Mike, I've been trying digi cables again recently (ask Marco about the Belden...) and if its possible I'd be really interested to compare yours to the bag of "usual suspects" I have here (Belden, Gotham, NVA..etc)
Thanks!
Gaz.
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Mike, I've been trying digi cables again recently (ask Marco about the Belden...) and if its possible I'd be really interested to compare yours to the bag of "usual suspects" I have here (Belden, Gotham, NVA..etc)
Thanks!
Gaz.
I haven't, to be honest... but I can! :)
I've pretty much 'settled' on a digi cable design now, but analogue cables are a whole different kettle of fish! Bloody things never seem to behave predictably! :lol:
I'm not 100% happy with the cables Marco is trying out, hence the need for his second opinion. They can sound a bit too 'creamy', like an over egged pudding! Good in the right situation, but... :scratch:
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Marks IC's still that good Marco?
Good stuff - I retried the LV16s I have here, not as big a surprise as the Belden digicable, still a wee bit meh sounding.
But Marks new ones sound good!
Yep - they are without doubt the cables (digital or analogue) with the least 'sound' I've ever heard. This is all I want from cables, as I never use them as tone controls.
Are you still using the Belden digi cable, then? From your description above it's unclear which is "meh sounding" - the Belden analogue or digital cable :)
I agree with Dave... Plugs (and how they're crimped or soldered) make a huge difference!
Mikey, "creamy" is a good description for how your cables sound, which is not an effect I would seek to have in my system. We'll see how it goes over the coming week, though :cool:
Marco.
Coo. I wouldn't at all mind a try, Mike! :)
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In response to Marco's PMed query of a week or so back (while I was sorting out a bit of hassle with a tt deal) .... I'm now using the Belden-reversed digi cable, but with a different CD transport unit. My AudioSynthesis/Sony CDT was too bright and forward with the Belden and the StanDAC Caiman ... so I now use my Yamaha DV-LX50 DVD player (as a transport with co-ax digi output into the Caiman for CD playback) - a richer and fuller sound that blends well with what I still think is a rather bright Belden sound.
Synergy! - that's the key. :)
Fat chance!.... have you seen the price of WBT plugs? :lol:
I need to sell about 8 cables at the prices I charge just to buy a can of Tesco larger and a bag of crisps! :cool:
Actually... I've ordered some different phono's to try, gonna see if I can make em even cheaper! :eyebrows:
Hi Jerry,
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In response to Marco's PMed query of a week or so back (while I was sorting out a bit of hassle with a tt deal) .... I'm now using the Belden-reversed digi cable, but with a different CD transport unit. My AudioSynthesis/Sony CDT was too bright and forward with the Belden and the StanDAC Caiman ... so I now use my Yamaha DV-LX50 DVD player (as a transport with co-ax digi output into the Caiman for CD playback) - a richer and fuller sound that blends well with what I still think is a rather bright Belden sound.
Synergy! - that's the key
The Belden/Mark Grant cables (analogue or digital) don't sound in any way bright in my system, or systems belonging to my friends. Therefore, it's not a case of it being "a rather bright Belden sound" (I don't think this is an inherent trait of the cables themselves), but rather the context in which they are used (i.e. the equipment they're partnered with) - like you say, it's all about synergy :cool:
Have you tried the Belden cables both ways round in their current application? If not, please do, and let me know what difference (if any) there is. I think it's important that people buying them know which way round to use them from the offset, or at least that they should experiment with this.
Marco.
Erm... what's that got to do with THIS thread, Marco?
Feel free to 'plug' (no pun intended) Mark Grant cables in a thread thats ABOUT Mark Grant cables as much as you like though... :steam:
Oi, shut it - I was merely responding to Jerry's observation :)
Anyway, thread drift is just part of AOS - you've been guilty of it yourself plenty of times elsewhere! :eyebrows:
Marco.