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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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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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dave_b
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After installing some new Transparent Gen 5 Plus cabling in my system, I can’t help but smile and laugh at the contortions and mental gymnastics many audiophiles put themselves through, attempting to find that one special way to connect their components that will leave all the others in the dust.  The latest stuff from Transparent Audio is just soooo right sounding that it’s just sick, compared to anything else I’ve ever heard or owned.  Just crazy great, they allow music to flow as if it were restored back to before the recording chain degraded it.  Mind bogglingly musical is all I can say...just so far beyond all the other wires available.  IMNSHO
glupson
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They'd better be.
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