# A fine discussion with Bill Low of Audioquest

**URL:** <https://forum.psaudio.com/t/a-fine-discussion-with-bill-low-of-audioquest/37960>\
**Category:** Everything Else\
**Created:** [June 28, 2024, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/a-fine-discussion-with-bill-low-of-audioquest/37960 "2024-06-28T11:26:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![akro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/akro/32/177145_2.png) [@akro](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/akro)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/a-fine-discussion-with-bill-low-of-audioquest/37960/1 "2024-06-28T11:26:50Z")

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[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/e/9/e9d269d23f7131a3d29b79f98b073fc39ddc6fa6.jpeg "Icons of Audio: Bill Low of AudioQuest") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_KURC9RlFw)

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**Author:** ![weedeewop](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/weedeewop/32/190064_2.png) [@weedeewop](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/weedeewop)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/a-fine-discussion-with-bill-low-of-audioquest/37960/2 "2024-06-28T12:04:11Z")

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An 1:54:15 I just do not have to spare. His cables speak to me in much less time, ha!

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**Author:** ![Baldy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/baldy/32/223847_2.png) [@Baldy](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Baldy)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/a-fine-discussion-with-bill-low-of-audioquest/37960/3 "2024-06-28T12:33:06Z")

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As a person with severe ADD, they simply have too many different offerings for my attention span to be able to make a choice.

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**Author:** ![SDL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@SDL](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/SDL)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/a-fine-discussion-with-bill-low-of-audioquest/37960/4 "2024-06-28T18:26:25Z")

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I listened to about half of this interview, and I found it very interesting. The following sections were especially interesting to me:

13:04 - Humans are phase-sensitive instruments  
16:00 - First-order vs fourth-order crossovers  
1:22:16 - Problems with ABX blind testing

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**Author:** ![NipperDog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/nipperdog/32/179189_2.png) [@NipperDog](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/NipperDog)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/a-fine-discussion-with-bill-low-of-audioquest/37960/5 "2024-06-28T20:08:00Z")

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I took a tour of the AudioQuest facility in Irvine last year with my audio club. Bill Low took over for part of the tour and he came off as a really down to earth guy that was very eager to answer all of our audio questions - not just the ones about his company.

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**Author:** ![RonP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/ronp/32/213555_2.png) [@RonP](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/RonP)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/a-fine-discussion-with-bill-low-of-audioquest/37960/6 "2024-06-29T22:13:26Z")

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I was curious about Bill Low so I watched the interview last night.  
I kinda liked Bill. His technical comments on cable construction were interesting but not revelatory. His cables are not my favorites.  
And Ken Micallef spent a lot of time reading his notes and ignoring Bill while he was speaking. KM seemed unprepared.

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**Author:** ![akro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/akro/32/177145_2.png) [@akro](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/akro)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/a-fine-discussion-with-bill-low-of-audioquest/37960/7 "2024-06-30T00:01:45Z")

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agreed re KM

Bill Low spent most of his comments not on cables but on philosophies of hifi

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**Author:** ![rajugsw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/rajugsw/32/16086_2.png) [@rajugsw](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/rajugsw)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/a-fine-discussion-with-bill-low-of-audioquest/37960/8 "2024-06-30T04:15:01Z")

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Old Guys doing these interviews on YouTube and not chopping them up into 20min. chunks. I started watching it but lost interest real quick.

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**Author:** ![carbonF1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/carbonf1/32/258233_2.png) [@carbonF1](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/carbonF1)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/a-fine-discussion-with-bill-low-of-audioquest/37960/9 "2024-06-30T18:24:51Z")

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Does Bill talk about the philosophy of his Ferrari in the video? 🤑
