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Most Important, Unloved Cable...

Ethernet. I used to say the power cord was the most unloved, but important cable. Now, I update that assessment to the Ethernet cable. Review work forthcoming. 

I can't wait to invite my newer friend who is an engineer who was involved with the construction of Fermilab, the National Accelerator Lab, to hear this! Previously he was an overt mocker; no longer. He decided to try comparing cables and had his mind changed. That's not uncommon, as many of you former skeptics know. :)

I had my biggest doubts about the Ethernet cable. But, I was wrong - SO wrong! I'm so happy I made the decision years ago that I would try things rather than simply flip a coin mentally and decide without experience. It has made all the difference in quality of systems and my enjoyment of them. Reminder; I settled the matter of efficacy of cables years before becoming a reviewer and with my own money, so my enthusiasm for them does not spring from reviewing. Reviewing has allowed me to more fully explore their potential.  

I find fascinating the cognitive dissonance that exists between the skeptical mind in regard to cables and the real world results which can be obtained with them. I'm still shaking my head at this result... profoundly unexpected results way beyond expectation. Anyone who would need an ABX for this should exit the hobby and take up gun shooting, because your hearing would be for crap.  
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shadorne
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@geoffkait   

This has nothing to do with Randi. 

You and many others are obfuscating the discussion with Strawmen and all manner of assertions.

It is pretty simple.

Either claims of audible differences are easily and readily apparent or they are subtle or not audible. 

Apparently these differences are most likely NOT easily audible as Jinjuku has not had a single person take up his challenge.

This actually says a whole lot about those folks here who claim everything (even a fuse direction) makes an audible difference!!!!

BTW I can beat Tiger Woods at golf all the time. However I am too busy to play against him and anyway those tournaments are rigged so I refuse to participate. But it is a fact that I golf better than Tiger Woods.
clearthink
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"  the posts referencing Jinjuiku's ethernet challenge being removed does not equate to the challenge being a scam "
It was OBVIOUSLY a scam that is why the experienced and knowledgeable moderators removed every reference to it and if it is NOT a scam then jinjuku can repost the challenge and this time include details to insure that it is NOT a scam but of course he will not do that because it was a way to cheat people.
clearthink
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shadorne says "  Jinjuku has not had a single person take up his challenge."

Then you must be jinjuku or how else would you know that! This whole thing is a scam it is designed to cheat people out of there money and that is why the moderators have wisely decided to act and put a stop to it.
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jinjuku
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The offer is considered a wager and against the TOS. Normally I would just rescind the $2000 and travel expense paid by you requirement. This would put me back into compliance of the TOS but I'm not going to come out of pocket to basically perform what would be tantamount to smack down because that is how it's going to go.

Intellectual honesty seems to be limited to me and just a few other posters in this thread.

Anyways you have my email and barring an exception from the TOS we still have a thread devoid of people that actually have faith in their ears.

It's still a sold outcome for me either way.
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jinjuku
This person" is singular so the correct word is his. Singular possessive. Case closed.

"Their, them, themselves, they (as singular pronouns)
Many English speakers believe that using the plural pronouns they, them, themselves, and their in gender-neutral singular constructions is incorrect. For example, these people would consider the them in “call a friend and ask them to come over” to be wrong because them by definition refers to multiple people, whereas in this clause its antecedent (a friend) is singular.

But there are problems with this view."

You are inferring a gender when it hasn’t been provided to you. Keep on swinging and missing.

>>>>Again with the logical fallacies. English must be your second language. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Except when it comes to English grammar. 

"Knowledge is defined as everything that’s left after you subtract out all the stuff you forgot from school." - old audiophile axiom





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