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Originally Posted by taustin
While it's true that most people can't tell the difference betwen a CD, MP3 and LP (including most audio engineers, as it turns out), most people think they can. If you play an LP in front of someone, then play the same song in an MP3 player, they'll tell you the LP sounds so much better. If you play the MP3 while appearing to play the LP, then play the LP while appearing to play the MP3, they'll tell you what they think is the LP sounds better. And they'll mean it.
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Most people can't hear 18KHz let alone 22KHz (the theoretical top limit on regular CD's due to sampling) so they don't
miss the lack of overtones. OTOH CD's have better dynamic levels over vinyl discs (no grove deformation).
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[2] Audiophiles are the same. People spend hundreds, even thousands of dollars on speaker wire, in the belief that it will sounds better. Bose, a major player in the manufacture of speakers, recommends you go to your local hardware store and buy lamp cord. In double blind tests, audio engineers (and reps from the manufacturers of expensive speaker wire) can't tell the difference between the most expensive speaker wire made and wire coat hangers.
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Resistance and Characteristic impedance count
most.
Amplifiers (damping factor) driving the wire+Speakers also can have an audible effect. Getting the wrong
combinations will be noticeable
(See how easy it is to start a
Holy War 
)
BTW I use 14Ga Low Voltage Lighting Cable