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

@phillyb wrote:

There is no absolute sound, because everything is colored; it’s what you enjoy that makes it the absolute sound for you, and that’s all that counts.

Absolutely; well put.

Well, we all cannot be fools if you buy gear and hear a difference.

Here I beg to disagree. Consider that many such differences are claimed to be heard by people who last could hear 12,000 Hz in the 20th century, and / or happen to own garbage systems or components; and you can’t escape the conclusion that some of those differences only manifest in the realm of the imaginary.

How many? I’d venture half at least, and the more grandiose and purple the claim (i.e. my new USB cable had a more profound effect than a component upgrade! etc.), the higher the likelihood that is it entirely unmoored from reality.

The best sound investment is in your room acoustics and making your room audio-only with a proper speaker setup. 

Truth^^^   It’s hard to take any cable argument seriously (or DAC, amp, etc) if this is attended to.  

The key question is: Do my room’s issues make it impossible to hear cable differences?

If your room isn’t really dialed in, then the answer is probably "yes."

But there’s no law against enjoyment from placebos, of course -- or spending money on placebos, or recommending placebos as if they were real...oh wait. That would border on deception.

 Burn the witch, burn the witch!!!

You can get a Chevy Vega to go 60 mph and you can get a Porsche to go 60 mph. Doesn’t mean the Vega’s the same quality as the Porsche. 

Not sure why anyone, other than ASR groupies, care what Amir thinks.  He is not an audiophile.  He simply tests the electronics performance and then conjectures about what should sound better.  Being an audiophile is about listening to your components and configurations.  I am an an electrical engineer.  We develope some of the finest and most sophisticated electronics in the world.  By specs it should sound amazing,   I must say, when it blows up, it sound pretty darn good:-)