Hard to find quality cables these days....

[moltenmetalburn]

I love my Colossal cables. they sound f'n great are pretty tough and are reasonably priced.

here is my review:
viewtopic.php?f=52&t=57513

I do see how you could have spent thousands on cables, I would have spent about $1800 to get the full complement of Van Den Hul cable I was originally looking at.

As for those who think cables have little or no effect are wrong. (though the correct test conditions must apply.)

Study up on the effects of capacitance on the resonant peak of your passive guitar pickups and you'll find that added cable capacitance can entirely change the resonant peak of your pickup, therefore entirely changing the sound.

This only applies to the high impedance direct connection from guitar to amp, if you have active pickups or a buffer in your chain after the guitar, even your bypassed tuner, then the difference will not be heard, your low impedance buffered signal will not suffer the same effect.

A really good example of this is the Duncan pickup booster. That pedal adds capacitance to the signal changing the resonant peak of a single coil to a lower peak like a humbucker. extremely simple pedal with a profound effect on the tone that perfectly illustrates the effect.

for better or for worse is your call, tone is subjective.

This post is annoying. I thought I was set with all Evidence and now I'm checking out Collosal thinking I'm missing something. Tell me I'm not.

most likely you are not missing anything you are already using low capacitance "upgrade" cable. if you were using store bought no name you would be suffering. My post/review was written from the perspective that I was upgrading from Monster cables.

The Colossal may sound different than your Evidence but If your happy with the evidence then you're all set Id say.

 

[moltenmetalburn]

Yeah this whole thread is annoying to me. I'll never be good enough nor have nice enough gear to give a shit about tonal differences in a cable.
I can tell the difference from a $2 cable to a... say $50 but beyond that, there is no way MY ears could tell a difference. Let alone from 12ft to 5ft.

Honestly I would beg to differ, given the right test circumstances I am sure you would be able to hear the difference.

As for being good enough I don't see why that matters, you either are 100% satisfied with your sound or not. if you are jam on no matter the cable!

if you just don't care either way, feel lucky this shit drives me to obsession sometimes!

 

[headlessdeadguy]

Yeah this whole thread is annoying to me. I'll never be good enough nor have nice enough gear to give a shit about tonal differences in a cable.
I can tell the difference from a $2 cable to a... say $50 but beyond that, there is no way MY ears could tell a difference. Let alone from 12ft to 5ft.

Honestly I would beg to differ, given the right test circumstances I am sure you would be able to hear the difference.

As for being good enough I don't see why that matters, you either are 100% satisfied with your sound or not. if you are jam on no matter the cable!

if you just don't care either way, feel lucky this shit drives me to obsession sometimes!

My guitars,pups,strings(newish ones preferred),amps,cabs,speakers all matter to me and I must have decent cables but I guess I never thought that a $200+ cable was justifiable.

 

[moltenmetalburn]

Yeah this whole thread is annoying to me. I'll never be good enough nor have nice enough gear to give a shit about tonal differences in a cable.
I can tell the difference from a $2 cable to a... say $50 but beyond that, there is no way MY ears could tell a difference. Let alone from 12ft to 5ft.

Honestly I would beg to differ, given the right test circumstances I am sure you would be able to hear the difference.

As for being good enough I don't see why that matters, you either are 100% satisfied with your sound or not. if you are jam on no matter the cable!

if you just don't care either way, feel lucky this shit drives me to obsession sometimes!

My guitars,pups,strings(newish ones preferred),amps,cabs,speakers all matter to me and I must have decent cables but I guess I never thought that a $200+ cable was justifiable.

I have to agree which Is why I procrastinated for so long...then I found Colossal, win/win in my book as they are only a little more expensive than monster. Man If I had bought those Van Den Hul's Id be pretty sad right now.

on a side note I actually stumbled across a website a while back that had a contest for most lucrative small business. and Lava cable was one of the entries with millions in profits for the given year! Something tells me his 200+ dollar cables don't cost him anywhere near that much and his profit margin is just HUGE. I haven't found Van Den Hul cable anywhere else but the source.

 

[dfarr]

Check out the website http://www.lavacable.com. The site is very informative on many different brands and has excellent cable comparison and rating information. I have used several different high end cables before finding the one I liked the best, which is Vovox. Its ability to receive and pass on to your amp your original guitar tone, without altering it, is amazing! It is also the most flexible, durable, and noise free cable I have found. Mark, who is the owner of Lavacable is always glad to help and advise you on any cable questions you may have.