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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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danvignau
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Science is not used to explain cables for the same reason it is not used to explain creationism. 
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danvignau
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Faith vs science!
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geoffkait
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danvignau188 posts03-08-2019 5:30amFaith vs science!

>>>>>>Did your dog tell you that? 
glupson
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">>>>>>Did your dog tell you that?"
I have faith in that dog and am leaving science for cable science threads that do not include much science.

There must be a reason nobody ever says "a cable is man's best friend". Trust your dog, not your cable. Unless you manufacture cables, then you really have a very skinny best friend, all grounded in science of faith.
douglas_schroeder
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danvignau, imo you are ignorant on both points. But, to not inflame the discussion further, I will refrain from commenting further. I do not care to engage you in a debate here, if it would mean that the moderators would pull the thread - a very real possibility, and one that I imagine some might enjoy/hope for. 

Now that you have expressed yourself on the topic, I trust that you will refrain from doing so in the future on this thread. Most participants know that injection of religion can cause rancor and get a thread deleted. I hope that is not your intention. 

Why don't you try the Schroeder Method of Interconnect Placement? If you seem assured of your position, why not put it to the test? I presume you would see double interconnects as "unscientific" and since there is no thorough explanation (I am NOT saying no explanation exists), I would guess you to be derisive of it. Fine. Why not try it, because imo every once in a while skepticism needs to be put to the test. 



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