make sure you use the red and green components; the blue component colors the sound, while the green acts like green markers on CDs. Red, of course goes to red...

This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Oct 15 2009, 07:34 AM

stormaker - you know I was kidding, right?

any color works fine as long as its not broken

This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Oct 15 2009, 09:41 AM

everyone else has mentioned there will be no problems using the "video" cables as audio cables.

I do however want to make the point that you will hear these sort of things in audio circles; some people like to use green markers on the edge of their CDs, Clever Little Clocks or Microphase-aligning CDs (this is after demagnetization)...

for me the general rule is this: as long as you can afford it, it sounds better to you, and you want to use it, by all means go ahead. Even if it sounds silly to other people, the ultimate aim is your enjoyment of your own system. I/People may laugh at you for using a clever little clock, or intelligent pebbles, but why should you care?

as for #3. Use of certain types of woods that seem to alter acoustics - I believe room treatment is as important as other components in a system - in order of decreasing importance (to me)

speakers
room treatments
amp = source
cables

Note that this does not include placing certain blocks of wood randomly in the room and hoping it will magically improve things but bass traps and acoustic panels are useful and more often than not, necessary.

If you want to learn more about room treatments, do a search for Barry Diament and Ethan Winer