Speaker wire is it science or psychology

They sound different because my "ears" tell me they do. Have any better measurements than that? Chuck

They sound different because my "ears" tell me they do. Have any better measurements than that? Excellent Post Garfish. Chuck

I am going to need scientific proof that you can hear.

sean - Thank you for your post. I have a story to tell you. I once had a well know audio engineering friend that was designing an RIAA stage for his new preamp. The man is a very smart designer and dedicated audiophile. He is also skeptical of all that cannot be measured.

The quality of an RIAA stage requires that the response cruve be very exact. One's ear is highly sensitive to frequency response because of the large amount of energy involved. So my friend cloistered himself in his lab with test gear and favorite records for a few days.

He added resistors, added capacitor, removed resistors, removed capacitor and so on for many hours. With each change, which is instantaneously available for evaluation, he decided good, better, worse and so on. Finally, he arrived at the perfect sound. He took what was now a geodetic structure and gave it to a tech to boil down to the essential circuit.

Much to the tech's surprise somewhere early in the testing, the growing pile of parts had become disconnect from the primary circuit. The hours of evaluation were entirely imaginary. All those many many times that he was sure that this or that change had made the sound better or worse were all fantasy.

There is nothing wrong with this designer. It is just that he is human. It is human nature that if we think we may hear a change we will.

Stevemj, I am interested to know, what is your system?