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Spades, Bananas, Bare Wire, Solder, and Contact Force

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Which is better - Spade lugs, banana plugs, or bare wire for speaker connections? Read more
 

Why Speaker Cables Are More Than You Think They Are

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This Thursday we have the second in Roger Skoff's thought provoking articles about cable and audio. Two words - damping factor... Read more
 

Why Better Cables?

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Welcome to the first installment of Audiophile Review's new irregular thursday column "Industry Voices" where we'll host articles by high end insiders about audio. Roger Skoff leads off with a mind-blowing piece on cable... Read more
 

Do Cables Have an Expiration Date?

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Can a cable's performance degrade over time? Audiophile Review asked Bill Low from AudioQuest, Ray Kimber from Kimber Cable, Karen Sumner from Transparent Audio, and David Salz from WireWorld. Read more
 

Vexing Terminations

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What is the purpose of a speaker wire terminations? Basically a termination should prevent oxidation of the bare cable wire at the termination point while providing a good connection to the amplifier on one end and the speakers on the other. That's it. Read more
 

Getting Shun-Mooked

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There are some weird things that happen in the world of tweaking. Some seem nonsensical and they are. Others seem nonsensical and they work. This is one of those times where it works. Read more
 

Cheap Spring Cleaning Tweaks

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It's easy get carried away with tweaking. Especially when the spring cleaning bug hits and you feel the need to do something. Here are a few tips that will satisfy that urge without forcing a second mortgage. Read more
 

Crystal Cable Piccolo - The Skinny Solution...

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With all the components that seems to be standard in a modern system, there can be a lot of cables plugging into the back of the aforementioned components. Things can get crowded. So now Crystal Cable offers a solution to that. Read more
 

Cheap, Cheaper, and Cheapest

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Even in the simplest of equipment or equipment accessories, even at the lowest possible price points, there will be products that are good and bad. Look no further than here for proof of that. Read more
 

Interview with Karen Sumner of Transparent Audio

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Jerry Del Colliano, publisher of Home Theater Review, Audiophile Review's parent site, sat down with Karen Sumner, the head of Transparent Audio, for a conversation about the company and its philosophies towards audiophilia. Read more
 
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