*High Quality* audio cables

[Lauen]

Dude, kids read this.

I've seen you and Emo, don't pretend like you're SFW

[FrigidNinja]

Thanks Everybody. I get the picture.

[Nexxus]

There aren't better cables for audio. Just like for video, there are normal cables that perform as advertised and there are shitty cheap cables that you avoid. Anything else is snake oil 

Its either one statement or the other, if its a digital cable it just works or it doesnt, period.

Analog is a different matter entirely

[bchampion96]

The only benefit to spending more on cables of any sort is superior build quality. More robust connectors, better shielding and maybe braided cables. You get the idea

[Oktyabr]

Monoprice or Parts Express are good places to shop although PE will sell you $50 gold plated connectors if you let them (they never say they are better than the $5 ones however).  Durable, "twisted", heavy gauge?  You could go DIY and use one of my favorites, Canare 4s11.  Google it and buy it in "bulk", by the foot.

[Sauron]

For example, i have a headphone cable that i ordered from china and a cable that came with some sony headphones. the Chinese cable sounds significantly worse than the Sony cable.

 

that's completely unrelated to spending more or less for a cable. It may just be that the jack doesn't fit as well and isn't actually properly inserted, pushing it harder may solve the issue.

 

Still, that would be an analog cable, so subject to SOME difference. A digital cable is completely devoid of such differences.

[GoldSrc]

Well oxygen free can improve the cable, not the sound. There is also the whole build quality aspect. And no you dont know what I do with my cables

lol yea that SD card thing

Build quality sure, but is not like you're going to use a cable as a rope to lift several kilograms .

I just hope that the people here are not like those audiophiles who spend thousands on a freaking cable, the things I've seen on other websites are scary as far as audio goes lol.

[TheProfosist]

Build quality sure, but is not like you're going to use a cable as a rope to lift several kilograms .

I just hope that the people here are not like those audiophiles who spend thousands on a freaking cable, the things I've seen on other websites are scary as far as audio goes lol.

As I said you dont know what I do with my cables. I mean I have a USB cables sleeved in aramid armor.

[GoldSrc]

As I said you dont know what I do with my cables. I mean I have a USB cables sleeved in aramid armor.

That's some fancy stuff.

[evilarceus]

That's some fancy stuff.

I'm staring at your username.

[GoldSrc]

I'm staring at your username.

Is it weird or something? .

[TheProfosist]

That's some fancy stuff.

It is isnt it.

[FrigidNinja]

that's completely unrelated to spending more or less for a cable. It may just be that the jack doesn't fit as well and isn't actually properly inserted, pushing it harder may solve the issue.

 

Still, that would be an analog cable, so subject to SOME difference. A digital cable is completely devoid of such differences.

Price will never directly correspond with quality, however, as a general rule of thumb, if you spend more on somthing made by a reputable manufacturer youre less likely to have manufacturing problems... such as the cable not fitting properly.

 

anyway i ordered everything from monoprice. Thanks to Xeromynd and TheProfosist.

[TheProfosist]

Price will never directly correspond with quality, however, as a general rule of thumb, if you spend more on somthing made by a reputable manufacturer youre less likely to have manufacturing problems... such as the cable not fitting properly.

 

anyway i ordered everything from monoprice. Thanks to Xeromynd and TheProfosist.

no problem man