Off Topic Diffrenent brands of cables and sound?

[sickindian]

Hi
Im patchin up my rig with mogami cables and i have bben wondering what will happen if it change cables to other brand?

 

[Jimmyb]

Some people swear that changing cables makes a huge difference, others don't.

Try it and see what your ears tell you.

 

[MrMusashi]

on a passive circuit guitar the capacitance of the cable can make a difference. on active gear i cant hear too much difference.
i suggest you give it a try, bring out those old cables and switch over. be sure to record your performance, then switch over to the new cables.. repeat procedure.
then a/b test using this tool:
ABC/HR Audio Comparison Utility

MrM

 

[catdaddy]

Here's a Guitar Player article where they tested a bunch of cables. Click on the "Images" on the right side to the the charts comparing them

49 Guitar Cables at All Price Points

 

[megaroel]

i know that the cheaper the cable the noisier. ive use spectraflex for years the best in my opinon. i havent really tryed eb cables just yet

 

[DaPatrooch]

In the newest issue of Guitar World magazine, there's a whole article about different cables and then there's a list of a bunch of popular cable brands and how they differ from another. It's pretty interesting.

 

[sickindian]

So mixing different brands can be fatal in results?

 

[DaPatrooch]

So mixing different brands can be fatal in results?

Not at all

The differences between cables as far as sound isn't going to be drastically different from other brands. Mixing different cable brands won't harm anything.

 

[Dante]

but i do hope they make a difference. i spent 100 euros on 2 cables last time

but seriously, even if it's just durability, i think the spectra will outlast most cheap cables many times.

 

[luke2joey]

Hi,

Cables do make a difference, esp. with passive pu's, as Mr. Musashi also stated.
I am using George L's now, after many years of struggle....You can use these cables with the George L's jacks, but I did not like them. So, I am soldering to Neutrik jacks (of course, I would almost say: Neutrik rules).
Very open, dynamic cable. Best cable for passive systems, but that is just my 2 cents...
Try some differend brands and let your ears decide.

Good luck.

 

[candid_x]

The difference was dramatic when I switched to Mogami Gold.

 

[Larry]

I starting making my own cables and never looked back. Too much marketing garbage with cables in my opinion.

 

[johanguitarist]

I have had too much problems with George L's so i am going to wire it up with either Klotz La Grange or Mogami with Neutriks. What is the difference in gold or standard connectors? Is it worth the price-difference?

 

[johanguitarist]

Oh also, what is the best way to test a cable with a multimeter?

 

[Astrofreq]

I have George L's, but they seem to be more aggravating than anything else.

 

[bkrumme]

I get all of my cables here:

Guitar Cable

I can hear no noticeable difference between these cables and Mogami Gold. Bonus: they're cheaper. I use the High Definition Oxygen Free cables.

 

[sickindian]

Im using MOGAMI 2524 with neutrik connectors.
I must say that this cable is beter quality than normal guiar cable, copper is thicker and even looks better than typical cheap cable.

Why I started this post?
Simply i was stuck in a point where i had not enough MOGAMI cable left and wanted to use other cable i.e.Klotz (just because i need to order MOGAMI from Australia) but I was affraid that there might be big differences.

Im running everything through Switchblade GL.

 

[candid_x]

I have had too much problems with George L's so i am going to wire it up with either Klotz La Grange or Mogami with Neutriks. What is the difference in gold or standard connectors? Is it worth the price-difference?

Don't know, never tried standard Mogami or Neutriks.

Another point about the Mogami. I've been using mine for about 5 years, and they're all like brand new. I'm surprised by this because the cable is more limber than any cable I'd had before, so I thought that they wouldn't stand up to being walked on, amps set down on, being yanked out of the guitar jack from stepping on the cord, rolled up and out hundreds of times without either a break in the line, kinks or scrapes in the cable's skin, etc. But so far, they are still like new, except for some scuffing of the gold plating on the jacks.

 

[sickindian]

I've read that the difference between gold and nickel connectors is hardly noticeable if it was we would probably have had gold inputs in our EB's

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

As I have always said, pay more than £20 for a cable and you are buying snake oil. You won't hear the difference (if it exists) over a noisy drummer anyway!