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Okay I know this is a taboo topic but its an interesting topic. I used to sit in the camp that was more geeker then tweaker in that I didn't believe that there were that great a difference between various cables. Maybe it was the lower quality of gear I had or just the cables I'd tried but I didn't hear a difference. Now even though I didn't hear a difference I always figured that there was a difference, its just I wasn't hearing it (I want to believe!) Okay jump forward a couple of years to the present. I was lucky enough to win a set of IXOS interconnects. These use the braided wire concept (gamma weave as IXOS calls it) and so I took the oppertunity to do some pseudo blind tests on a friends system flipping back and forth between the IXOS interconnects and his fat tributaries...well wouldn't you know it I could clearly hear a difference. The way we had it configured was to run both sets of interconnects from his DVD player (DV-09) which has two sets of analog out to his receiver and then just switch back and forth between the two inputs. We also had another fellow there that had never heard the IXOS cables before and both he and I (independantly) could easily pick one from the other and identify which we were listening to (note we couldn't see the receivers display nor did we know which cable was on which input). So with that ear openning night I decided to try IXOS speaker cables as well. I now have in my possesion enough cable to make two 12 foot runs of 11 gauge gamma weave seaker cables which will be terminated with matching IXOS banana plugs. With a bit of luck my new Magnepan MMG speakers will also be hear tonight so I should be able to spend some time this weekend trying the new IXOs cables against the old 12 gauge zip cord I am currently using. Now here's a question for you, which make the biggest difference interconnects or speaker wire?
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