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The Science of Cables

It seems to me that there is too little scientific, objective evidence for why cables sound the way they do. When I see discussions on cables, physical attributes are discussed; things like shielding, gauge, material, geometry, etc. and rarely are things like resistance, impedance, inductance, capacitance, etc. Why is this? Why aren’t cables discussed in terms of physical measurements very often?

Seems to me like that would increase the customer base. I know several “objectivist” that won’t accept any of your claims unless you have measurements and blind tests. If there were measurements that correlated to what you hear, I think more people would be interested in cables. 

I know cables are often system dependent but there are still many generalizations that can be made.
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glupson
7,842 posts
 
geoffkait,

I am aware of that. It is that I feel that jhills was pointing to such words as "wild claims" which, in the minds of many, they really are. I see no problem in using them, but it should be no surprise when someone doubts them. They may catch the eyes of some in a desired way while jhills and some others will be more realistic.

I am not sure how many people take magazine reviews seriously anymore. They are full of such words and they may cause "alarm fatigue" of some sort.
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taras22
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@glupson

It may be due to its incorrect written presentation.

That is so lame.
taras22
412 posts
 
@glupson

I did not even have him on my mind when quoting a sentence from his post.


How is this even remotely possible?. And this is truly beyond lame. Congratulations.
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celander
1,503 posts
 
Ok. Maybe I can help out here again. Wordsmithing contests can post to the following thread: 

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/arguments-devolve-on-threads-to-wordsmithing-contests
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