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Cable auditions - Hard Work?

Does anyone find it to be "hard work" to audition cables? I find that I have to be 'fresh' before I can begin to listen to cables. After I begin, I can only listen, with the intensity needed, for a period of about an hour.

As I do A/B comparisons, it sometimes seems, my impressions change as I listen. Sometimes the differences are so small or subtle, that I question if I'm hearing a difference at all. Have I lost it?

How do you folks do your cable auditions? I'd really like to know.

Thanks
paul
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lateguestsnomore
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Yuri,
You are fighting windmills.
Some time ago, John Atkinson (an expert for audio and any other matter) said that, if only a few people can hear a difference, then there is a difference. Thus, if 5% of the population think there is a difference (and 95% do not), then there is a difference!!!
I guess that sums it up about the science and audio (and Stereophile for that matter).
Our systems produce illusions.
We should not argue about whose illusion is more realistic...
Best regards to everybody,
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