Re: Cables again. For Arny, et al.

On Feb 14, 7:38 pm, Sonnova <sonn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I've made no bones about my firm commitment to the proposition that in
audio,
> there is simply nothing that a cable can do to affect the sound of a
system
> at all (unless that cable were purposely designed to be a filter or the
runs
> are so long (for interconnects) that they roll-off the extreme top).
>
> So it was with some interest that I read Wayne Garcia's excellent
article
> ('The Big Beat"  Page 36) in the latest TAS about Blue Note's Vinyl
reissues
> of Rudy Van Gelder's often stunning jazz recordings of the late '50's
and
> early '60's.
>
> That these recordings were, are, and will continue to be viewed as the
best
> of the best is not at issue here. What somewhat startled me was that
Garcia,
> the author, received two sets of four review pressings of some of these
> reissues. The first set he found to be excellent, but the second set
blew him
> away. What was the difference? He asked Producer/Engineer Joe Harley via
> E-mail. Why does the second set sound so much more immediate, present,
and
> dynamic, in short, more musically thrilling than the first?
>
> Harley answered back that he wished he could go back and remaster the
first
> set of releases because after they were done, he went back and re-wired
> AcousTech's (the studio doing the transfers) mastering system with
upgraded
> AudioQuest cabling!
>
> How can this be that Wayne Garcia, not knowing that anything had changed
> (ostensibly), immediately noticed that something had changed for the
better
> in the second set of releases and found it significant enough to mention
it
> to Blue Note? Does this mean that interconnects can and do make an
audible
> difference (something that my electronic engineering degree makes it
hard for
> me to believe).
>
> Arny? Anyone?

How many years between the two? Age and degraded hearing might account
for most/all of it. Then, better speakers, electronics, and so forth.
Too many possible variables to attribute solely to cables. If you were
to define away some of them, a better answer may be possible. Further,
simple nostalgia and fresh ears may well account for everything.

Unless an true direct comparison might be made or the evidence more
fully defined, this becomes simply anecdotal.

Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA