Mr. einstein’s belief that what one reads about how a cable sounds in reviews and other user comments is sufficient to base a purchase decision for your own system, without listening, has been previously discussed.
A search of this site brings up the thread entitled "Too good a post to waste", authored by einsten. In this thread Almarg argues that a cable that sounds good in one system will not necessarily sound good in another’s system, as einstein is again implying in this thread.
almarg9,670 posts
07-04-2020
2:58pm
Your use of the words "otherwise" and "everything" signifies a complete misreading of what I said. I cited three very specific situations in which, depending on the specific parameters that are involved (capacitance, impedance, etc.), the sonics of a specific cable may be the exact opposite or at least very different depending on the application in which the cable is used.
I cited those three very specific examples to illustrate that the following statement you had made ...
... is incorrect. I certainly was NOT claiming that "EVERYTHING works exactly the opposite (or at least very differently) depending on what it is connected to." I’m surprised that you misread (or perhaps mischaracterized) my post in that manner.
I’ll add that in addition to being technically invalid, as I perceive it your statement that I quoted just above is inconsistent with the findings of most experienced audiophiles. Witness some of the comments in this very thread.
Jetter and Ovinewar, thanks for your comments!
Regards,
-- Al
A search of this site brings up the thread entitled "Too good a post to waste", authored by einsten. In this thread Almarg argues that a cable that sounds good in one system will not necessarily sound good in another’s system, as einstein is again implying in this thread.
almarg9,670 posts
07-04-2020
2:58pm
Millercarbon:
... if everyone really believed this then no one would be recommending any wire (or anything else) without saying it only works this way with such and such an impedance. Otherwise its "exactly the opposite (or at least very different)." Which no one ever does!
... Nevertheless we cannot conclude from this that everything works " exactly the opposite (or at least very different)" depending on what its connected to. If this was the case no one would read a review on anything. Why bother? If its going to sound completely different connected to different stuff, why bother?
Your use of the words "otherwise" and "everything" signifies a complete misreading of what I said. I cited three very specific situations in which, depending on the specific parameters that are involved (capacitance, impedance, etc.), the sonics of a specific cable may be the exact opposite or at least very different depending on the application in which the cable is used.
I cited those three very specific examples to illustrate that the following statement you had made ...
Actually no, they sound the same regardless of what they’re plugged into.
Either that or the wire somehow magically knows what its plugged into and is able to change accordingly.
Just one more bit of nonsense everyone believes without evidence and keeps repeating simply because someone else did.
... is incorrect. I certainly was NOT claiming that "EVERYTHING works exactly the opposite (or at least very differently) depending on what it is connected to." I’m surprised that you misread (or perhaps mischaracterized) my post in that manner.
I’ll add that in addition to being technically invalid, as I perceive it your statement that I quoted just above is inconsistent with the findings of most experienced audiophiles. Witness some of the comments in this very thread.
Jetter and Ovinewar, thanks for your comments!
Regards,
-- Al