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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Hey, Calvin was always in a class by himself....and most definitely no anyways about that ! 
So, we have skeptics, I'm sure, who use a higher AWG speaker cable. 

Ok, so Canare insists that what yields better sound is lower AWG. (I concur; I have confirmed it through numerous listening comparisons.)
Canare has a chart showing DF in relation to speaker cables and AWG.

So, skeptics, are you going to change your thinner wires to heavier based on this science? Or, do you trust your ears. Have you even ever tried a comparison between your favored high AWG speaker (smaller conductor) cable and a low(er) one (larger conductor)? Would you trust a chart to determine what sound you would like, or would you trust your ears? 

What if Canare's plan is to sell you more cable by recommending thicker speaker cables? How do you trust them? By the numbers? Or, would you trust your ears? And, if you just your ears by foregoing the recommendation of Canare's science, then doesn't that make you unscientific? 

Are you suspicious of a Pro speaker cable maker's recommendation, or do you give the Pro cable maker a pass, and do not subject it to scrutiny? If you prefer subjectively a thinner speaker cable conductor (higher AWG), do you see Canare as disingenuine, not trustworthy for recommending a heavier AWG speaker cable? Do you apply the same kind of suspicion to the Pro company as you do to other speaker makers who are not "Pro"? 

BTW, Schroeder Method of IC Placement was first tried by myself because of my conclusion that lower AWG is universally superior. I saw that it wasn't in use in interconnects and I thought it worth a try. I suppose that if I had a chart like Canare you would "buy it". So, because I don't have a chart, I guess that means it can't work, right?  :)