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Cables ... no longer opinion

PS Audio has already did the research. The answers are available forevermore.
The testing is sound, and not flawed. Their test results find exactly the same results my cable manufacturer found and preached. Josh from Downsize Audio Cables also found two strips of foils, stacked on top of each other and secured together made the best sounding speaker cables. I've tried all kinds of hyper expensive cables to dethrone the Downsize Audio foils ... NOTHING comes close at any price.
      Downsize used a genuine teflon backed adhesive tape, double sided too, and custom rolled, extra thin foil of 6N purity. BUT he told me a person can get 90% of the same sound quality, using off the shelf inductor foils and standard thin packing tape. Try it and save tens of thousands of dollars.
https://www.psaudio.com/copper/article/the-sound-of-speaker-cables-an-analysis/
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pesky_wabbit
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I know early Naim and some other British amps could get very tetchy with high cap cables, with dire warnings of incendiary consequences for the unwary.

Things now appear somewhat more sensible, but I still wonder whether moderate-longish runs of ribbons may prove problematic for some amps on the market. Can you identify any that you personally know that may potentially run into difficulties?


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gerryah930
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Humans vary tremendously in their ability to resolve musical details. It is not a bell shaped curve. No device can provide an absolutely accurate measure of what will work for all listeners. There is no single audio component solution, including cables, that will work for everyone. Learn something about the human auditory system and stop focusing on hardware that is distal to the PNS and CNS.
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mahgister
13,273 posts
 
Humans vary tremendously in their ability to resolve musical details. It is not a bell shaped curve. No device can provide an absolutely accurate measure of what will work for all listeners. There is no single audio component solution, including cables, that will work for everyone. Learn something about the human auditory system and stop focusing on hardware that is distal to the PNS and CNS.
You are right....

My best and thanks...
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millercarbon
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Humans vary tremendously in their ability to resolve musical details. It is not a bell shaped curve.

Actually it is. But where any given individual happens to be on that curve is by no means cast in stone. Listening is a learned behavior, a skill, and skills can be improved. 
Learn something about the human auditory system and stop focusing on hardware that is distal to the PNS and CNS.

You know the problem with using techno-babble like "distal to the PNS and CNS"? Every once in a while you run into someone who actually knows the terms, and knowing this knows word salad when he sees it.
glupson
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gerryah930,

"Humans vary tremendously in their ability to resolve musical details. It is not a bell shaped curve."

Why do you think it is not a bell-shaped curve? In particular after stating tremendous variation.
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