I'm very happy to discover Larry Archibald's 1983 response to Stereo Review's Blind Cable Test has been added to the archives. I read the original piece in Stereo Review 24 years ago, and did not trust it. Something didn't make sense. I was hardly an audiophile - I owned used Advent speakers, a Pioneer receiver, and an old Dual turntable/Grado cartridge at the time - but I sensed that something was awry. So I decided to experiment on my own. I went to an electronics store and bought some 12-gauge silver wire to replace the lamp cord I was using as speaker wire. Connecting it was a major hassle because of the wire's thickness and lack of termination, but when I finally hooked things up, it sounded as if I was getting an entire extra octave of low bass extension. The difference was like night and day. I was immediately convinced that cables do make a difference. That Stereo Review's bias was so strong that it had to heavily edit the article's conclusion is appalling.

jason victor serinus

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