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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
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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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celander
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glupson, Teo_Audio is the person who made that post. He is the one who can help you with the background info. It seems as though the link Teo_Audio provided in his original post provides that info. 
douglas_schroeder
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roberjerman, would you like to try the Schroeder Method of Interconnect Placement? How about being one of the very few skeptics who is willing to actually try it to see whether their skepticism is justified? I find most skeptics are entrenched, putting much more confidence in their skepticism than is warranted. Are you willing to test that by trying the Schroeder Method, or will you continue to be closed to an assessment of whether your own perspective is justified? 
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