>>most of the time, this is audible and sounds like sibilance on top of the high-frequency information in the music. Metal purity, choice of metals, cryo treatment and other factors affect this.<<
This is what I mean by myths and wive's tales. I predict no hard evidence will be offered to back the idea that any of this is true.
>>the dielectric material absorbs charge and releases it when transients occur.<<
Sounds like advertising from a cable site -- this has been debunked.
>>smearing will occur.<<
No one has ever been able to measure audible distortion caused by a speaker cable. No one. Zip, zilch, null set.
>>The effect of this is usually a loss of HF dynamics, often described as a roll-off, but technically it isn't.<<
This ought to be measurable. I predict we will not get any back-up for this, either. No way to quantify the loss of dynamics, no double blind listening tests to see if anyone can hear any such thing.
Basically, in the audio world, you can say anything you want about cables because standard of proof is completely absent. So people run around saying whatever they want, throw a few big words in there for good effect, people repeat it and pretty soon, you've got another urban audio myth -- and possibly another cable sale.
This is what I mean by myths and wive's tales. I predict no hard evidence will be offered to back the idea that any of this is true.
>>the dielectric material absorbs charge and releases it when transients occur.<<
Sounds like advertising from a cable site -- this has been debunked.
>>smearing will occur.<<
No one has ever been able to measure audible distortion caused by a speaker cable. No one. Zip, zilch, null set.
>>The effect of this is usually a loss of HF dynamics, often described as a roll-off, but technically it isn't.<<
This ought to be measurable. I predict we will not get any back-up for this, either. No way to quantify the loss of dynamics, no double blind listening tests to see if anyone can hear any such thing.
Basically, in the audio world, you can say anything you want about cables because standard of proof is completely absent. So people run around saying whatever they want, throw a few big words in there for good effect, people repeat it and pretty soon, you've got another urban audio myth -- and possibly another cable sale.