To All Cable Deniers, 1 Very Simple Question.

If someone asks about a cable are only positive comments to be allowed? There are some inconvienient truths about cables that should be known before spending rediculious amounts of money. I see that as constructive criticism for consideration.

 "improvement thru placebo effect is still improvement"  Good for you!!! Glad your happy!!    but the problem is... trying to convince other people that your fantasy is real, when it's not.

“but the problem is... trying to convince other people that your fantasy is real, when it's not.”

@gdaddy1 - The only people with that problem sell cables for a living. Otherwise, who cares what others think?

@bigtwin   Making sense of it is always helpful and narrows down the choice not to mention saving money.

As for "improvement thru placebo effect is still improvement" quote - you hear what you hear.  Blind test is to prove to others, that you can hear the difference.  As for me - I can hear big difference in speaker and interconnect cables, but not in power cables, so far.  Is it "negative placebo effect"?  Is it the fact that my gear is plugged into conditioner? or perhaps because my amp and DAC, both have line and load regulated SMPS built in?  It is also possible that change with power cable is too subtle for my aging ears.

Saying that you cannot hear the difference is as bad as saying you should hear the difference, calling people "Nay-sayers". 

When we hear the difference it's always helpful to understand why, before posting that other should buy same cable.  USB cable, like any other cable connected to DAC can inject noise into DAC, affecting sound, but purity of copper in data carrying wires has absolutely nothing to do with it, not only because it is digital data transfer, but also because it does not come in real time.  Particular S/Pdif coax cable can work great in one system (exact impedance matching), but might be bad in another.  Recommending them is silly IMHO.

 

Craving some attention @samureyex ?

what’s your point with this thread?