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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I tried the Schroeder Method. Worked so good I raced out and bought some more Y-connectors. We are now getting unimaginably fantastic results running the Miller Method: Connect one Y-connector to the source, then connect one Y-connector to each channel. Then connect one Y-connector to each of those. Now instead of two you have eight interconnects. The improvement is exponential!

Of course you may wonder: How is this any different than running several insulated strands within one interconnect? Wouldn't that be the same, only better due to eliminating all the crappy signal degrading Y-connectors? Wouldn't IC makers figure this out? Wouldn't they all be racing to put as many conductors in parallel as they could? How would using more conductors possibly be harmful? And if it is then why on Earth would I want to run that risk?

To which I answer: take your pesky questions elsewhere! We got an off the rails thread to keep going here! So shoo! Away with you!
Why, yes, the obtuse, impractical discussion here is coruscating! ;)
After all, who needs a practical, powerful method for improving an audio system? Why on earth spend time on that?

Your thoughts are hardly novel. See the thread on the cable forum that bears my name to catch up. :)
@millercarbon: That already exists! Litz wire! I had speaker cable made of that back in '78. Polk Cobra cable! Worked fine, didn't damage my GAS Son amp from the extra capacitance!
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