Well we done a review tonight of digital
interconnects, I was unable to get a Siltech lead as suggested by Tim so we
made do with the following kit.
Sony DVPS525D DVD player
Arcam Alpha10 amp with Dave
module
Arcam Alpha10P power amp
Monitor REF 703 speakers (bi
wired)
Leads tested were
QED QUNEX SR75 £60.00
QED QUNEX P75 £25.00 (my lead)
TDK cheapo audio interconnect
FREE
It may not be top top notch gear its still
about
£3500.00 worth, we had three participants two blind and one changing the
leads, a range of music was listened to using the same pieces as
suggested.
The results, they all sounded the same, even
the
cheapo lead. We honestly could not pick out any noticeable
difference.
As I could not get a really expensive lead and
to
stretch the test a bit further I made one up using 1 mtr of 6 core
alarm
cable (unscreened) with two of the crappiest phono connectors I could find,
these were attached by twisting the cable to the terminals rather than
soldering.
We reviewed the QUNEX SR75 against my made up
lead, again blind.
The results, they sounded just the same. SWMBO
came in and had a listen and actually said she preferred the alarm cable,
why
did I spend £25.00.
Whilst I would not disagree that good quality
interconnects for analogue signals are a must, I cannot say the
same
for digital.
The biggest improvement I found with my setup
was
bi wiring the speakers and using the 10P, it made a vast
difference.
Alancc
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