Why Power Cables Affect Sound

nonoise,

You are yet again whacking a strawman - repeating the same misrepresentations and fallacies as you have before in these conversations.  Your last paragraph especially displays this. (Nothing I have written entails the wholesale abandonment of the reliability of our perception or senses...and you should know that as I've corrected you before when you kept pretending my arguments lead to that).

If you simply are unwilling to maturely consider other points of view - which entails actually reading what someone writes and not completely mischaracterizing it every time - then I agree conversation between us is going to be useless.

I can only suggest you try not to take other points of view so personally, as some personal affront. 


And maybe

Just maybe

Consider that admitting to being human and having some fallibility, isn't such a bad thing to admit.

Hey prof, most contributors here are  superhumans who can hear sounds that do not exist.  No logic to reason with them.
Some even argue that fuse direction makes a difference to the sound.

They (think) they hear it, so it is done. Dont stoop down to needing scentific explanations from superhumans.

I guess you're mad you can't hear any of those sound plenty of normal folks can hear.. so you call them superhuman? LOL

Elizabeth wrote:
I know it is annoying to listen to the drivel they spout.

Again...the emotion. This tendency to insult. Why is this such a feature of those who are so wedded to the most subjective side of the hobby? They just can’t seem to stand the idea they could be wrong.


Jeeze. I have no problem whatsoever with accepting I may be wrong.As I stated early on, I’m open to the possibility AC cables can change the sound of an audio system.


And, btw, if I ever enter a cable thread it is almost exclusively those threads in which the thread invites differing opinions, or which is explicitly concerned with the cable controversies (e.g. threads asking things like "DO CABLES REALLY MATTER?" etc.)

Just scroll through the forum and you will see I have not "barged in" to the endless threads discussing opinions on various power, speaker cables, and all the rest. I’m not looking to do so.

But in the *occasional thread* where the conversation naturally draws different perspectives, I will bring my own perspective, thank you very much.

Now, maybe some would rather circle the wagons around their own narrow point of view: "All cables make a sonic difference, and no other viewpoints will be welcome or tolerated."

Unfortunately, I don’t see how it benefits this hobby to turn forums for hi end in to the equivalent of churches, with their own single and exclusive dogma, which if you don’t tow the line you are excommunicated. How has that ever been a good idea (for anything!).

The audio hobby isn’t just comprised of people with one single viewpoint - there is a spectrum - and it’s not right to try to exclude other audiophile’s opinions as not being worthy of discussion or inclusion...just because you don’t like alternative views, and don’t wish to have your own claims challenged.

Sorry...we are all going to have a voice here. Unless and until Audiogon decides to resort to church-like fiat and dogma and shut down those opinions.

(As to the civility of those opinions...that’s another thing. I welcome moderation in terms of keeping things civil).

Prof,

You never answered a question I asked you quite some time ago. It went something like: What do your co-workers think about cables? If I remember correctly, you work in the recording industry so your peers are just as into audio as the rest of us. Surely, conversations abound on all manner of topics pertaining to audio. How do they feel about cables and what do they use in their systems at home? 

Add to that their views on placebo while your at it.

All the best,
Nonoise