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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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mahgister
13,196 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
7,842 posts
 
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.
ausaudio
90 posts
 
Maybe his cables are good. Maybe they are not. These are like the old Goertz cables, what from the 80's? Good idea, but watch the capacitance. Many a hobbyist has made these with double sided tape.

The article, which is by Max, not PS Audio. Frankly I am embarrassed for the author. I feel bad that he obviously spent so much time on a topic he does not understand in order to reach conclusions that are wrong. I assume his expertise is mechanical. I do like his platforms. Best to leave the electrical to those who understand it.
flaxxer OP
76 posts
 
Don't be embarrassed for Max. He is a genius inventor and engineer, that designs other things like space propulsion systems for NASA. He knows more about technology than the entire forum's experience combined.
Don't knock him, just because his products DO work extremely, extremely well. He may have the single most researched and soundly engineered products offered to the hifi community. 
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