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The Science of Cables

It seems to me that there is too little scientific, objective evidence for why cables sound the way they do. When I see discussions on cables, physical attributes are discussed; things like shielding, gauge, material, geometry, etc. and rarely are things like resistance, impedance, inductance, capacitance, etc. Why is this? Why aren’t cables discussed in terms of physical measurements very often?

Seems to me like that would increase the customer base. I know several “objectivist” that won’t accept any of your claims unless you have measurements and blind tests. If there were measurements that correlated to what you hear, I think more people would be interested in cables. 

I know cables are often system dependent but there are still many generalizations that can be made.
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prof1,732 posts02-21-2019 6:39pm@douglas_shroeder

I imagine that if you would dismiss all these persons' conclusions you would say it is due to confirmation bias.

FWIW...I personally don't simply dismiss your findings as confirmation bias.

Not that I know either way how the perceived effect is occurring, but I don't dismiss it out of hand.   I'm sure it's fun to play with these things, especially if you get results, obviously.

Though I gave up playing with cables quite a while ago, I still do my own tweaking sometimes(usually with acoustics). Hey..it's a hobby!
Prof
 In a way, on this thread, you are still playing with cables. And that is okay. 'Hey it is a hobby'. Agreed.
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