Why high-end cable manufacturers don't post measurements?

I'd like to get your take on why high-end manufacturers don't post measurements? would you like to see how a cable measure before ....does it matter to you?

scar97208-05-2020 2:25pm

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twoleftears Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,320 posts 08-18-2020 at 05:39pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete It's more because certain individuals post all over the place shilling one brand, and one brand only, rather than keeping an open mind on a number of highly recommendable manufacturers.
twoleftears Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,320 posts 08-05-2020 at 05:18pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete It would be helpful. Some cables' measurements fall outside the normal parameters, and can cause oscillation with some equipment. That could be avoided, for starters. I presume because they don't want to start some specmanship war, or to avoid people buying according to what they think are the optimal measurements for the big three (capacitance, resistance, inductance). Probably because some very costly cables are very poorly engineered. Probably because some cables measure very strangely, and the companies don't want/know how to explain why they perform well. Etc., etc.
twoleftears Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,320 posts 08-09-2020 at 05:50pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @glupson 00 welder's cable is much more flexible than battery cable, but it's still tough to poke the ends into those inadequate spade connectors. @b4icu Who said I admired Belden? Belden is one of the biggest manufacturers of bulk cable, of all kinds, shapes, sizes, and price points. Iconoclast happens to be their most expensive model and the one clearly and very directly aimed at audiophiles. Hence my observation that in this case, measurements + audiophilia did mix. Now if only all amplifier manufacturers would publish (accurate) damping factors, all would be hunky-dory. Right?
twoleftears Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,320 posts 08-07-2020 at 06:42pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Why bother with tiny batteries attached to tiny cables when you can just get battery cables instead?
twoleftears Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,320 posts 08-08-2020 at 05:48pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Belden certainly publishes all the standard measurements with their Iconoclast cables.
twoleftears Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,320 posts 08-10-2020 at 06:34pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete BTW, as a point of information, battery cable is so very 2019, whereas welder's cable is where it's at now, it's flexible, and you can get it in 0, 00, 000 and 0000 thicknesses.
twoleftears Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,320 posts 08-16-2020 at 05:30pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Amps "see" differing impedance loads magically, from a distance.

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