Most Important, Unloved Cable...


Ethernet. I used to say the power cord was the most unloved, but important cable. Now, I update that assessment to the Ethernet cable. Review work forthcoming. 

I can't wait to invite my newer friend who is an engineer who was involved with the construction of Fermilab, the National Accelerator Lab, to hear this! Previously he was an overt mocker; no longer. He decided to try comparing cables and had his mind changed. That's not uncommon, as many of you former skeptics know. :)

I had my biggest doubts about the Ethernet cable. But, I was wrong - SO wrong! I'm so happy I made the decision years ago that I would try things rather than simply flip a coin mentally and decide without experience. It has made all the difference in quality of systems and my enjoyment of them. Reminder; I settled the matter of efficacy of cables years before becoming a reviewer and with my own money, so my enthusiasm for them does not spring from reviewing. Reviewing has allowed me to more fully explore their potential.  

I find fascinating the cognitive dissonance that exists between the skeptical mind in regard to cables and the real world results which can be obtained with them. I'm still shaking my head at this result... profoundly unexpected results way beyond expectation. Anyone who would need an ABX for this should exit the hobby and take up gun shooting, because your hearing would be for crap.  
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"The cable is important if you want to get data transferred. It’s not involved in the SQ"

That’s pretty much sums it up.
What sums it up are really two things. They are simple things:

1. Subjectivists won't actually do any ears only evaluation

2. Subjectivists won't answer one simple question:

What happens to the SQ when the cable is removed but you still have 30 seconds of it playing back.

Can you answer a simple question?
"The cable is important if you want to get data transferred. It’s not involved in the SQ"

That’s pretty much sums it up.

You betcha...
Ah!  jinjuku...you finally got to geoff.  He ran out of credible responses so he, like others here, resorted to name calling.  Thought that was beneath him.  Guess not.

I suspect by calling you the Ben Stiller of Audio, he meant you are a comedian or a joke.  Not so!  As I read this discussion you, jinjuku and shadorn are the only ones who come across as really understanding the technical aspects of how ethernet data transmission actually works. Everybody else is just bluffing....and desperately trying not to believe that they may have been deceived - by cable manufacturers, distributors, retailers, marketers, advertisers...and their ears.  And their ears are the only ones that didn't make money on the deal.