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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.
mkgus
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glupson
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douglas_schroeder,

"glupson, just a mild point to interject. I’m not interested in jousting with you verbally. I find that is not productive for us, nor the community."
I agree. This is my first post/reply directed at you as I have no opinion about your method. It may be great, it may not be. My only attempt at contribution has been to explain that some of the messages about perceived benefits of cables may get disregarded because of excessive and hard-to-believe praise. That was all.
glupson
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taras22,
I did not even have him on my mind when quoting a sentence from his post.


How is this even remotely possible?.
I did not pay attention about the poster's name (you in this case), but noticed the words used. I focused on content, rather than a person writing it. Later, I did go back to see whose post that was.

It is possible, it is very possible. It is so possible that it truly happened.

rodman99999
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So many opinions/observations! Anyone know anything, about what may be occurring, regarding how we perceive sound, or- the reality of what’s(possibly) happening in cables/sound systems, in the quantum world? Combine these bit’s of SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATION: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/02/980227055013.htmAND: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/quantum-experiment-space-confirms-reality-what-you-make-it-0 WITH THIS: https://www.nature.com/articles/527045a and ANYTHING’S PLAUSIBLE! More, for the interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonon The OP asked, " Why aren’t cables discussed in terms of physical measurements very often?" Perhaps, one day, we’ll know how to quantify/measure what’s actually happening, regarding our consciousness/observations and reality/sound(not to mention, cables).
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celander
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It's weird to me that one can own "too much personal investment" in a post one makes largely anonymously. But welcome to the virtual world of communications in social media!
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