Blind A/B testing has been shot full of holes so many times the concept could sell in the dairy section.
why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable
I have tried expensive cables and one's moderately priced. I would say there were some differences but I can't actually say the expensive cables were better. IMHO I believe a lot of people buy expensive cables because they don't actual trust their ears and are afraid of making a mistake. They figure the expensive cables are better for the fact they cost more. If you have a difference of opinion or share the same thoughts, I would like to hear about it.
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"audio as a hobby is dying, largely by its own hand. As far as the real world is concerned, high-end audio lost its credibility during the 1980s, when it flatly refused to submit to the kind of basic honesty controls (double-blind testing, for example) that had legitimized every other serious scientific endeavor since Pascal. [This refusal] is a source of endless derisive amusement among rational people and of perpetual embarrassment for me..” -Gordon Holt Stereophile |
Stringreen said: "...or expensive watches..." That reminded me of when my brother-in-law bought a Rolex and was touting how great it was. I think it was a one of the cheaper models and about couple grand. Bottom line is that a watch is for timekeeping and my Seiko kept time just as well as his. What he really got for his money, I guess, was a hunk of gold jewelry that said he was successful. I'm thinking that people who, for example, buy a used pair of "Tara Labs Omega Gold" speaker cables for $7000.00 (http://www.tmraudio.com/product/xx-55) are like my brother-in-law. They are more concerned about what "having" those cables says about them than any real improvement in speaker performance. I have a set of pristine B&W Nautilus 803's. I have to chuckle because this used pair of cables cost twice what my used speakers cost. |
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