Paulwp: First of all, the ABX results posted for speaker cables did not use headphones. Granted, most of these sorts of tests use small samples, and it's possible that they just used people with "untrained" ears. But often (including those cable tests, I believe) the subjects were people who at least *thought* they were experienced listeners. At any rate, there is nothing stopping anyone from assembling a panel of the most accomplished audiophiles in the world and conducting a similar test that will demonstrate, once and for all, that one 12-gauge copper wire does not sound like another. Note, however, that no one has done so yet.
As for your own experience, please remember that no one claims that all wires sound alike. (That is a canard foisted on us objective types by people who can't seem to muster arguments against the statements we do make.) So it's quite possible that in the cases where you do hear differences, the cables themselves (and not, say, the barometric pressure) are really delivering a different sound.
Detlof: Of course I do, but the feeling usually passes after 24 hours or so. That's when my wife gives me back my credit cards.
As for your own experience, please remember that no one claims that all wires sound alike. (That is a canard foisted on us objective types by people who can't seem to muster arguments against the statements we do make.) So it's quite possible that in the cases where you do hear differences, the cables themselves (and not, say, the barometric pressure) are really delivering a different sound.
Detlof: Of course I do, but the feeling usually passes after 24 hours or so. That's when my wife gives me back my credit cards.