@astro58go
Your reply is well articulated and more than fair enough to warrant a response. Thanks for that, as some others on the forum immediately take offense and can never "agree to disagree". Please allow me to answer your points/questions.
No, I am not an electrical engineer. However, I did study electrical engineering at Thomas Edison Technical/Vocational high school for four years and as a general rule tend to give more "weight" to all things that can be explained scientifically/objectively as opposed to opinions/subjectively.
As you indicate "listening is truth" and this is the basis of your assertion regarding cable performance, you certainly are entitled in that case to claim one is "better" than another. Whatever your preference and pragmatic findings, so be it. Nevertheless, there is nothing "quack" about BJC, because, among other things, they do not claim (in writing) their cable sounds or is better than anyone else's. The merely point out that resistance is by far the most dominant factor.
I personally do not believe in cable "burn-in". I do believe if you run more current through it than it is rated to handle, you can/will notice something burning.
As for directionality, there are numerous threads on the forum about this. One recent thread https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/interconnects-some-have-directional-indicatorss-why? suggests this could be the result of one end being shielded to ground. However, this is something that could apply to RCA interconnects, not speaker wire. There is (or should be) no directionality where speaker wire is concerned.
But again, given the "positive sonic differences" you are hearing, by all means use whatever you prefer. I believe I also pointed out elsewhere in this thread that while "differences" can be heard, I simply question whether or not they are truly "positive".
Your reply is well articulated and more than fair enough to warrant a response. Thanks for that, as some others on the forum immediately take offense and can never "agree to disagree". Please allow me to answer your points/questions.
No, I am not an electrical engineer. However, I did study electrical engineering at Thomas Edison Technical/Vocational high school for four years and as a general rule tend to give more "weight" to all things that can be explained scientifically/objectively as opposed to opinions/subjectively.
As you indicate "listening is truth" and this is the basis of your assertion regarding cable performance, you certainly are entitled in that case to claim one is "better" than another. Whatever your preference and pragmatic findings, so be it. Nevertheless, there is nothing "quack" about BJC, because, among other things, they do not claim (in writing) their cable sounds or is better than anyone else's. The merely point out that resistance is by far the most dominant factor.
I personally do not believe in cable "burn-in". I do believe if you run more current through it than it is rated to handle, you can/will notice something burning.
As for directionality, there are numerous threads on the forum about this. One recent thread https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/interconnects-some-have-directional-indicatorss-why? suggests this could be the result of one end being shielded to ground. However, this is something that could apply to RCA interconnects, not speaker wire. There is (or should be) no directionality where speaker wire is concerned.
But again, given the "positive sonic differences" you are hearing, by all means use whatever you prefer. I believe I also pointed out elsewhere in this thread that while "differences" can be heard, I simply question whether or not they are truly "positive".