thanks larry & ivan,
tonight i A/B/C'd mine again with a Monster cable (with gold connectors)
and a spectraflex of similar length and there is a serious difference. the
monster was very clear and musical and the 'average' of the three, the
spectraflex was high-endy and lacking in lows as well, and mine (the
canare/neutrik) was the 'warmest' (read: slight drop off in the highs),
defnitely less high-end presence. it blows my mind.....though i know that
similar phenomena happens with speaker cable...
equipment: Bogner guitar amp, Fender strat, living room
-mark
At 12:48 AM 11/12/00 -0500, you wrote:
>In a message dated 11/11/00 7:58:34 PM, jlarryh@... writes:
>
><< I am not familiar with the starquad cable you are talking about. Why is it
>called starquad? >>
>
>This is an excellent mic cable made by Canare specifically for balanced audio
>connection. It utilizes four inner conductors that are woven around each
>other and used in pairs. This configuration provides optimal noise
>cancellation when used with differential inputs. I can't imagine it
>providing any problems when used as a guitar cable, although ANY extremely
>long cable will provide high-frequency rolloff when used with high-impedance
>instruments pickups. Shouldn't sound any different than another cable of the
>same length.
>
>Ivan
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