It is counter intuitive that electrical energy in a series of electronics and cables could be immune from changes in LCR. Given loudspeakers with sufficient resolution, the changes should be apparent. However, just as some are colorblind and others tone deaf, some will not have the ability to discern subtle differences.They could have stopped right there, at the 3rd paragraph, and then you wouldn't have something like this:
Yup. Poorly designed and poorly matched gear will be affected audibly by the slight impedance of a cable. High fidelity gear will not.being a take away from the article. The article is littered with statements like:
A cable's performance is system dependent. An arguably better cable could make a system less pleasant if it exposes existing flaws.Note "could" and "if". It's not an absolute.
Whether these changes enhance or detract is completely system dependent! What works well in one system may not in another.
The only true way to know if a cable is better is to try it in YOUR system.
These examples are for illustration ONLY and are not intended for any other purpose.(Note the illustrations were meant to show that carefully chosen wire construction can be made to sound closely the same)
Some claim all cables sound the same. Some claim two cables with the same R will sound the same. Some cable manufacturers make all kinds of wild claims, provide no engineering insight as to problems solved and charge ever increasing prices for something that may not be any better than, or even different from, what the customer is currently using as cables interact with the system!
Caveat emptor.
So in the end, two well made cables can sound different, taking the price gouging out of the equation, which was a needless caveat.
With apologies to Thomas Dolby: "They blinded me with science...."
All the best,
Nonoise