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From: wunder@wdl1.UUCP (wunder )
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Subject: Re: Re: Why do cables make a difference?
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Date: Tue, 28-Aug-84 01:21:20 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 28 01:21:20 1984
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Nf-From: wdl1!wunder    Aug 27 20:26:00 1984

I had a friend who accidentally double-blind tested cables on
his roommate.  He bought some whiz-bang cables for preamp-to-power
amp, installed them, them left to do his radio shift.  His roommate
came home, fired up the stero, and noticed that it sounded better.
It is most likely that he noticed this while listening to FM
broadcast (KTRU, Houston, to be exact).

Note 1.  Since my friend bought the cables on an impulse, his roommate
did not know that something had been changed in the stereo system.
That is, he did not even know that he was part of a test.

Note 2.  Though the roommate is not a "golden ears", he does go to
the Symphony (season tickets), and had worked at the campus radio
station for some time.  My friend is an official audiophile (and
electrical engineer), but was astounded that the cables actually
made a big difference.

Note 3.  The system was pretty good before the cables were added --
Riga turntable with some carefully selected moving coil cartidge,
Apt preamp, Apt power amp (or maybe he still had the Hafler then),
and I forget what speakers he had.  It might have still been Eric's
(the roommate's) good old JBL L-100's, but I really don't remember.

Note 4.  The change might have been caused by the clean connections
(no oxide) after the new cables were installed.  The cables proabably
had not been touched for a few months (2-6), but things rot pretty
fast in Houston.


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