@geoffkait yes, he was more right than wrong, but I'm happy to review any evidence I may have missed. And one look at the internal wiring of speakers and amps will unveil what economists call "revealed preferences" about wire. If anything, the vendors of kilobuck cables have done far, far more to damage the growth of the hobby with their ridiculous prices and "emperors new clothes" exclusivity.
All the old issues of Stereo Review are online!!
And available here:
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/HiFI-Stereo-Review.htm
The infamous Clark amplifier test is January, 1987, if anyone wants to re-live that. I remember reading that when it came out (I was just out of college, but, having worked at an audio shop when I was 14, was already well into the hobby). That was when I began to be aware of how I might be suckered by appearances.
Lots of things to love or hate, but oh, the advertisements!
The infamous Clark amplifier test is January, 1987, if anyone wants to re-live that. I remember reading that when it came out (I was just out of college, but, having worked at an audio shop when I was 14, was already well into the hobby). That was when I began to be aware of how I might be suckered by appearances.
Lots of things to love or hate, but oh, the advertisements!