Roboturner91
Super Member
And my goodness, what a difference it makes!
I am not a big believer in expensive cables at all; my speaker cables are made from orange outdoor extension cord and my interconnects are Radio Shack brand things that I got on clearance.
So I wasn't expecting anything to change when I did this; but hey, it costs nothing to try (I already had an extra cable hanging out) and only takes 2 minutes to swap in. But wow! I can actually hear a distinct cymbal crash, instead of a random-sounding sizzly mess. Mids seem cleaner too - if you had asked me before I would've said there's no noise or interference going on here, but doing the best A-B comparison I can there's a marked difference.
I thought my speakers needed a recap, but my guess is that replacing those jumpers makes a bigger difference than a recap job ever would.
If you have a CA/CR with those original jumpers plugged in, you need to try this out. I'm not saying to go buy some expensive jumper cables, just grab any cheap cable you have laying around.
I am not a big believer in expensive cables at all; my speaker cables are made from orange outdoor extension cord and my interconnects are Radio Shack brand things that I got on clearance.
So I wasn't expecting anything to change when I did this; but hey, it costs nothing to try (I already had an extra cable hanging out) and only takes 2 minutes to swap in. But wow! I can actually hear a distinct cymbal crash, instead of a random-sounding sizzly mess. Mids seem cleaner too - if you had asked me before I would've said there's no noise or interference going on here, but doing the best A-B comparison I can there's a marked difference.
I thought my speakers needed a recap, but my guess is that replacing those jumpers makes a bigger difference than a recap job ever would.
If you have a CA/CR with those original jumpers plugged in, you need to try this out. I'm not saying to go buy some expensive jumper cables, just grab any cheap cable you have laying around.