Do no harm to a signal! Does this mean.....

I think the advice is "Do no harm to a good signal." Garbage in, garbage out?

Got a pig? Get some lipstick. (And a bottle of bourbon. Good times.)

So what happens to a ‘good’ signal as it flows thru a cable?

lesser cables do it different from a better cable.  You cant improve signal, so you want to limit harm.  So why is premise of my orig post wrong???

clearthink1,216 posts04-29-2021 10:59am
dletch2""Trust your ears" never means "Trust your ears". It usually means, use your ears, but trust your eyes. Almost as a rule, anyone who makes the statement, "Trust your ears", never trusts their own ears. That is why they never blind test."

Of course this is dishonest, deceptive and untrue there are audiophiles who blind test this is just an insult, an attack, an arrogant posturing to establish dismiss, degrade, and demean the audiophile community. Blind test blind test blind test blind test blind test blind test blind test blind test blind test blind test blind test blind test blind test blind test blind test blind test it is the fundamental basis, premise, and foundation of the "measurentalists" religion, faith, and fervently held belief they believe if you do not blind test you are deluded, insane, and dishonest what a load of what Americans call "hooey."

Don’t just listen no no no no blind test blind test blind test blind test blind test blind test blind test blind test blind test blind test

Obviously no comment is needed. Let’s just leave this here for posterity.  This comment proves my point better than I ever could have on my own.

Your premise isn't wrong, it's incomplete.

For example, if an inferior system is too bright, a cable can affect the tonality and, sometimes, improve it. That's not the ideal way to get good sound, but that's a way in which the cable adds something that improves the signal. It's like a mediocre spaghetti sauce; adding parmesan can't save it, but it makes it better, overall.

For example, if an inferior system is too bright, a cable can affect the tonality and, sometimes, improve it

Which justifies spending $2/foot not 0.50 for bulk wire.