I'm very happy to discover Larry Archibald's 1983 response to Stereo Review's Blind Cable Test has been added to the archives. I read the original piece in Stereo Review 24 years ago, and did not trust it. Something didn't make sense. I was hardly an audiophile - I owned used Advent speakers, a Pioneer receiver, and an old Dual turntable/Grado cartridge at the time - but I sensed that something was awry. So I decided to experiment on my own. I went to an electronics store and bought some 12-gauge silver wire to replace the lamp cord I was using as speaker wire. Connecting it was a major hassle because of the wire's thickness and lack of termination, but when I finally hooked things up, it sounded as if I was getting an entire extra octave of low bass extension. The difference was like night and day. I was immediately convinced that cables do make a difference. That Stereo Review's bias was so strong that it had to heavily edit the article's conclusion is appalling.
jason victor serinus
I'm very happy to discover Larry Archibald's 1983 response to Stereo Review's Blind Cable Test has been added to the archives. I read the original piece in Stereo Review 24 years ago, and did not trust it. Something didn't make sense. I was hardly an audiophile - I owned used Advent speakers, a Pioneer receiver, and an old Dual turntable/Grado cartridge at the time - but I sensed that something was awry. So I decided to experiment on my own. I went to an electronics store and bought some 12-gauge silver wire to replace the lamp cord I was using as speaker wire. Connecting it was a major hassle because of the wire's thickness and lack of termination, but when I finally hooked things up, it sounded as if I was getting an entire extra octave of low bass extension. The difference was like night and day. I was immediately convinced that cables do make a difference. That Stereo Review's bias was so strong that it had to heavily edit the article's conclusion is appalling.
jason victor serinus