Per the avatar...MBL101eMk2
The jumper options are cables of copper, silver wrapped copper and silver.
The wires are Wireworld and that's what MBL recommend for the bi-wired runs of speaker cable.
Just the free cables, other similar types I've accumulated over the years and a few I've made up with whatever coax was to hand. They make zero difference in my system and with my ears and are of zero importance to me beyond being required for my system to work.
I heard these in Munich. Utterly extraordinary. One of the top three sounding rooms at the show in my book. What amp and source do you run with them?
Slightly off-topic, but I've often wondered how designers of exotic and invariably expensive cables go about the process? Given that we are not talking about simple and well understood changes in LCR, how do the designers predict and measure the apparently unpredictable and unmeasurable? Is it a totally random process?
Another thing that puzzles me about fancy cables is does a fancy cable sound better the longer it is, in which case how does it do that, or does a long length sound worse than a short length, in which case why is a long length more expensive?Slightly off-topic, but I've often wondered how designers of exotic and invariably expensive cables go about the process? Given that we are not talking about simple and well understood changes in LCR, how do the designers predict and measure the apparently unpredictable and unmeasurable? Is it a totally random process?
Cables in this gaff:
Mark Grant mains (2)
DH Labs mains
Atlas Mavros aes
Atlas 4DD mains (2)
Shunyata Delta nr mains
Chord Sarum T mains
Yannis Tome interconnect
Musicworks Revive mains
Shunyata Alpha nr mains
EWA mains
Puritan Ultimate
Wot is in the box mains for ARC pre.
Atlas Asimi XLR
Transparent music wave + speaker cable
Lessloss c mark digital
Lessloss c mark interconnect
Das ist alle I think.
No it’s not - MIT shotgun interconnect
Another thing that puzzles me about fancy cables is does a fancy cable sound better the longer it is, in which case how does it do that, or does a long length sound worse than a short length, in which case why is a long length more expensive?
I don’t get the hate at all. By saying that I just believe in paying for high quality materials and engineering, so the cables I buy are very much as the logical/proven end of the market. They are just good quality. I don’t want cables that alter the sound due to bizarre construction or materials, and I certainly don’t buy into 98% of cable advertising copy. I just want the best quality electrical connections possible.
I don't really see any hate!
I'm using DIY.I don't really see any hate! From a quick scan of the thread there are only two posters using freebie interconnects. Everyone else seems to be using competently designed/constructed interconnects of the type you describe or more esoteric/expensive high-end cables. Not many hairshirts in evidence.
Surprised that no one has posted anything about DIY cable designs - I've seen these pop up on other forums and TNT Audio have published designs in the past.