Hype, Hyperbole and high price!


Okay, I understand that this site has to make money by having advertisers, but cheese and crackers, the claims that are made are just laughable if not down right criminal!  Before I attended an engineering university I too was duped into buying expensive wires and such.  Now, armed with an engineering and physics background, I can see through the BS claims made.  I try and not let it get in the way of my enjoyment of good quality stereo equipment, but when a salesman tries to sell me something based on testimonials, hype and hyperbole, I tell him politely my background and then ask him a series of questions which leaves him dumbfounded. 

Such crap as directional wires - (I used to work for both Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman) and trust me, if we had to test the miles of wires for directionality in every piece of equipment built...well you get the gist.

I have friends that are audio snobs and although they argue with me (Basically buyer's remorse) they know that what I say is true and end the conversation.  Oh well, I suppose I will continue to get a headache when I read said claims.

Sigh!
kenny928

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I avoid the literature and just listen and that is what sold me more than any white sheet or advert."

That Kenny... sums it up nicely. Let your own ears be the judge.   

"I have to agree with you that for some... strange reason... Nordost cables makes my tube system sing!"

Kenny928... I do not believe all wire sounds the same, as many others here also believe. If you like what the Nordost cables do for your system,then that my friend, makes you a believer in the wire matters crowd. The 'strange reason' you like Nordost is the engineering behind them,not voodoo.
How ones mind in conjunction with the human condition by use of five flawed senses using electrical impulses to engage an end point to a perception of our own realities is something that goes way beyond just math and science. We are all unique in how we come to any conscience conclusion in this life using our limited use of sensory perception. In other words,what floats your boat does not necessarily float mine because of how we perceive the things around us.  

This or that sounds better or worse for me than you because of what the mind equates with pleasure,musical or otherwise ...sort of like how dopamine in the brain engages the pleasure centers from within.How the human mind hears music through the sense of hearing is truly unique to each individual.

Music is a spiritual condition...something science will never be able to measure with less than perfect human hands.