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.
128x128mkgus
What’s the rumpus? Everyone in the high end knew all about power cords 25 years ago. All without benefit of blind tests, if I can be so bold. This is all so anticlimactic. The sky is falling, the sky is falling! 🐥
We have an answer. NASA uses cables that are between $238.70 and $327.80 per foot (and that is for two of them).
rodman99999,

It probably does not matter, but your dealer Audio Two from Windsor, Ontario is listed with USA dealers and not Canadian. Someone looking for Canadian dealers may miss it.
douglas_schroeder

Prof, testing for power cord was with system identical throughout, using two identical stereo amps, and different power cords on amps. Only variable is power cord on amp.

Did you then swap power cords to amps and repeat?