One of the real annoying things is the request to prove it to others. I have no need to ’prove’ anything. I could care less if you use five dollar cables. (or hunt Goodwill for those tossed in freebie sets of cables from the 70’s The problem comes in when folks who are interested in discussing cables get interrupted by those ’other’ folks who just cannot leave us in peace. The naysayers just demand to have proof, claiming the rest of us who are just trying to have a nice time are either deluded, tricked or fools. So sometimes us folks who have an interest in different cables do get into some sort of ’discussion’ with the folks who are here mainly to raise hell. Some site forums do not allow the nay sayers at all. They get kicked to the curb almost immediately.And others basically are run by the nay sayers, so the folks who want to discuss cables just learn to stop posting there. Audiogon does not bother to keep the two camps apart. So sometimes an interesting discussion arises, and at other times all there is is drivel.This is a period of total drivel. Good luck.
Added I have said many times not one person has ever had their mind changed by these threads. the one way change from non believer to believer seems to happen when someone just tries something new, and discovers hell yes they do sound different. I am one of those people too. I have never (actually seldom, not never) heard a testimonial of a believer suddenly deciding it is total BS and dumping cables. And usually those folks were actually non believers who tried some cables and decide they were right it is all BS.
