The Science of Cables


It seems to me that there is too little scientific, objective evidence for why cables sound the way they do. When I see discussions on cables, physical attributes are discussed; things like shielding, gauge, material, geometry, etc. and rarely are things like resistance, impedance, inductance, capacitance, etc. Why is this? Why aren’t cables discussed in terms of physical measurements very often?

Seems to me like that would increase the customer base. I know several “objectivist” that won’t accept any of your claims unless you have measurements and blind tests. If there were measurements that correlated to what you hear, I think more people would be interested in cables. 

I know cables are often system dependent but there are still many generalizations that can be made.
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It a hobby... First off no one actually cares what anybody else thinks. They may lip service the ideas, but in the end, everybody does whatever they please.
If ten thousand audiophiles said you MUST do xxx. Well? am I gonna do XXX? depends on am I willing to be bothered? and how much does it cost? Do I actually believe the hype? For example the $599 sheet of Magic Paper.. Marvelous! Fantastic! some folks own a dozen!! That is over seven grand for what? Sorry, When the price is $5.99 maybe.. MAYBE. Same thing for cables. who cares is anyone else wants/does not want them?? Must be folks just need something to argue about. Reminds me of the Renaissance question tormenting endless scholars of "How many Angels can dance on a pin" (BTW the answer is none. they are forbidden to dance on pins anymore. Devils however just love to dance on pins.. out of spite.) All you Devils posting here. STOP!! Where is a good exorcist when you need one? Also. anyone had an exorcism done on the stereo? Cure those gremlins??
Well I guess someone has to say something about an earlier post and request by douglas. First let me say that I sympathize with the families of any victim of violence but I cant understand why anyone would ask that certain words and speech not be used in their presence because it "offends". Worse yet to apologize and add credence to such a request.

May I remind you that you words must be taken in context and intent is critical. I am ashamed of these recent developments in our society which have lead to: safe rooms, time outs, optional school attendance due to some perceived trauma, discouragement of healthy political and social discourse and challenge referred to as hate speech to name just a few.

My day is not complete without several offenses, challenges and some spirited discourse. Just think about how ridiculous most of this has become.  
Look, maybe cables matter, maybe they make a difference, maybe not so much, maybe they don’t. Each to her/his own. Who cares? What really matters here is sharing what has worked, not worked, in his/her own systems. After many years of buying cables both expensive and not so expensive, I found that I don’t need to have expensive cables in order to get good sound; sound that I am happy with and so can forget about the stupid cables. Chances are there is no such thing as a bad cable, it’s just system context, once again, and one’s personal preferences for form, fit and function. Again, who cares? Be happy. Listen to music, not boring cables.