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It was not my equipment. He brought over his NAD 370 integrated amp....and a CD player(I forget the brand/model), he brought two sets of interconnects, and his own set of speaker wire. We hooked them up to the Ascends.

I do not know the brands of the interconnects.....but he ordered both sets from a shop in the UK. He is getting a set of Van Den Hul interconnects from the same place, and I am going to listen to them as well.

Curtis what would immediately come to my mind is that he turned the sound off or at least down instead of just pulling off the cable. When the new cable was plugged in the volume wasn't restored to precisely the same level. One of the key requirements in a double blind test is that volume levels be matched to within 0.1dB. Even a small volume increase not clearly apparent as such leads to conclusions that the higher volume is clearer and better in general.

OK....I knew this would happen....I'm just telling you all what I heard. You can speculate all you want.....just like I can. It was not so subtle that I really had to critically listen. It didn't sound "louder".

I walked out of the room....music stopped.....music started...I walked back in and heard a difference and asked questions.

The cables that he had were:
Qed "Qunex 2"
Black Rhodium "Rythm"

-curtis

Get the cheapest shiite you can, plug 'em in and you'll never know the difference (if there is any).

Hey Custis;

I've tried a couple of interconnects and the Vanderhul D102 MK3 Hybrids gave me the best sound of the lot with my setup. Thats what I use throughout. Kimber 4TC for speaker wires.

Saturn,

Thanks! Now I know how to spell Vanderhul!!

-curtis

Nope...it's actually "Van den Hul"

Here's their site: http://www.vandenhul.com/

OK...NOW I know how to spell it.

They're by no means inexpensive. $100+/pair

I'm not sure what model my buddy is getting...but he told me it was about $45/pr.