One assumes that’s an example of the soft sell. Nice!
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.
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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@douglas_shroeder I imagine that if you would dismiss all these persons' conclusions you would say it is due to confirmation bias. FWIW...I personally don't simply dismiss your findings as confirmation bias. Not that I know either way how the perceived effect is occurring, but I don't dismiss it out of hand. I'm sure it's fun to play with these things, especially if you get results, obviously. Though I gave up playing with cables quite a while ago, I still do my own tweaking sometimes(usually with acoustics). Hey..it's a hobby! |
IT is easy to improve video quality in a TV screen with AC tweaks. Power conditioner, Power cords and I found the PS Audio Noise Harvester to increase the clarity of the video from my old Sony Plasma even more, though it was already through the FurmanREF20 and better power cords. My HDMI experience is with one single cord. So I have little experience, other than getting mad with the flimsy wafer supporting the cable end BREAKS. |
prof1,732 posts02-21-2019 6:39pm@douglas_shroeder I imagine that if you would dismiss all these persons' conclusions you would say it is due to confirmation bias. FWIW...I personally don't simply dismiss your findings as confirmation bias. Not that I know either way how the perceived effect is occurring, but I don't dismiss it out of hand. I'm sure it's fun to play with these things, especially if you get results, obviously. Though I gave up playing with cables quite a while ago, I still do my own tweaking sometimes(usually with acoustics). Hey..it's a hobby! Prof In a way, on this thread, you are still playing with cables. And that is okay. 'Hey it is a hobby'. Agreed. |
I've also added a black SR outlet and Perfect Path Omega E-Mat on my power panel. The latter really boosted the video color density and brightness. The audio improved as much. The power outlet improvement was significant but nearly the same price I paid for the E-Mat which was 5X the improvement of the outlet. |
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