Power Cables diminishing returns

Brownsfan,

I don't know if you got the point I was trying to make in my post. Like you, I hear differences in PC's. When I read the posts that said you can't hear the difference in PC's based on double blind testing, I question it. Not knowing anything at all about the blind tests mentioned, I don't take them at face value. Anybody can say anything. I just want to get more details to see if they really have something or not.

Zd, I understood your position, and I am in substantial agreement with your post. I think maybe our positions differ a bit in that you are asking for particulars about the test, whereas I am suggesting that such a test is fundamentally flawed. It is always difficult, if not impossible, to build a meaningful case on negative information. This is why guilt can be reasonably proven, but innocence cannot. My reaction to your post was not a reaction against it.

Not to paint the anti PC camp with too broad a brush, but recently here and in Audio Asylum there has been a bit of mocking of the pro-PC camp, to the point of impugning the integrity of some well regarded manufacturers without having any direct experience with their products. Its fine to have opinions. Its not so good to insult other people with them.

Al, Jmc,
When I had to pay $168 for Hydrocortizone+Acetic Acid 10mg bottle, I tend to believe that same clap is goin' on with pharmaceutical industry. This bottle is approximately bellow a buck worth.

Most of the research big Pharma moans about is done with taxpayer cash at universities.

Schubert, I work for one of the largest pharma companies. We don't see a dime of taxpayer cash. If we benefit from university research, we pay big bucks. The numbers quoted above for the cost of bringing a drug to market are accurate, and the research is funded by cash revenues generated by marketed drugs. Most university research is not aimed at discovery on new drugs. There are a few drugs on the market that were discovered by universities, but I can assure you, they are not dropped in the laps of pharma for free. Most pharma companies are working hard to bring down the cost of drug research.