A fresh approach to cable analysis

@gs5556  Something like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5kU5SeaSQs

Thanks for posting the Mr. Carlson video! I had seen that and wish more people here at the ‘Gon would watch it. It is very thought provoking and he has no ax to grind. It really deserves  its own thread! He is just talking straight electrical properties of a very inexpensive but well shielded category of wire. I plan to make some interconnects from the roll I have in my basement that used to cary the TV signal down from my antenna to the tv. His argument makes a lot of sense. Imagine how weak that video signal was compared to mere audio coming straight from a preamp? 

@goodlistening64  I was going to engage but you are a bit rude, so I won’t.

@mclinnguy  Agreed some manufacturers offer more specifics than others but wouldn’t you at least be curious to see if the pretty pictures accurately reflected what’s inside? 

As others have mentioned so far cable dissection would not answer all questions and it would not definitively tell you what you might expect to hear from a given cable. BUT it would peel back several layers of the onion and reveal obvious frauds. It would also reveal similarities or dissimilarities in construction that might align with listening experiences and thus make possible some generalizations about how the physical configuration of cable along with it’s measurable electrical properties line  up with peoples listening experiences. 

@kennyc Statistics require an ample sample size to determine properties of the population as a whole. Seems you are only using a sample of 1 to make global conclusions

Afraid I have to call a foul on that line of argument when discussing manufactured products. Especially pricey manufactured products. The amount of allowable variation in that case is just about zero. You expect them to exercise quality control. Consumer Reports just tests one specimen of a given model car or one washing machine model, not a population. We are not talking about the average weight of a gerbil's liver. Either the cable is built to spec or not.

@total111 Thanks for the comments and the document. I began it and it looks interesting. I think you and I are kind of on a similar quest.

The big caution with AI however is that we must always remember it is not thinking, it is returning things that have been presented to it elsewhere as being connected. It can spout nonsense when it has found nonsense presented in a logical or convincing fashion elsewhere on the web. I have found this to be true in areas where I am somewhat competent to judge. But with controversial subjects like audio cables judging the soundness of what AI reports gets difficult.

@bruce19 hence its on the first page "AI can make mistakes", I let it write it itself....it often spouts doubious claims with total confidence, when challenged, it apologizes....lol...its scary how "smart" and at the same time totally stupid it is....no doubt...

I would go absolutely nuts and throw backflips watching a youtube channel on cables. I would probably have to hit my head with a frying pan to calm myself down.