how can a line cord affect frequency response ?

hi tvad, i'm a renaissance man. eat your heart out !

MrT, the phrase “as a lawyer” implies you are one. The phrase, “if I was a lawyer”, suggests you possess the strong debating and analytical skills of a lawyer, which might enable you to win a debate with Guidocorona. For such a self-proclaimed learned individual, your misuse of the English language is confounding, odd, and perhaps purposely manipulative. It’s hard to tell. I mention this because the answer to the puzzle is germane to how one approaches your threads.

Frankly, at this point, I question anything to which you lay claim regarding your background or areas of expertise.

As an astronaut...




Oh, never mind.
:)

Tvad notes:

Data is data(...)Whether the specs in the data correlate to improvement in sound is open to subjective interpretation.

I'd agree in principle with what follows -- BUT data and their correlation would be "objective". You probably mean that,
first, we formulate a theory of what data indicate audible differences and,
then we set about to confirm that theory (i.e. "objectivise" the subjective)...

Very commonplace info can be *indicative* of sound -- for example, yr VAC uses a linear amplification device (tube) whereas the Technics uses a switching amplification device... and the circuits are different of course as are the equivalent circuits of the system as a whole with one or the other component; also the design objectives (the engineering compromises made, if you will) in one case & the other are different.

For example, I (and probably others) would *expect* better sonic performance fm the VAC -- and poorer value for money

Just to repeat the obvious about "data"/"specs": it often depends on what one measures (and measures for).
Cheers

An afterthought: are'nt we looking for a "unified theory of audio"?
As in physics:)?
Maybe we can get Pr S Hawking on our board...:)

bravo tvad,
just when I thought this thread is getting boring again...