My opinion on this is the following: is there a difference between 2 cables at $100 vs. $1,000; obviously. Will ypu hear a difference, yes. How muxh of the difference, a very small percentage. Is it worth it? I dom't believe so. A system that cost $1k vs $10k will have poaitives and negatives. At the end, we're here to listen to good music. It comes down to personal taste and satisfaction. Some people who has disposable inxome will need to spend $100k on a sound system, and thats okay. I love to try new equipment to see if I can hear some differences.
What are we objectivists missing?
I have been following (with much amusement) various threads about cables and tweaks where some claim "game changing improvements" and other claim "no difference". My take is that if you can hear a difference, there must be some difference. If a device or cable or whatever measures exactly the same it should sound exactly the same. So what are your opinions on what those differences might be and what are we NOT measuring that would define those differences?
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After treading through the various forum posts re cables for the various uses we apply them to, be it amp>speakers, source>pre, pre>amp, et all..... It still seems to me that the 'better' one's equipment is, or is in one's perception of what is played in the environment that it is done in... ...that what one experiences is a very subtle form of eq. One may purport that cable Q is superior in their instance, while for others they stink in relation to cable R...or F...or whatever. Granted, I've not had the pleasure to experience personally such gratifications beyond the occasional 'listening sesh'...in an entirely different space with equipment I've no personal experience with to any great degree. In short: If your boat floats better, have at it. Tell us about it; those who can indulge obviously may do so to whatever degree desired. I've not heard every conceivable combination of equipment in one space that would allow for a critical opinion that would hold up under any and all scrutiny. Not likely to, either. So it comes down to pleasing oneself to whatever level one desires to take it to. If one wants to regard me as a nasty narrow-minded jade...I'm good with that. Been called worse...mostly on the highway, when a Focus keeps showing up in front of your Porsche in the other lane you didn't take.... ;) |
On two different occasions, I've read articles by a very famous audiophile who claims LPs sound better than cds, who said something along the lines of, "I really liked how this xxx sounded but I haven't seen the measurements yet so I could have egg on my face." If you like how it sounds, measurements don't matter, but don't try and convince me that it's better than something else. I figure subjectivists are like religious people and objectivists are the scientists. There is no proof that a new cable, silver fuse, etc improves the sound, but they believe it does As @djones51 said, until you take vision out of any audio testing, there's going to be bias. |
"The most reliable method is to listen." The most reliable method is to listen. BLIND. Repeated ABX testing is required. A consistent score of 95% or better indicates a valid distinction. All else is entirely invalid. PERIOD. Blind listening proves if there is a change or not. Measurements are unnecessary - we are listening, not measuring. That removes any suggestion measurements do not measure everything. |
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