Amir of ASR admitted 1 cable sounded better than the other. NOT CLICKBAIT

@mulveling Your take is very fair. But there are 2 things that Amir did that really put the nail in the coffin

1) He used a headphone system to test. And just like he said "Headphones are much more useful to listen for small impairments since they block external noise and you can turn them up as much as you need to hear low level detail" The Ether CX is also no slouch. 

2) He said "Not a typo" After his generic cable being better comment. As if to say "I'm serious guys". 

@samureyex Is there really anything else to discuss? YES, you seem to ignore in the very next sentence he says... " OK, not proof of anything"

It was a joke. He hasn't admitted to any such thing.

I had a nice exchange on ASR where I said the imersiv D-1 DAC had a break-in period of 150 hours. I had 2 brand new units with 0 hours on them, so I have some frame of reference. The enlightened ones on ASR told me it was just me getting used to the sound. Interestingly, imersiv D-1 now has posted on their website that they have started to run the unit for 160 hours before it is shipped. 

Next the conversation went to on about the much cheaper RME DAC sounding the same as the imersiv D-1. Now this was because 3 engineers from an audio mag did a controlled blind experiment and the said it sounded the same. The folks on ASR have not heard the imersiv D-1, but I own it along with the same RME DAC that they used in the comparison. I have them on the same system and compared them via the same headphone amp and also 2-channel.

These 2 DACs sound so different that I have to question the hearing of anyone who says otherwise. I left it at that on ASR since you cannot account for hearing. 

@gdaddy1 I’m not getting any sense of him "I’m just kidding guys"

I am not. The "Ok, not proof of anything " part is exactly that, not proof of anything. But he he did admit the generic cable is better than the Audioquest. Especially in a headphone system like he described. 

But if he was kidding like you said, why include X cable is better than Y cable in a listening test of a review about a power conditioner?

@yyzsantabarbara I have an audio engineer friend. A great guy. And he recommended me a USB cable. He told me nothing about the sound other than that it was better some expensive Audioquest USB. I bought it. I used it. And I told him, the cable is great but it sounded really bright for like 18-20 hours. 

He told me he had the same experience, but his was closer to 24 hrs. What are the odds of 2 people experiencing the same thing from burn-in if burn-in doesn't exist?

I keep telling people man, nowadays, ASR and AVS cannot hear the difference between dacs and amps. Which is so CRAZY. Forget cables, cables don't matter anymore. Who cares about Lochness or Big Foot when the Earth is flat.