I’ve been fascinated by audio equipment since 10 years old…
Even though snake oil runs heavy thru hobby, I still love it…
Lots of hilarious claims and advertising…!
Of late, loving the vintage stuff…
From Hank to Hendrix… Happy listening…
**Best sound I ever heard: Driving my dad’s convertible Corvette down Ft Lauderdale strip blasting Rolling Stones Satisfaction from crappy FM radio…!
Cables is the biggest snake oil.
Never let a sales person talk you into luxury cables.
Good quality mass produced brands are more than sufficient.
For my home theater, I paid about $50 for a pair of 6 ft. cables for my left and right speakers. The rest of the system used inexpensive bulk cable that was the exact same the AV store used to hook up their own equipment.
-They did sell cheaper bulk cable…
…are far more expensive bulk cable.
I think the bulk cable was around $1.25 per foot. It was definitely less than $1.50/ft.
Hard say what that would be now. I had it done at the end of Covid, just before the spike of inflation.
No matter what, a system has to be equal. All the components need to be in a similar price range.
My own home theater will act as a hub for an eventual zone 2 with much better speakers.