The fact that one cannot hear differences between cables is not evidence that there is no difference. It's evidence that a given individual cannot hear the difference.
To All Cable Deniers, 1 Very Simple Question.
There are people coming into cable threads and saying all cables sound identical. So I have 1 question for y'all.
Today, it is about power cords.
The end-plug, the metal part, the one you plug into the wall outlet. Without knowing the % of copper in the plug of your basic cable, can you absolutely certain say it sounds identical to a plug with 98% copper?
How about 60% copper plug vs 98% copper? Identical?
40% copper, Identical?
20% copper, Identical?
0% copper, Identical?
To wrap up, the question is very simple. If the copper % is different, would the 2 plugs still sound the same?
A bonus question, if a plug is 60% gold, will it sound identical vs a 98% copper?
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@kofibaffour you’re absolutely right. If your system and room acoustics suck, buying better cables is a waste of money. In addition, if you can’t tell any difference between components or cables when your electronics, speakers and room acoustics are tuned, your hearing sucks and you should cut your losses and sell it all and buy yourself a compact affordable system to enjoy music. |
@audphile1 I guess my hearing sucks cos I have an incredibly potent sounding system and no cable has shown any upside to having them by virtue of some marketing that said they made a difference. I will be enjoying my music with my terrible hearing and worrying less about cables. It is very freeing @mashif I literally wrote that I managed to let friends who were cable enjoyers test stuff in my space with their cables as they told me it will make a difference and we took turns testing whilst blindfolded. No one passed. The one that still holds onto his cable dogma wasn't in the test and doesn't want to (which is fine by me) I did the test to make sure for myself that I was not just basing my thoughts on hearsay. Them joining me was their choice to take So yeah the sample size might be only 4 people including me but it is a good enough sample for me to not fret over cables |
@kofibaffour yep that’s definitely an option. What matters is you enjoy your system and music! Happy listening! |
One more thing that I will bring up @kofibaffour that you will most likely dismiss is that blind testing of anything in someone else’s system you’re not familiar enough with is not a good data sample no matter how many people were involved in the experiment. I know for a fact that it is super unlikely that I could pick out differences in cables in your or anyone else’s system. Blind folded or not. I will need at least several hours of absolute quiet and uninterrupted listening. With this I conclude my contribution to this useless thread |
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