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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
elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
Sadly true. I do not have the funds to throw out all the aftermarket cables and buy them back... twice a week. How ever I could just swap them back and forth every day..      
Whew! I am tired already just THINKING of all that swapping, Time for a nap.
rocknss
36 posts
 
Unfortunately swapping daily likely won't work. You may have to burn them in for weeks, and then remember what the system sounded like before.
bsimpson
55 posts
 
My situation hopefully would not apply to all of you:

My expensive cables always sound better if they cost more than my local audio club buddies'.  But strangely, the same new cables typically sound much worst than my last ones from their perspective.

So in a nutshell, who cares what other people think.  Each person has different perception and sensitivity to sound.  Go buy the ones that make you feel happy, even if they cost thousands of dollars due to the very advanced anti-EMF nano snake oil helix structure that would take 10000 hours to break in.

douglas_schroeder
1,824 posts
 

bsimpson, would you like to try Schroeder Method of Interconnect Placement? It likely would be more efficacious than your selection of speaker cables and would also likely be something your audio friends would appreciate. Not a hint of any, "very advanced anti-EMF nano snake oil helix structure that would take 10000 hours to break in," because, like you, I'm not into wasting my time and money.


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