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Should Cars Have High End Audio Cables?

For years it has been well understood in homesystems. Two typical sources of noise in
audio that cables can have a tremendouscables are Electro-Magnetic Interference
impact on a sound system, both good and bad.(EMI) and Radio Frequency Interference (RFI).
Choose the right cables and you can expect aIn vehicles, the entire chassis is
system to come to life. Choose poorlyfrequently used as the ground return path.
designed cables, and you may forever beThis allows noise from car components such as
wondering why you can't get your system tothe alternator to be inducted into the audio
come  to  life.cables via EMI. In terms of RFI, unless
proper shielding is used, the longer cables
Car audio however, has been a differentin cars will act as antennas and pull in more
story. While many companies still offernoise. A third source of noise in a vehicle
coaxial interconnect cables, most have comeis vibration. This is of course far worse in
to realize that the basic twisted pair designa vehicle than in a home system. Pear Cable
offers far better noise rejection in ais the first company to bring out a car audio
vehicle. And then… Nothing.cable that virtually eliminates the noise
That's it. Innovation seems to have hit acaused by cable vibration. The
brick wall at the shielded twisted pairTRIBODeadÃ" technology present in the
interconnect in car audio. This begs theComice Silver Interconnect is an electrically
question; Should Cars Have High End Audioconductive plastic layer that prevents static
Cables?electrical charges, caused by vibration, from
building  up  in  the  cable.
To begin with, let's briefly go back to home
audio. After many years of fighting an- Is Quality Sound Just for Home Audio or
uphill battle, the idea that cables make adoes  it  have  a  Place  in  Car  Audio Too?
difference has become a mainstream ideology
amongst audiophiles. But it isn't justSome people feel that a car audio sound
audiophiles who can hear the difference. Insystem will never be as good as a home audio
fact, in our own testing, the differences cansystem, and therefore high fidelity cables
be heard by just about anybody, even on veryare a waste of money in a car. This is a
modest audio systems. It just takes afaulty conclusion. The experience of
willingness to discard any preconceivedlistening to music in your vehicle while
notions  and  actually  listen to some music.driving down the highway is unique and cannot
be replicated in the home audio environment.
So, if cables make a difference in homeThe bottom line here is that many people
audio, is there a reason why it shouldn'tspend more time listening to their car audio
matter in car audio? The quick answer is no.system than their home system, and they want
The following outlines some of the reasonsit to be the best that it can be. The
why cables matter just as much, if not more,characteristics of bad audio cables
in  car  audio.(listening fatigue, poor realism, overly
bright treble, or general noise) will all
- Cable Length - Longer Cables Generally Dostill be audible in a car audio system. Just
More  Sonic  Damagelike home audio, the wrong cables in your
vehicle  will  kill the listening experience.
Many people are under the impression that car
audio uses shorter cables than home audio,At the end of the day, many people want
and therefore does not need to bother withquality sound in their vehicles. If you are
high fidelity cables. This is completelyinstalling an aftermarket system in your
incorrect. While the typical interconnectvehicle and you care about sound quality, you
length in a home audio system is about 1need to care about cables. If you are only
meter, vehicles will frequently use 5 or 6interested in having the loudest car, without
meter interconnects to put amplifiers in theregards to accuracy, then high fidelity audio
trunk. In terms of speaker cables, car audiocables probably aren't for you. Otherwise,
almost always uses cables longer than the 6-8it simply doesn't make sense to shell out
feet  used  in  most  home  audio  setups.good money on amplifiers and speakers, only
to hook it all up with mediocre wire. Car
- Environment - Cables Are Affected By Theiraudio enthusiasts are every bit as serious as
Environmenthome audio enthusiasts, and now there is
finally a cable company that is serious about
Vehicles represent a far more challengingserving their needs.
environment for cables than home audio



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