Audio Cable Snake Oil

Many of these products exist on the fringe of believability and before long almost inevitably the ubiquitous term snake oil is applied.

Audio cable snake oil.

High definition cables another variety of low inductance cable from audio source consists of eight twisted pairs of wire arranged into a flat ribbon. Is synergy in audio cables real or snake oil. For readers unfamiliar with snake oil it was a product widely available in the old west from traveling salesmen who convinced suckers that the snake oil. Long island city ny tel 718 726 5600 e mail.

A number of audio cable manufacturers have sprung up over the last few years that are intent on proliferating myths about the technical aspects of interconnects power cords and speaker cables. Check any audiophile facebook group or forum and you will find dozens of enthusiasts asking the oh so common question what are the best cables to use with my audio components. The belden cables are marketed under the iconoclast label but there is currently very little information available apr 2018 time is of the essence part 1 time is of the essence part 2 time is of the essence part 3 xlr interconnect design speaker cable design part 1 speaker cable design. Top ten signs an audio cable vendor is selling you snake oil by gene dellasala august 29 2004 the audio industry is full of hype with the most nonsense surrounding the simplest component of the a v chain interconnects and speaker cables.

Ps audio copper magazine has an excellent series of articles on audio cables by garen galeis of belden. Myths and snake oil. Snake oil sells interconnects for audiophiles. Cables alex rosner president rosner custom sound inc.

Many of these products purport themselves to function in some highly technical realm of scientific explanation. Science or snake oil by nelson pass. Since the staff at empirical audio is technical based we would like to dispel some of these myths for our customers here. We re just a couple of dudes looking to tidy up your schiit stack.