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there’s the question of speaker cable and the

connections between the CD/amp. Is my little

system worth the really good stuff? I don’t

want to spend more than I can afford, yet I

want to get the best results and sound I can.

Everybody I talk to has an opinion, they’re

just all different!

Arlan Sanford

SANTA FE, NM

Of course we have an opinion too,

Arlan, and one more opinion on top of

the ones you’ve already heard is pos-

sibly not what you hoped for. Still, if we

explain why we think what we do, you’ll

be in a better position to make sense of

the other advice you’ve received.

Perhaps we can begin with a light

bulb joke that ran in our pages some

years ago:

Q: How many hi-ﬁ gurus does it take to

change a light bulb?

A: None, because there’s no point in

changing the bulb until you’ve installed the

right cables.

Sound familiar?

The truth is that all of these upgrades,

if they’re done right, will make your

system sound better, and if you can

afford them all, then do them all, no

question. If you can’t reasonably do that,

then spend the money in the order that

will give you the biggest audible differ-

ence for each upgrade.

The cheapest upgrade is not even on

your list: changing the duplex outlet in

the wall. Hardware store outlets have

been getting worse and worse with the

years because despite inﬂation their price

keeps dropping. The connection they

give you is dreadful. The reason hospi-

tals don’t have those is that a poor con-

nection can result in arcing and sparks,

and sparks are what you don’t want in a

ward where there’s oxygen ﬂowing. You

also don’t want a dodgy connection on a

piece of medical gear that cost a couple

of million bucks. We suggest you settle

for nothing less.

With that done, let’s have a look at

what a better power cable can do for you.

The upscale connectors on a good cord

will, like the better outlet, give you a

tighter connection with less noise gener-

ated by the connection itself, and with

less loss of voltage too. What’s more,

a power cable that’s any good will be

shielded. That prevents it from picking

hi fi fo fum

The Goods

Are

Odd,

But

The

Odds

Are

Good

!

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