The physics professor was wrong. I am a scientist as well. If I understood everything that I reliably observed to have occured, I'd never learn anything new.
By definition you do not know the mechanisms/explanations behind every solid observation. It may just be 0's and 1's but different digital rigs, CD players, DAC's sound differently on the same source material.
One problem that scientsit have is if their modesl or measurements don't explain it, they don't believe it. I posit that we do not measure important aspects of sound reproduction that our brains can differentiate. Just recently I sat and listened to speakers with Jim Salk. He made the point that he had speaker protoypes that measured esactly the same yet did not sound the same.
yes, there is snake oil and exaggeration where cableing is concerend. However, the key is to sort out the real dela from the BS.
By the way what are the recommendations for firewire cabling? I am going to need to get some for my new server/dac set-up.
