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Originally Posted by vanblah
I, too, worked in pro-audio sales for a couple of years. I've been a professional musician for more than that.
I've had some Hosa 1/4" insert (TRS 1/4" Y) cables for about 10 years now and they haven't broken yet. I can't hear the difference between them and anything else.
I spent the extra money on some 10' 1/4" patch cables from Monster one of which died in a month. My Hosa patch cables are still working just fine; some of them are from the mid-90s. I've also got some boutique (small local company--out of business) cables that work fine, too.
When it comes to an ANALOG signal it's very unlikely that anyone is going to be able to actually HEAR the difference on normal home-quality equipment. DIGITAL signals may be a different story.
Don't believe the hype ... believe your ears.
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Can't say I agree with you there on the digital vs. analog. There is a MUCH greater discrepancy between analog signals/interconnects than with digital. Unless of course you and I have very different definitions of "normal" home audio equipment. I've done about a million A/B comparisons through my digital coax connections with VERY minimal difference between properly constructed cables, whereas the forwardness of the midrange, soundstaging, imaging, etc, all varied dramatically with the analog inputs. Enough so that I could work around the strengths and weaknesses of an amp by changing just how I wound my interconnects without even changing the materials.