Quote Originally Posted by Mr Peabody
What exactly would the aerospace industry or the feds need with better sounding cables?
Good question. The marketing for the big high-end cable manufacturers is based on the concept that their cable technology provides a zero-loss solution i.e. " I heard details I never heard before, or " The soundstage was incredibly wide and the instruments were accurately placed with pin-point precision" or I was able to hear the resin of the violin" etc. etc. Clearly this is a message that says that more information is being delivered more accurately when using their cables. This as opposed to talking about tone-shaping, or changing the sound from what is accurate to the source. Their claim is that the cables they make dig deeper and extract more information. Now, if this was the case, then the space shuttle, Tanks, F-15s, sound monitoring facilities etc. would be full of Tara Labs The Zero.

I've bought several expensive cables. Like you, I have Transparent Ultra, and I do like the sound, but I hesitate to believe that its more accurate. The whole our-cables-are-more-accurate claim just doesn't seem to make sense, given the extensive scientific studies on cable theory and electro-conductivity. As much as I like the Transparents, I do believe they attenuate the very highest frequencies a bit, which would explain why the system's noise floor seems lower with a quieter, 'blacker' background.

But I am all for people spending their money how they see fit, and I wouldn't consider anyone foolish for buying expensive cables. As long as they are within their budget and keep sight of the facts.