Hello,
I think it boils down to how resolving your system is. If you are using a $300 surround sound receiver pushing $10 speakers I doubt you will hear the difference. On the other hand if you had a six figure system I am sure you would hear the difference if your hearing is good enough. Not everyone who is an audiophile can hear subtle differences in music or cables. Sometimes I wish I could turn on and off that level of that sense. Another thought is some people putting equipment and cables on scanning equipment and eureka they have the perfect speaker or the perfect cable. Not! We know that their are some things science cannot explain. PS Audio tried to design a good sounding speaker and a phono preamp on a computer. It did not completely work. Bottom line is there are some systems that you can tell when a cable is reversed or when one power cable sounds good and another doesn’t- to you. Remember, it doesn’t sound good to you but someone else may really enjoy the sounds it produces. That’s why we have so many different companies who produce all of this stuff we love to listen to.
I think it boils down to how resolving your system is. If you are using a $300 surround sound receiver pushing $10 speakers I doubt you will hear the difference. On the other hand if you had a six figure system I am sure you would hear the difference if your hearing is good enough. Not everyone who is an audiophile can hear subtle differences in music or cables. Sometimes I wish I could turn on and off that level of that sense. Another thought is some people putting equipment and cables on scanning equipment and eureka they have the perfect speaker or the perfect cable. Not! We know that their are some things science cannot explain. PS Audio tried to design a good sounding speaker and a phono preamp on a computer. It did not completely work. Bottom line is there are some systems that you can tell when a cable is reversed or when one power cable sounds good and another doesn’t- to you. Remember, it doesn’t sound good to you but someone else may really enjoy the sounds it produces. That’s why we have so many different companies who produce all of this stuff we love to listen to.