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| Attention Scientists, Engineers and Na-s Philiphans: What I have are 3 x 12 AWG and 3 x 14 AWG. Double the size of the 12 AWG would be 9 AWG. Are you suggesting I double the size of my power cord and AB it or not?Katharina: What do you find troubling? ABX testing IS comparative testing b... | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Detlof: Thank you for the clarification. How closely did you match the levels on the preamps, and many trials did you do? | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Garfish: Why do you believe that trying to understand audio technology precludes music appreciation? Understanding how things like wires work can help prevent you from ascribing non-existant characteristics to them, because your senses, or how you... | |
| Blind Listening Tests? Jadem6: Your imagination is running amok. I never said there could never be any difference in performance between pieces of audio gear.Detlof: You're right, I'm no drummer. I'd be the engineer in the control room. ;) | |
| Attention Scientists, Engineers and Na-s Philiphans: I do have that publication at home and will dig it out. However, I would caution you that the paper apparently deals with recognition of codec noise, which is far different from cabling effects that may or may not exist. For one thing,... | |
| Blind Listening Tests? Bob_bundus: Double-blind testing is useful only if you want to know what is truly audible. If your main interest is nameplates, model numbers, and prices, it's not useful because it might at times show a non-existant or even inverse relationship b... | |
| Attention Scientists, Engineers and Na-s Philiphans: If it gives you great pleasure to buy exotic cables, go ahead. It's a free country, free markets, etc. I prefer to spend money on what I have a reasonable expectation would add performance and am therefore skeptical of spectacular clai... | |
| Attention Scientists, Engineers and Na-s Detlof: And I'm saying there are ways to find out if something really is "there" or not.I'm out to enjoy music and audio, too, but it doesn't mean I want to waste lots of money on something that doesn't add anything. | |
| Attention Scientists, Engineers and Na-s Garfish: Why do you say I don't trust my senses? That's either an irrational assumption or a deliberate distortion of what I've ben saying. I've been saying that you should use your ears, but in a way that eliminates prejudices and biases, however... | |
| Power Cord For Audio Research gear Jadem6: My brilliant whats? What are you talking about? | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Detlof: I'm not clear on what you're saying. Do you actually listen to two DUTs simultaneously? What was your "blind" testing setup? | |
| Blind Listening Tests? Good switching will not affect the sound quality. That can be tested for by doing a double-blind test on the ABX switcher itself, by swapping it with straight wire to see if the listener can distinguish the difference. | |
| Power Cord For Audio Research gear Whatever that means, Gmorris. Whatever.You're right that cable is a medium, but it's for transporting AC AND/OR DC. Not necessarily both. In fact, rarely both, unless it's a phantom powering arrangement. | |
| Attention Scientists, Engineers and Na-s Fpeel: in what way do the "non-believers" inhibit reasonable exchange? There's no insistance that "if something can't be measured it must be psychological." No, the scientific approach would be to be open-minded; that is, "go ahead, prove it." Eit... | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Stevemj: You're not off-base. Cables are not directional and can't be for audio, specifically for the reasons you described. The conductors have to pass current equally well in either direction.Nilthepill: Why would the switching cause "some dilut... |