So your claim about not being able to distinguish between power cables power cables in a blind test is based on someone else’s 14-year-old test?
No. And in case you’re having trouble reading for comprehension or keeping up with the thread, that’s simply an example of someone conducting the type of test that I had suggested to the previous poster if he/she was really interested in proving that one power cord could "sound better" than another. Besides, do you have any test, of any age, that contradicts that one? Let's see it.
No, you didn’t mention that, which is the logical fallacy of a call to authority. Please tell us: Have you ever conducted an actual blind test to substantiate your belief? Have you ever participated in such a test?
That’s because I wasn’t talking to you and nobody else asked, but when one happens to have more expertise in a given field than another person does (unless of course he wishes to clarify about his own credentials in EE or a related field), that’s not "appeal to authority" and you clearly also don’t understand the definition of that logical fallacy.
Appeal to authority would be along the lines of: "_________ says there is an audible improvement between cheap and expensive power cables and ______ manufactures expensive power cables, therefore he is correct." Which is not what I did. I said that I’ve designed power supplies and that in so doing, and in working with numerous EEs and EE students over the years, nobody has ever demonstrated that one power cable of the proper rating/listing will "perform" differently when measuring the DC side of a power supply than any other power cable.
Have I participated in blind A/B comparison studies? No, I’ve done some switching back and forth with already-burned-in (another bogus concept, but I did it to show that I was serious) power mains cables and I’ve read what actual engineers and engineering textbooks have to say about it.
At the end of the day, and bottom line - if there are no electrically measurable differences on the DC-side of the power supply from changing power mains cables, then there are no objectively discernible audible differences coming out of the speakers, all other things being controlled/equal. Can YOU or ANYONE ELSE hear a difference? Possibly, but that’s the placebo effect.
Rather than continue down this path where people are incorrectly accusing me of using logical fallacies that they clearly don’t understand, why doesn’t someone point me to some test results that are at least somewhat scientific that DO show a measurable or audible difference between a standard, well shielded, UL listed heavy duty power cable and an expensive "audiophile" power cable? I’ve already produced a test and explained why, from an engineering perspective, there is no difference so long as the current gets to the power supply and nothing is impeding it. But so far I’ve seen nothing to prove or even strongly suggest that there is a scientific basis for any of the claims from people or manufacturers that insist a $500 power mains cable sounds better than a $15 Tripplite from Home Depot or Frye’s.
