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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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geoffkait
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celander
Geoff wrote:

”And how electromagnetic waves travel through solid metal conductors.”

I wonder whether this matters if one is using fluid metal conductors.

[Hint: time for the Teo Audio guys to report!]

>>>>>I’m all for that but let’s make it a little more interesting. Let’s make it, “I wonder whether the electromagnetic waves of photons matters if one is using fluid metal conductors.” See, isn’t that better?
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celander
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Ok, I admit that might be better...
Still, the Teo Audio guys should chime in.

glupson
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Earlier in this thread, a post mentioned...

This just in about the ear: The ear is capable of detecting sound where the motion of the cilia in the ear is....

>>less than the width of an atom.<<

https://phys.org/news/2019-01-mechanism-ear-exquisite-sensitivity.html

I am sorry, I know it was mentioned more than two months ago but I just noticed it. Does anyone know where the original work about that "less than the width of an atom" can be found? I am really interested in learning about methods used.

Any info is much appreciated.
roberjerman
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@douglas_schroeder : so an IC made of many strands of litz wire should have the best sound quality? According to your "theory" doubling the connecting wire will improve SQ. Conversely, halving the number of connecting wires will reduce SQ. And the basis for this "theory" is "my g**den ears" told me it is so! Hardly what I consider scientific!
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celander
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Oy vey..

The above post by Roberjerman is why I recommended Doug copy his two posts to the threads that more aptly discuss those particular IC topologies. 

I encourage Roberjerman to read Doug’s Dagogo article about parallel IC placement, which includes commentary about applicable theories. This forum has at least three threads devoted to the empirical and theoretical aspects of these IC topologies. The breadcrumb links to those Forum threads are found in the following thread:

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/doug-schroeder-method-double-ic


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