Who says cables don't make a difference?

"boxer12, I already know you are Andy2, but why this attempt to deflect by making it all about me when you can't participate in the discussion? It's not my fault. Stop blaming me for your inadequacies."

atdavid (roberttdid),
We both know I'm not Andy2 & I've stated as much. Although I've never met Andy2, I'll say he & I do have some things in common. We have the ability to actually hear music through our systems, make cable changes & identify differences when doing so. You seem to be content just reading the specs of your equipment & building a system in that manner. That is one way of doing it so fair enough. That stated, there is not enough common ground between us to have a reasonable discussion on this topic. 

Now why do you keep changing your name? 

I am quite confident to state that i have done far more listening tests in my life so far then you will ever do. It is a good part of how I have spent my career. Hard to design acoustic spaces without listening (especially for critical customers). Hard to design products that incorporate acoustics and electronics without listening, especially when you are trying to trade off many variables that are highly subjective. Of course, I don't just throw on a record or play a file and go "how does it sound", because my customers could have done that. I did professional controlled listening tests both to remove bias, and to make customers clearly aware of the trade-offs, changes, potential for signal processing to modify perceptive space, bandwidth/cost trade-offs, etc.  That came rather easily having done actual research in audio, signal processing and acoustics. You will notice I tend not to talk in hand waving but discuss actual engineering concepts.

You can claim you are not Andy2, but the similarities are too great, including posting about the same time as well. Similar writing styles, saying similar things.

Why do you make so many posts, yet never bring any useful information to the table?

You and others who make laughable statements about choosing systems by measurements must be really insecure. Perhaps you know what I know, that people who are heavy into the technology and engineering of audio don't do a little bit of listening testing. They do huge amounts of listening testing. They are obsessed with listening and detecting the slightest hints of anything wrong, or off, and why it is happening. Difference is .... they start by assuming both their equipment and their ears are wrong, then work towards figure out which is which. They don't assume their ears\brain are perfect, knowing far too well they are not. Sometimes I have to work hard to just enjoy music as I become too focused on what is wrong, and not just enjoying what is right. I know all kinds about all kinds of music customers, from concert hall owners, to concert goers, to musicians, to studio managers, to speaker designers, to people who design DAC chips, even streaming service providers, and yes, to end customers. You on the other hand know little about my world, and the people who actually develop and work with this technology and the measurements you like to put down. You may want to consider your ignorance in this area before making ignorant comments.

« We can change, face, name, and modify our body, but we cannot change neither the soul nor the style»-Groucho Marx 

:)  

Well said mahgister

“There's a sucker born every minute.”
― P.T. Barnum

"you may fool people for a time; you can fool a part of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all the people all the time.” ... possibly said by Lincoln, possibly not, but I would rather be in the group of people who are not fooled all the time :-)