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A challenge to the "measurement" camp

I’ve watched some of his video and I actually agree on some of what he said,
but he seems too confident on his insistence on measurement. For those
who expound on the merits of blind test and measurement, why not turn
the table upside down?

Why not do a blind test of measurement? That is I will supply all the measurement
you want, can you tell me which is a better product?

For example, if I have a set of cable, and a set of measurement for each
individual cable, can you tell me which is the best cable based on measurement
alone? I will supply all the measurement you want.
After all, that is what you’re after right? Objective result and not subjective
listening test.

Fast forward to 8:15 mark where he keeps ranting about listening test
without measurement.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=katmUM-Xelw

By the way, is he getting paid by Belden?  Because he keeps talking about it
and how well it measures.  I've had some BlueJean cables and they can easily
bettered by some decent cables.  
andy2
glupson
7,842 posts
 
"when we get to the end of all that, we find that analog cables, in an all triode or v-fet system, is the only real functional signal capturing and playback chain."

To repeat, if you truly want to advance signal transmission, figure out better quality wireless and not novelty cable. Nobody says it is easier than advertising a cable, though.

andy2 OP
1,538 posts
 
^^^ How do send wireless info from the amp to the speakers?
glupson
7,842 posts
 
^^^ How do send wireless info from the amp to the speakers?
That is the question. The world has gone wireless, but most of the "audiophiles" have not noticed.
andy2 OP
1,538 posts
 
^!^ Actually it's already been done in the form of Active DSP speakers, but it's a step backward in term of sound quality.  So you can't have both.
(You would still need two power cords - one for left and one for right speaker).
glupson
7,842 posts
 
"^!^ Actually it's already been done in the form of Active DSP speakers, but it's a step backward in term of sound quality."

I did not mention active speakers not to disturb audiophile pretensions of separates.

"...it's a step backward in term of sound quality. So you can't have both."

At this moment in history, probably true. However, if all the cable manufacturers put their minds into designing better wireless techniques instead of better cable marketing, the progress could be faster.

"(You would still need two power cords - one for left and one for right speaker)."

For now.

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