Cable myths, or truths?

[Troy Sheets]

> 
> Now, this is something that's bothered me for years, and which I think =
> is absolute fantasy. Pick up any hi-fi mag and you'll see ads for =
> DIRECTIONAL CABLE. (ie one end to CD player, other end to amp)
> 

Probably a scam, becuase the signal is AC... you have signal flowing in both
directions on a cable.

I think most super-high end cable is a scam... here is an example:

the Solid State Logic studio I used at the university of southern california
was sponsored by Moster Cable, so the whole studio was wired with it.  When
it was done... all the mixes that came out of the studio lacked high end.
After investigation, they found that the Moster cable boosted high end
frequencies (a scheme used by speaker manufactures to make their products
sound "brighter"... and what inexperienced ears would call "better")... so
all the mixes were made while listening with too much high-end... 

They had to tear out all the monster cable and replace it with convention 
cable.

-troy

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