Tuning Collars on speaker cables - concept and any good?


Hello all,
I was wondering if someone can tell me what the effect is in the "real world" of having tuning collar on speaker cables. Are such tuning collars any good (for example Stealth Audio offers them)? Is there any downside by having them?

It would be great to hear from other fellow goners who have first hand experience with them, if possible with Stealth Audio cables.
Cheers and thank you for sharing your information
Mike
mikefi

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heaudio123
Which could be verified in about 2 minutes with an oscilloscope ...
geoffkait
Are you volunteering? Please report result ...
C’mon, Geoff, you know it doesn’t work that way. People here who say they favor measurements, double-blind listening tests, and other "scientific" studies expect others to do that work for them. They don’t seem to have any interest in actually conducting such tests themselves. (It’s likely that many wouldn’t even know where to begin.)

In a way, I don’t blame them. In particular, blind listening tests take a lot of work to organize, and the tests themselves are no fun at all - they’re time-consuming and tedious. I also suspect that many who clamor for such tests don’t really believe in them, but simply reference them as a way to engage in argument.

I’ve suggested here for years that there’s a real opportunity to conduct such tests at an audio show. None of the measurementalists have ever shown an interest and of course with the current Covid crisis, it wouldn’t be possible.