scientific double blinded cable test

Can somebody point to a scientific double blinded cable test?

nugat03-09-2018 7:28am

roberjerman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,319 posts 03-09-2018 at 12:20pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Gee, this is a real head-scratcher! I too am curious about this! Anybody from the Boston Audio Society know about such a test? The only test I can remember was the one done by Peter Aczel in 1978 comparing Levinson Silver cable against zip cord. No difference found! Yet there is sure a lot of anecdotal reports from the "golden ear" crowd! These certainly cannot qualify as methodical and unbiased!
roberjerman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,319 posts 03-09-2018 at 02:53pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Too many variables: source - preamp - amp - speakers! Even in the simplest setup, say, Oppo - Quad amp - Quad ESL's the need for an IC introduces a variable (of unknown quality) before the speaker cable testing can begin! We need to know what effect the IC (variable A) has before we can test the speaker cable (variable B).
roberjerman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,319 posts 03-09-2018 at 02:56pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Heisingberg's Uncertainty Principle at work here on the Macro level!