sokogear-
I also believe as AJ van den Hul states in his 100 page audio white
paper/encyclopedia on his web site that moving wires has a short term
change in sound until returned to their steady state. That would imply
that vibrations in cables, amps and the like would impact SQ, however, I
don't believe it is audible under "normal" circumstances.
I don't know what "normal" circumstances are, but I figured this out all by myself decades ago.
At the time I had 2 identical Synergistic Research Master Coupler power cords. Absolutely identical, bought at the same time. Ted was saying he selects his wire by listening, not all wire qualifies. So I figured if that was the case then maybe I can do the same, maybe even two seemingly identical wires one sounds slightly better than another.
So I listened to my CD player with the one that was on it. Then I unplugged the other one and moved it over to the CDP. Immediately flabbergasted to hear the second PC was not as detailed, focused, clear and liquid! It was not huge but was easy to hear, absolutely no doubt about it.
I listened to it for several minutes, wracking my brain for how it could be that Synergistic would sell two cables so different in performance. Well probably no one would ever notice unless comparing side by side, and why would anyone ever do that?? After a few minutes I began to get the feeling this one was still a little better but not nearly so much. Seriously.
So I swapped them back and what do you know, now this one sounded worse!
It was at this point when I remembered that when Caelin Gabriel (yes the Shunyata Caelin Gabriel) came over one time how gingerly and carefully he handled his power cords. One guy was even giving him a hard time about it. But I remember and now was starting to think maybe there is something to this after all.
This is a very easy test anyone can perform. Take your power cord, speaker cable, or interconnect, listen to it, give it a good thorough wiggle and bend, listen again. It will sound like crap at first, and then settle back into normal performance after some minutes. How crappy and how many minutes depends more on how good a listener you are than anything to do with the cable. If you are a really good listener it will be obvious, and you will hear it change back practically second by second. Odds are you are an average listener and you will just barely notice. Whatever. Your problem. Not mine!
This is the real reason cable elevators and things like that work so well. This is something I have been able to prove by using a rubber band to suspend the cable above the elevator. Shouldn't make any difference but it does.
People, you do not need big thick books or guys with impressive names to tell you this stuff. Just go and listen. You will hear.
Then again, maybe not.
