Plugging and unplugging my Audioquest Copperhead interconnects and replacing them with a pair of "good" interconnects that sold for a saw buck.

My thoughts are - if the copper has low enough resistance...there ain't nuttin there.

I'm not talking a pair of $1.99 interconnects that have solder joints that may or may not be clean. I'm talking "decent" interconnects.

$100/pair for Copperheads ten bucks for the best Radio Shack sells?? I'm thinking that that $100 bucks times a ton of connections would buy a sh*t load of JSP blues boxed sets.

So have you heard a diff? I haven't.

i've heard a lot of difference in analog IC's, but i have yet to try anything remotely high end. i did some DIY silver and copper IC's a while back and the difference in sound between the two are stark. now digital cables are a different story. i've yet to hear any significant difference between any digital RCA or toslink cable.

That's what I'm thinking. So play off the price a couple (four or five) JSP boxed sets against something that ..... It may be real, but the boxed sets impress me as giving me much more enjoyment. Real tangible enjoyment. It's a no-brainer.

I auditioned $175 worth of speaker wire when I scored my ADS 1290s and the guy that brought it by couldn't point to a damn thing that wasn't there with my heavy solid copper ten year old speaker wires. He took them home.

So it may well be with interconnects. I have always bought "good" interconnects and I also have a dozen pair of premium (Copperhead) interconnects.There is nothing there, Period. There just isn't anything there - over good interconnects vs premium interconnects. AND you can buy good interconnects for a sawbuck.

I'm thinking that the auditions in the magazines may have been between the bottom of the barrel and the ultimate, or at least the sh*t and the good. Go to them, the reviews, and satisfy yourself... the writers were "orgasmic." It ain't f'n there. PERIOD.


I can see where bad solder connections could account for some degradation in sound. BUT I have listened to four meter interconnects next to 1/2 meter interconnects, and let me tell ya' with.... like = like there isn't a diff. NONE! Zip, zero, nada.

We recorded a cd onto my Teac X-7 through four meter interconnects and played it back through four meter interconnects (Audioquest Copperhead) and the guy that swore there was a definite diff couldn't (in a blind listening) be right more than 50% of the time. The CD player was connected through Copperheads that are 1/2 meter. There isn't any diff, PERIOD.

So what I took away was that there is no reason I cannot connect to my computer in my office to my stereo which is in my library four meters away. That is if I use good interconnects and I have two pair of four meter Copperheads.

It may be that if you are using "crap" four-meter interconnects you need to have everything close together - BUT I submit that the losses are at the solder joints and length really doesn't matter so long as you are using solid copper and the gauge of the wire is sufficient. So long as the wire is sufficient and the joints are properly soldered you are good to go. What say you?

What say you on this question as well? Do you need premium interconnects - or do you buy premium interconnects just to ensure that the "details" like solder joints are looked after? And are you keeping your components racked together (when having your CD player would be much more convenient) because of a BS degradation in sound quality?

My stinkin CD player is in the rack, I submit that moving it to a coffee table in front of the sofa in my library would be much more convenient and would not compromise the sound one iota. Not in theory, not in practice would I lose a damnable thing.

What would I gain? Well I would be able to change out cds without getting up and I would be much better able to enjoy my rye whiskey if I didn't have to get up and down all the time.

Blues and rye whiskey - rye whiskey and blues. Ya can't enjoy one without the other and so why let one interfere with the other if the one's demands are imaginary?

i think the primary concern here is the interface with the computer. depending on the sound card and other internals, you could be dealing with lots of interference being generated from the computer itself. afaik, the defacto best option for this scenario is an external usb sound card. IC's arent going to matter much if your pc is mucking up the signal.