Well I, for one, believe that the best opinion is one that can be easily changed. I didn't believe that cables made any difference until Bongomania came around with his testing of cable capacitance.
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Does Cables Matter for a Bass
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Well I, for one, believe that the best opinion is one that can be easily changed. I didn't believe that cables made any difference until Bongomania came around with his testing of cable capacitance.
I posted the same video on the last page Duckwater, it seems to have been largely ignored.
Maybe not ignored, but this too has been posted numerous times.
It's real interesting for sure!
SKIN EFFECT !!!!!!!
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You have a tonal preference?....Prefer wood from USACG instead?....
You know, I just had second thoughts. I'll stick with the builders in my signature. So sorry!
Cables matter about as much as proper grammar in a forum thread!
- my first thought as well! sometimes the simple play is the best play of all....awesome
A speaker cable? That's pretty funny. Hope you don't play near a radio transmitter.
Almost ftw......then you topped it with:
win! You are king of interwebz for today (at least in my $25-35 cable owning world!)
It seems to me that Mark is not questioning whether you heard a difference, but rather, your claim that whatever difference you did hear is attributable to skin effect. The proof he is looking for doesn't require any testing equipment. Just do the math and show us what frequencies would be affected by skin effect in your cables.
You know, you can keep taking cheap shots at me all day long, and I'll never get angry, no matter how hard you try. It really makes me laugh, honestly. Your wife must be a saint.
Y'all have a nice day!
I'd still buy a bass from you, dmusic. Even if you don't agree with me
Why thank you sir! I don't make the fancy active/graphite one any more. Just P's and J's.
More ad hom attacks! Is this your MO?
Engage with the point put across as opposed to attempting to undermine the character of the person asserting something.
One more time and I'll have you charged in contempt of this thread.
Man you're asking for trouble with this. Here's the deal, and I've been deep into this. If you have a really good bass, a really good amp and really good speakers, then yes, you will (barring hearing damage) hear a difference in quality cables. But to hear the full effect it has to be all of your in-line cables and your speaker cables. You will get plenty of nay-sayers on here who will tell you they can't hear the difference. And there's no reason to disbelieve them, I'm sure they can't. But given that everything from bass to speakers can deliver and reproduce the difference, there is definitely a difference.
