The Contour System – Directional Wiring of Audio Parts
bluemoodriver No amount of wire fiddling is going to clean that dull and noisy vinyl ...Agreed. If an LP sounds "dull and noisy" then something else is amiss, e.g. dirty disc, bad or worn pressing, worn stylus, improper setup ... |
mijostyn The lay audiophile does not have access to this kind of equipment thus is flying blind. It is easy enough to build AB switch boxes. I'm surprised nobody sells them.They are available from multiple vendors. Van Alstine's has been one of the more popular - it's probably still available even though it doesn't seem to be on its website now. It's not just a switchbox, but a true a/b/x comparator. The Manley SkipJack can also be used. WireWorld makes its own box solely for the purpose of evaluating cables. I've long that it odd that the measurementalists who claim cables can't make a difference don't seem to avail themselves of some of these tools. |
clearthinker Differences in SQ can only be confidently distinguished by properly run blind testing.Blind testing certainly has its place in audio - although not so much for the typical audiophile - but this statement is completely false. Those who insist on blind testing usually cite "placebo effect" or "expectation bias" as justification for their rather odd belief system. Those are very real mechanisms, no doubt, but they are not absolute. Placebo effect will not cure cancer. No blind testing is required to distinguish between extreme examples of audio components, nor is it always required to detect one that is malfunctioning. If you are not testing blind, your results are personal and subjective and therefore not useful.You’d be better off speaking for yourself rather than for others. You may well indeed require blind testing to know how something sounds, but that’s not a universal trait. So, @clearthinker, please tell us about your blind tests. How were they conducted, how many test subjects, what were the results? |
