[the_third_wave]

$700, where do you buy your cables, at McDonalds?

No, if you want to have really clear audio you'd better get one of those Synergistic Research cables [1]. For a mere $10.000,- starting price (6 ft, add $1000/ft if you want a longer cable) it will be as if the musicians are sitting on your table, eating your cookies and petting your dog. It's the Quantum tunneling which does the trick, see? They kick the atoms into the right shape using a Tesla coil and, being obedient little atoms, they stay where they're told. Or something.

[1] https://www.synergisticresearch.com/cables/srx-cables/srx-ac...

[unfocused]

C'mon! Everybody knows that the Nordost Valhalla 2 Power Cord is far superior than the SRX. It's also only $10,079.99 CAD for 6ft, so it will be less than yours since yours is in USD, saving you money to to buy fridge magnets which will help dampen the magnetic field from any orphan atoms that may leak through.

Also, from the manufacturer's brochure: Unlike conventional power cables, which have propagation speeds that are less than 50% the speed of light, the Valhalla 2 Reference Power Cord has a speed of 91% the speed of light.

[1] https://audiofi.ca/products/valhalla-2-power-cord?variant=34...

EDIT: On a more serious note, check out https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php for real testing, where the dollar store speaker cable performed (surprise!) as well as the fancy cables. The fancy cable company was not happy.

[buescher]

This discussion has been going on for a long time. Power cables are not going to fix anything. Speaker cables, I have my doubts. I use the cheap stuff, but would go for all copper if I were splurging. On the other hand, I have bought about-dollar-store-cheap interconnects with problems, so I go for the fancy Amazon Basics level stuff myself. I get the guys that buy aesthetically pleasing cables, but that's a different story. Here's Bob Pease on the subject(s): https://www.pearl-hifi.com/06_Lit_Archive/02_PEARL_Arch/Vol_...

[mod]

> Unlike conventional power cables, which have propagation speeds that are less than 50% the speed of light, the Valhalla 2 Reference Power Cord has a speed of 91% the speed of light.

Thank God somebody is making these. Imagine if we had to wait almost twice as long!

[buescher]

Before you bag on these guys, even though they deserve it, imagine the customer support issues...

[elteto]

> ...being obedient little atoms, they stay where they're told

50 shades of quantum tunneling

[dpkirchner]

That quantum tunneling is done by hand in California, using six-zeros volts of electricity. Pretty impressive.