Electraglide Ultra Kahn / Shunyata Anaconda vx

Neutrality? What is that supposed to sound like? What is the quintessential referent? Is there one? I read this all the time on the 'gon. " I need an IC that will soften up the highs from my cdp." ICs as tone controls? It appears to be a very subjective thing: neutrality. Will my neutral sounding system sound like your neutral sounding system? I know there's no answer for these rhetorical queries, but I finally, fwiw, got all my wires to sound good to me. peace, warren

Flex: My comments, while possibly less than ultimately clear, did not pertain to swapping gear so much as "fixing what was already there". That is, instead of investing in cabling, invest in filtration. As a side note note, there's a lot more to linearity than a frequency sweep.

Michaelwolff: Accuracy has nothing to do with personal opinions. That's called preference. I'm sorry if you can't understand that, but i guess that 1+1=something other than 2 in your book. Since i'll never understand your type of math, especially since you can't explain how the equation actually works, and i don't speak jive nor have i acquired a taste for snake oil yet, i'll call it quits here and now. Sean
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Sean, I think perhaps that would be best for you, you are having a hard time trying to understand the difference between actual accuracy and perceived accuracy. Measuring the height of an item using a calibrated height gauge is actual. Listening to music through a stereo is based more on the perception of the listener than the actual measurements taken by a laboratory.
Hope that explains the difference.
Either Way Best wishes.
Michael

Michael: Until you can get rid of / suppress the noise and interference on the line, you'll never have a "neutral" power cord. That's because the impedance and design of the cord itself will introduce varying levels of filtering / wave-shaping distortions to the broad-band "polluted" signal entering the device.

If you get rid of the noise / interference before it enters the power cord, the characteristics of the power cord become FAR less critical. That's because all the power cord has left to do is to maintain the purity and amplitude of the signal that was fed into it and keep its' own "antenna action" to a minimum. After all, we are talking about a 60 Hz sine wave here. You don't need to worry about too much here as a sine wave is FAR more limited in bandwidth and duty cycle as compared to that of a square wave, etc... This reduces the need for fast transient response and / or wide bandwidth, so skin effect isn't of much concern either.

It's too bad that people are gullible enough / lack the proper education in certain areas to pay good money for a few dB's of non-linear attenuation / elevation with random results and predictability. They could be achieving results that are both far more consistent, linear and measurable for equal or less money. Then again, nobody ever said that all audiophiles were smart shoppers or that all cable manufacturers were honest or ethical.

Carry on, my wayward son.... Sean
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Sean, what is a "nuetral" power cord? Is yours neutral? Tell us about it, and how you know it is neutral? What is your listening referent? I asked these questions before but, there were no takers. I wonder why? thanks in advance....peace, warren