new cables for my stereo

I made some interconnects and speaker cables from high quality but affordable stuff. Good quality microphone cable and good ends for interconnects and industrial 4 conductor 10awg cable with fine stranded copper for speaker cable. I put spade and pin connectors on the speaker cable.

Even though bi-wiring doesnt make any difference - at least to me in theory shouldnt. I did it because so many were telling me to try it.

Not sure whats changed but basically everything sounds 'bigger'. Just sounds like all the walls in the room got pushed back like 10 feet. I was shocked actually. I was sure I should get no change in sound. I mean wire is wire right... or at least to a point.

Update***
In the past couple months, after doing some cable testing and blind listening tests involving swapping of cabling, I can pretty much say that I had a very hard time telling anything apart. After wondering, why I initially heard huge differences, I did some research and came up with a really good article from a famous speaker manufacturer.

...check out something called "cable Nonsense" which should come up if you google it. Its by Dunlavy Audio. Very interesting read. Also a great video called "audio myths workshop"

Basically ends up that most audible differences in cabling and such are in the mind because one expects to hear a difference and therefore does. Blind listening is the only way to tell if there is a difference or even better, a good ABX test. As long as the cabling is good enough to meet certain criteria, then audible differences should be pretty much nil. Well at least I didnt spend a lot doing the cables :)

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[slacquin]

I enjoy dressing up Barbie to look like G.I. JOE. I see this as the same thing.( kidding.)

[svtcontour]

@slacquin I have no idea what this means but ok :)

[Sirflatch]

It's even better than Mono-blocking!!!!

[Sirflatch]

Oh, by the way, I still say U've got 2 get another amp just like the 1 U have, so that U can Vertically Biamp!!! If U think your system sounds good now, if U do this PREPARE 2 BE FLOORED !!!!!! I know, I've shown my friends, and they all have changed there systems!!!

[Sirflatch]

@svtcontour Cool Sounds Good, Like your system !!! LOL :o)

[svtcontour]

@Sirflatch Hmm this is true. Maybe the Sunday might work. I will definitely look into and message you :)

[Sirflatch]

@svtcontour Sept.30th thru Oct. 2nd Fri. Sat. Sun. C'mon U can make it @ least 1 of those days!!!

[svtcontour]

@Sirflatch Hmmm well I'll have to see, is it ok the weekend or weekday. I guess I can look it up. If its the weekday, I'm totally out due to work :( Also thanks about the Yamaha :) I did try a Yamaha long ago and it was nice too. Some natural sound preamp or something like that. In the end I stuck with this preamp. The one I thought was second for me was the NAD believe it or not. The Bryston was the worst of the bunch that I tried. I think maybe there was an impedence match prob (maybe)

[Sirflatch]

@svtcontour Awwwe C'mon man make the time!!! It will be running for 3 days!!! :o) I have a very nice Yamaha C65 that U can have if U want 2 try it out, very natural sounding!!

[svtcontour]

@Sirflatch Thanks dude I definitely agree about the preamp, however so far out of the ones I've tried in my price range (new or used), this old Soundcraftsmen has been the most natural sounding. I've tried an older Bryston, Rotel, NAD and Perreaux. So far this one is the keeper :) I will see about the CES but I cant promise anything due to lack of time.