Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers?

@soix I felt I was being very nice to you the first time in response, but I must say now, you just have to stop letting your dogma curtail conversation between two other individuals. My question was to Ralph and not to you, over an issue he was perfectly capable of answering directly. If there was rudeness and bullying, and any forthcoming apology, it was and would be entirely from you. I am just so glad no one else chose to join you in this silly endeavour to police your sacred cow.

It would not be for me to say you don’t deserve friendship, but you will not receive any more responses from me to that obvious chip on your shoulder. Better still, perhaps you should be seeing someone about your problem.

kevin

Ralph is one of the few manufacturers who will get on Agon and answer questions of all sorts, and sometimes that puts him at odds with some folks. I do not own any of his gear currently, but I highly respect his views and insights and appreciate his input.....and I'll definitely be looking at his Class D amps when i add one, just because of this.....and his reputation.

Try some new cables, build a few cables, see if they work for you; if they don't then at least we've learned something. I am a cable believer, and to my ears they do make an audible difference....especially as my system has gotten more resolving. That's me, with my gear, and my ears......some agree, some disagree.

Maybe it's placebo, but I don't think so. Plus I am LOVING building DIY cables right now, it's meditative and I end up with a product at the end. If I don't love the cable (or it's not better than what I have), I give it to a friend.

Power cables do not change sound. Anyone who says otherwise is lying or willfully ignorant. Don't drink the snake oil... it's thick in here. 

Ah, the joys of negative expectation bias. That's when you have a belief that cables (or other audio gear) do not have an effect on sound, which leads to not hearing a difference even when other skilled listeners can hear a difference. It's important to recognize that controlled listening trials (using single or double-blind testing) can control for positive expectation bias (where an expected difference can bias results), but even blinded testing cannot control for negative expectation bias. This makes it incredibly important not to underestimate the power of expecting "no difference" when comparing audio equipment. But I definitely don't think people with negative expectation bias are lying or ignorant.