scientific double blinded cable test

Oh, I get it. A real skeptic, not a fake one. Bravo!

The two camps (believers/non-believers) will probably always remain with us. To me, that's ok and really not important. What I believe each of us enthusiasts should focus on is being happy with how our system sounds to us, regardless of what it is made up of. Just my 2c worth. 

The problem is statements like that, that everyone is welcome to their opinion, or that if someone feels like he doesn’t have to go high end, are OK, and can be quite soothing and conciliatory but do not (rpt not) address the actual heart ❤️ of the debate, you know, the one that’s been raging like a California wildfire 🔥for 40 years. Which is is there an audible difference among cables (or fuses)? (I know two is’s in a row again). All we have so far (if I can be so bold to summarize) is a lot of who shot John. “If someone did a blind test...” “If someone measured them...” “Let your ears decide...”

I don’t think anybody would seriously bother. Cables make little to no difference as anyone can verify themselves easily - provided they have good equipment. If you have big differences then get better matching equipment, repair it or get rid of it.

Nobody who sells high end cables does double blind because it would show that special high $ cables dont work (unless they have a filter) and ordinary cables are just perfect as good audio systems are designed that way - so there is no interest to prove that cable products are just snake oil and hence none of the sellers or manufactures offer any form of proof.

Obviously if a manufacturer could prove their high end cable to be audibly superior to others then you can bet one or more of the hundreds of manufacturers would be offering demonstrations - quickest way to make millions of $ so it is not like there is no incentive to prove the superiority of a product.

Of course, the obvious counter-argument is that it’s actually the better designed and built electronics - you could say the Super Expensive high end electronics - that benefit most from using better more expensive cables. I bet you didn’t see that coming. 👀