ohms. And that range covers all possible cable sizes and materials.

[WilDungenvanden]

My opinion as a pro musician with hifi experience. Any cable is a filter. A signal cannot come out better it went in a cables. Parameters are used to give a cable an own sound. You can play with that to fine tune your equipment.
Sometimes a little more high will give you the best result at the end. Sometimes the mid and sometimes the low tones.
Also your room acoustics is doing something. It's all about the total/final match. A lot of people are not able to hear theses differences, be happy! I also build a few cables with Belden, Canare and Mogami. They do their work pretty good. By the way, if a cable sounds different is that better? And what is better. You also need a rather expensive (read very good) hifi system do hear these differences. Lets say 10.000-20.000 dollar/euro. Off course salesmen make a lot of money selling expensive cables. Explain to me what "wonder" material can be inside a cable. Nothing! Always use your own ears and listen blind. Let someone else change cables while your listening. Don't forget it is a macho mann world. Yes, I am able to that differences. Congrats. Stay with both feet on the ground. Rember, the soundquality of records can give many differences. A lot of salesmen hate me, because I spoil their income. But I don't care and don't ly. Finally, I know a reviewer very well. He once had the Walhalla interconnect. His system sounded fantastic. Are we listening to all Walhalla cables now? The sound is great! No I build all cables by myself, he said. He just found out what is inside famous cables and makes his own copy's. I have the same now. I pay him 100 dollar/euro for an interconnect and a little more for the speaker cables. I don't even wanna know what's inside. Have fun.

[gerard]

After trying some more expensive cables (RCA and speaker) mostly TQ Ultra Black line up, I have the exact same experience. Pro cables are genuinely neutral in their delivery they portray how your components sound. The more expensive cables use different allows and constructions, multi strands or different exotic materials that increase conductivity etc and different isolators to just give some additional colour in detail, or more pronounced bass etc. I actually like that in my desktop system because you are sitting very close to the speakers and you benefit from every bit of extra soundstage, because there is limited room interactions. In my living room (main system), however I prefer the “Pro” cables because otherwise it imbalances my already balanced system. So with everything it really depends. Put your money in components and clean power supply components first. Upgraded power supply in my experience reduces noise and not so much sound. It is a well upgrade of the system. I use also pro for that, Furutech The Empire.

[DJMikeron]

Excellent video. It acknowledges exactly what I found out. I sold all my expensive cables and bought good quality cables Made in China, where Audioquest Cables are also made