Cable Wars - ASR Review of Kimber KS 1036 Silver RCA Cable ($4500 pair)

Say it ain’t so 

What are the measurements for God? 

Can someone point me to a controlled listening experiment on cables where test audience noticed differences? So an ABX test, multiple random swaps, with p<0.05 [simple chi square will do], preferentially published in a peer-reviewed journal? 

And yes, this was a rhetorical question, as it does not exist. There is a simple reason for it. 

The most illuminating thing in Amir's review was the bad connector design, which is LESS secure than the amazon basic cable. Sort of funny, if it weren't that sad. Paying $4K for some bad RCA plugs. 

I've tried many different rca cables throughout the years. Nordost, Kimber, AQ, Synergistic, Jena Labs, many more. Heard differences in all of them. I settled on Cardas Quadlink 5C. I love them. Inexpensive. Well made. Outstanding customer service. I'm happy. 

@jallan 's post in page 1 is really spot-on.

"ASR measures what’s easy to measure, not what matters. "

As I repeatedly said, sometimes to understand a topic, one has to step back and look at the bigger picture. 

Are people in forums like ASR and AVSforum hellbent on the idea that all cables are the same? Yes they are.

So are all cables the same? No. In fact, in the same voice and tone, these people have also adamantly stated all dacs are the same. All amplifiers are the same. If anything measures better, it's always "beyond hearing threshold".

Dylan (owner of Buckeye) had also said all "properly designed" amplifiers all sound the same. A ridiculous thing to say. 

When asked what's the difference between his $1,000 Hypex amplifier vs a $17,000 Mola Mola Kaluga (since both are made by Bruno) he repeatedly dodged the question.

So what's my point? My point is these debates about cables are invalid because the opponents are invalid.

Flat-earthers say the Earth is flat, you respond with "WTF". Flat-earthers say a soccer ball is flat, and now you go "now I understand".

 Aplogise in advance, I'm not good with words.