Let's talk power cords

I wish a requirement of the Audiogon sign-up process involved revealing your system's details.  It is much easier to weigh the gravity of a member's views on topics audio if you can view their system details to give context to their views.

For those of you who have not posted your systems here...why not?

I actually do not (rpt not) believe that anyone can tell anything about how a system sounds by knowing what components comprise the system or seeing photos of it. I don’t think you can intuit anything about the sound based on the speakers, the electronics or cables. I don’t think you can read between the lines or assume anything, even if the room is well organized with lots of room treatments and tweaks in plain view.

geoffkait Come on Geoff...you really believe what you just said above? You can’t tell "anything" about a system by knowing what components comprise it, or by seeing pics of the components and how the system is configured or about the physical space the system inhabits??

I have learned a lot from viewing the systems here and I have no doubt you are more than capable of the same!🤨

@hifiman5 far be it for me to intuit what @geoffkait is saying but my experience is that you cannot tell how any given system sounds from pictures or knowledge of the components -- there are far too many variables in room interaction, component synergies (or lack thereof) not to mention the listeners own preferences. What I think you can ascertain per your original post is how seriously the system owner has thought about the performance of her system and how much attention they have paid to fine tuning it to help it give of its best

So yes to using systems descriptions to gauge the credibility of the poster, and no to assuming you know how it sounds