DO CABLES REALLY MATTER?

nonoise
There was even a link that showed where one studio went with Nordost cables and were impressed with the improvement. But all of that can be discounted as some kind of quid pro quo, couldn't it?

>>>>I suppose it could be some kind of quid pro quo. But that seems more like a conclusion drawn by a determined naysayer or pseudo skeptic. If you could find a CD of Indian classical music on the Moment! label that uses audiophile cables in the recording process you would hear the advantage of high end cables in the studio. But these things can be difficult to prove. Someone naysayer could argue, Oh, it’s not the cables, it’s the engineering. Oh, please! That’s why these cable debates have been going on unabated for what, 40 years?

The conclusion is that for those with good ears they make a difference. But what is a good ear? YOUR OWN EAR! 

I’ll admit that I haven’t read every response to this thread yet, but I’d like to make a comment. The opinions on cables (power, speaker and interconnects) are as varied as the readers on this forum. As I was selling a CD player once, a guy called who kept me on the phone for almost an hour trying to convince me that a good power cable was the secret to perfect sound. I’m still not convinced, but I enjoyed hearing about the epiphany that had made this guy so passionate about it. If you’re reading this now, you know who you are.

Uh. It could be almost anyone since it’s true. At least for any yutz with ears.

Funny how the complaint of people have an "axe to grind" only ever goes one way on this forum.
Always aimed at someone who may be more skeptical about the claims of cable manufacturers. But if you fall in line with "of course cables make a difference" then everything thrown the other way is forgiven.

calvinj, for instance, has made this thread to declare to all skeptics high end cables make a difference.
And over and over keeps disparaging the hearing of anyone who disagrees with him. As he just as yet again "for those of us with good ears they make a difference."

Well, what can some cloth eared person who may be more skeptical say in the face of the proclamations of Golden Ears that their Golden Ears can’t be wrong? Nothing much but to bow on obeisance I guess...dare we voice an alternative view "why do you have such an Axe to grind???!!!

I dunno. I sure see a lot of what looks like an axe to grind being tossed at anyone skeptical about high end cabling.  This thread being yet another example.