From OP:
“if two wires measure the same, in a stable acoustic environment, they must sound the same.”
I do not have an answer to OP’s specific question about which specific “learned people” in the field may have opinions about interconnects and wires.
I would like to broaden the discussion a bit to include some additional thoughts about measurements, tests and the equipment and persons that determine whether or not differences are heard.
OP does not specify what is being measured, how it is measured, what tools are used to capture the measurement or what the conditions for the test are. We have precious little to go on for a discussion.
Assume the stated stable acoustic environment and several devices under test. We need calibrated test equipment. Both electronic and human. Obtaining calibrated test electronics and software is relatively simple. Choose a test microphone and associated acoustic test software and interface. Calibrating a human to be a test instrument comes with many unknowns and variables.
Perhaps a possible test of human hearing acuity and accuracy vs electronic test equipment would be in order. Play back whatever test signals and program material desired. Have the listener evaluate and note their impressions. Capture measurements with the test equipment at the same time. Alter the test signals and program material in a known way. Repeat the playback and capture measurements and the human impressions of the test signals and program material. Continue this for many variations of the test signals and program material. Alterations in the signals can be anything, overall level, frequency response, distortions, latency changes between different frequency bands, pick your alteration and test it.
This testing regimen will allow easy evaluation of both the electronic test equipments accuracy and a humans ability to evaluate changes.
It would be interesting to see what if any differences there are between the electronic tests and a humans impression of the test signals and program material original test and the altered signal tests.
Once we have a very good understanding of how electronic test equipment and human evaluations of tests correlate only then should we move on to actually testing those different wires and interconnects.
“if two wires measure the same, in a stable acoustic environment, they must sound the same.”
I do not have an answer to OP’s specific question about which specific “learned people” in the field may have opinions about interconnects and wires.
I would like to broaden the discussion a bit to include some additional thoughts about measurements, tests and the equipment and persons that determine whether or not differences are heard.
OP does not specify what is being measured, how it is measured, what tools are used to capture the measurement or what the conditions for the test are. We have precious little to go on for a discussion.
Assume the stated stable acoustic environment and several devices under test. We need calibrated test equipment. Both electronic and human. Obtaining calibrated test electronics and software is relatively simple. Choose a test microphone and associated acoustic test software and interface. Calibrating a human to be a test instrument comes with many unknowns and variables.
Perhaps a possible test of human hearing acuity and accuracy vs electronic test equipment would be in order. Play back whatever test signals and program material desired. Have the listener evaluate and note their impressions. Capture measurements with the test equipment at the same time. Alter the test signals and program material in a known way. Repeat the playback and capture measurements and the human impressions of the test signals and program material. Continue this for many variations of the test signals and program material. Alterations in the signals can be anything, overall level, frequency response, distortions, latency changes between different frequency bands, pick your alteration and test it.
This testing regimen will allow easy evaluation of both the electronic test equipments accuracy and a humans ability to evaluate changes.
It would be interesting to see what if any differences there are between the electronic tests and a humans impression of the test signals and program material original test and the altered signal tests.
Once we have a very good understanding of how electronic test equipment and human evaluations of tests correlate only then should we move on to actually testing those different wires and interconnects.