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Originally Posted by Mark Grant  Hello Scorpion88,
A question about this, are you sure you are talking about the same cable?
Vipers is talking about this cable: Mark Grant G1000HD Precision audio cable - Stereo Pair [Mark Grant G1000HD Stereo Pair] - £65.00 : AV Cables and Interconnects, UK Cables Shop
I cant find any record of you ever buying any, so when you say:
''Decent cables costing £10 - £15.00 are just as good'' ''I have tried the the freebie red and white cables and not noticed much noticeable difference.''
I dont understand how you can compare to a cable that you dont appear to have ?
Not trying to cause an argument, just trying to find out what is going on as everyone that has bought the cable likes it, none have been returned and I cant find any record of you buying it and it is unusual to post negative comments about a product that I dont think you have tried.
Thanks,
Mark. |
Hi Mark,
I note your comments. You are correct I have not bought your cables and at £65.00 do not intend to however good the testimonials from those who have seem to be.
I am not critising your cables and I am sure they are excellent. However, I have heard in my friends set up a Russ Andrews cable costing circa £60 and compared it to my Profigold costing £13 and could not detect any difference whatsoever. I notice that Russ also sells cables costing £150 about the same price as my Oppo DVD/CD Player. I think that puts things into perspective.
I took a conscience decision given that as I needed 4-5 analogue interconnects and didn't like the freebies I would set a budget of £15 per cable.
I also took the decision to try different cables in this or about this price range mainly for comparison purposes.
The cables included, Profigold, Banbridge, Cambridge Audio, a freebie for the ancient VCR and A.N. Other.
I tried all permutations when connecting my 2 systems (see sig) and could again not notice one iota of difference.
Over the years I have seen all sorts of outrageous (IMO) claims about these 'exotic' cables and just do not believe the alleged benefits and hype.
It is the same with RA's power cable costing circa £300 which cost the same as my amplifiers and as far as I am concerned it is fools gold.
Another example is the benefits What Hi Fi claim for £1000 Hi-Fi racks with significant tangible benefits to Bass and Treble, more dynamics and top end refinement with out any scientific justification. In fact it looks like a flatpack alternative available from B&Q.
Again for speaker cable I use 2.5mm oxygen free copper at about £3.00 per metre and find it excellent.
Finally, no offence intended and I am sure you make well made and constructed cable with gold plated connecters. You never know I may actually buy one when I upgrade my set up.
However, I do hope you can understand my general point.
Kind Regards
Scorpion