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03-07-01
Steve, your posts have been popping up on this subject alot ... Metaphysics
03-07-01
Inductance and capacitance are not buzz words. they are real ... Jostler3@
03-07-01
Psychology *is* a science. it's all in your mind, steven ;-) Jim
03-07-01
Jim - lol you are correct, of course. my neighbor is a shrin ... Stevemj
03-07-01
Cables are in series with any two components they connect. ... Trelja
03-07-01
In my experience, folks who do not believe there are differe ... Beemer
03-07-01
Allow me to tell you a short story, my non-audiophile friend ... Tireguy
03-07-01
The topic has to be a troll, but please consider the writer' ... Bob_bundus
03-07-01
Bob - have you noticed that no one, including you, has provi ... Stevemj
03-07-01
Good post metaphysics; i barely know a capacitor from a dip ... Garfish
03-07-01
Mtrycraft, is that you hiding behind the moniker of stevemj ... Sean
03-07-01
They sound different because my "ears" tell me the ... Charlie4350
03-07-01
They sound different because my "ears" tell me the ... Charlie4350
03-08-01
I am going to need scientific proof that you can hear. No_money
03-08-01
Sean - thank you for your post. i have a story to tell you. ... Stevemj
03-08-01
Stevemj, i am interested to know, what is your system? No_money
03-08-01
You know, i once paid a little visit to a well known and hig ... Audiogod2@
03-08-01
Interesting post....but not intended to discover whether the ... Adman@
03-08-01
This thread reminds me of the debates (turned ugly) from yea ... Lak
03-08-01
Sean good note! agree that there are differences, though th ... Adamanteus
03-08-01
I am always cynical. but 10 years ago i changed cables, i wa ... Shubertmaniac
03-08-01
Steve, i recently initiated a post on blind listening tests ... Dtittle
03-08-01
For a long time i considered that all wire was the same. my ... Panzercat
03-08-01
I have tried several different cables and used my wife as a ... Jpharris
03-08-01
It takes time to acclimate ones' self with the sonic attribu ... Sean
03-08-01
Jeez, just find a way to listen to some different cables, de ... Musicslug
03-08-01
Jpharris's post raises an interesting question: if you can ... Paulwp
03-08-01
I think you neglected to read my post, if you think there ha ... Trelja
03-08-01
I hear noteable, often stunning differences between cables a ... Drubin
03-08-01
Paulwp: a wire really can affect frequency response. in fact ... Jostler3@
03-08-01
Trelja: i've seen similar measurements, but they don't, by t ... Jostler3@
03-08-01
See what i mean? jostler, there was no need. i said i hear ... Paulwp
03-08-01
Paulwp: i agree that a boost is implausible, but i've seen f ... Jostler3@
03-09-01
Jostler, the cable length for the 12 gauge vs 18 gauge need ... Sean
03-09-01
Well, stating that psychology is science was such a reach i ... Mcne
03-09-01
Frankly, the scientists have failed this hobby badly. why d ... Redkiwi
03-09-01
Redkiwi: your ignorance is astounding. scientific theory nev ... Jostler3@
03-09-01
Jostler - i keep asking for science. if you know of some phy ... Stevemj
03-09-01
Wow! i keep seeing words typed but i just keep hearing blah ... Mcne
03-09-01
Dirty pool, steve, you've changed the question. go back and ... Jostler3@
03-09-01: Kasboot
I am an audioenthusiast and also in the field of medicine. There is a lot bad science out there and as far as I know there are NO Double Blinded, Placebo-Controlled studies comparing different cables. I am certainly not aware of any studies ( I do not mean scientific lab measurements; I mean studies involving a good sample size of listeners/audio enthusiasts). Ultimately what matters in the REAL world is how clables sound to the human ear and not what it's inductance or gauge size is. So If there are any Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Studies out there, I would love to know. Having said that, I use Cardas Golden Cross Interconnects. But I once had my wife help me decide on whether the Tara Labs Air 3 sounds different than the Radio Shack Gold Series ICs. She would switch the cables without me seeing or hearing what she was doing (I would go to another room)and then she would play me the same music....We did this over and over for about 1.5 hours, listening to Recent 20-bit CD recordings from Dave Brubeck and the Magnolia Soundtrack(not 20 bit if it matters to you). I would take notes each time I listened. But you know what at the end my notes proved that i liked the Radio Shack brand about 55% of the time and the Tara Labs 45% of the time. I had initially done the A/B comparison between these two cables myself (the worst possible study design: Study size=1 with Investigator Bias=Enormous). During my own A/Bing I had decided that the Tara Labs was FAR superior to the Radio Shack brand until me and my wife decided to make the design better if not ideal. So why did I choose the Cardas?.....It sounded better (whether I wanted it to sound better is another story, I probably did) I was never able to do a comparison between the Taras and the Cardas GC in this Single Blinded fashion....In order to really find out one needs at least a few hundred subjects of different ages from both sexes with different hearing abilities using the same revealing audio set up and then make the study at least a single blind study run by examiners who have no financial stake in the audio or cable industry. No one will fund it!
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03-09-01
Interesting you mention the radio shack cables. i have trie ... Paulwp
03-09-01
Stevemj- "i am all ears". it appears that you are ... Jcbtubes
03-10-01
Jostler3, perhaps if you read my post with a little care you ... Redkiwi
03-10-01
Kasboot: i believe stereo review did just such a test many y ... Jostler3@
03-10-01
Redkiwi: for my own edification, would you explain what is w ... Jostler3@
03-10-01
Trelja - i would love to see your article. it must be very d ... Stevemj
03-11-01
Steve, your beating a dead horse here, you will not convince ... No_money
03-11-01
Both! some people ask, "it's just wire how could it ma ... Bwhite
03-11-01
Jostler - come on, i started out giving people here credit f ... Stevemj
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