One Cord To Rule Them All

lostinseattle,

The problem with lending/borrowing is that, in case you find no difference in cable performance, you may need to bow and admit you did not "break/burn" them "in" long enough. Even if you use them for a week, it may not be enough if the result is not what it has to be.

In cable threads, you either accept what you do not notice, or you are called cable-hater by people who mistakenly escaped being removed from public fora.

In any case, I somehow have the feeling you may be more objective here so I am hoping you do post your findings at some point.

As far as Shunyata research findings you mentioned earlier, it is not surprising they had found something to talk about and present numbers that can get pulled to whatever side convenient. I do not doubt (too much) in credibility of those findings. However, in another part of any manufacturer’s practice it is called marketing and may need to be approached as such.

I don't want you guys to think I'm an OP deserter. I am still here and reading these posts with great interest.

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Glupson: I promise this is the last time I will respond to you.

I have all the subsequent email sent to Tammy. So I know what is going on, and your involvement in all this.

Don’t worry about your friend. He will come back again, I am pretty sure, under a new username. Like he had done at least four times in the past.

Enjoy your life. Whatever turns you on

@Glupson
Fortunately, though I care deeply about many things, being labeled a "cable hater" is not one.  I am capable of performing a double blind listening test, when I care to. I could also run a couple tests if I had an O-Scope.  I also don't/won't care if someone thinks I didn't do it right, just as I'm certain they won't care if tell them that electrical/electronic component burn in used to detect early failures due to manufacturing faults, was undoubtedly conducted before the component got in their hands, and is unlikely to change any performance metric of said component.

That said, I will never tell someone what they heard (or didn't) because I can't experience something the way they do.  And also because I have met people whose hearing skill is far more refined than mine.  I can usually tell when something's "off" but I won't be able to say what; but I know people can make a few adjustments here and there and voila!, the music sounds 100% better because their hearing so well trained.  I will treat skeptically claims by people I don't know who haven't done a real blind test.

I was actually impressed with the CG interview.  Sure, Shunyata wants to sell their stuff - and it's not cheap - but he was doing real research.  Now whether any of it provides an audible improvement, I can't say.

If I ever get around to really playing with cables I definitely post any results here.  But I can assure you that I won't start with power cables because I would expect greater improvements from speaker cables, then interconnects.