iFi has an interesting new power cable, the SupaNova and does post some specs:
and an interesting review can be found here:
Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why?
After my Audio Science Review review forum, it became apparent that nearly the only way one can determine the measurements of an audio product is wait for a review on line or in a publication. Most equipment is never reviewed or is given a subjective analysis rather than a measurement oriented review. One would think that manufacturers used tests and measurements to design and construct their products.
Manufacturers routinely give the performance characteristics of their products as Specifications. Those are not test measurements.
I searched the Revel speaker site for measurements of any of their speakers and could not find any. Revels are universally lauded for their exceptional reviewed measurements. Lack of published manufacturer measurements is true for nearly every speaker manufacturer I've searched for on line, perhaps several hundred. Same is true for amps, pre-amps, DACs, transports, turntables, well you get the picture. Do they have something to hide? I doubt the good quality products have anything to hide but poor quality products do.
ASR prides itself in providing "true" measurements that will aid in purchase decisions. Why don't the manufacturers provide these measurements so that reviewers can test if they are truthful or not?
Then there are the cables and tweaks for which I suspect that there are inadequate tests available to measure sonically perceived differences but which objectivists believe don't exist or are "snake oil."
Well, please chime in if you have some illuminating thoughts on the subject.
I would have loved to see manufacturers measurements on my equipment and especially those that I rejected.
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Well, @kota claimed the Audioquest Go-4 cable I was testing on ASR needing 200 hours of burn in: "If you want performance you need to get NEW cables on loan from a DEALER who has a return policy. Then, after around 100 hours of brek in, go for it." How do you reckon he figured out the 100 hour number for any test system but you can't? When you were experimenting with the cable you were building, did you wait 100 hours between every change to see the results? If not, where do you think he got these numbers? As to air, I am very disappointed that you think your cables can't do that for me. What are the qualifications for systems which can accept such air from your cable? Are they listed on manufacturer website? Or is it a random thing and what you say about improvement may not be there at all as you are implying with my system? And why is it a "bother" for manufacture to provide such specific data? You created a thread asking manufacturers to provide data to us as customers. Now you say we shouldn't bother them??? Are they in a privileged position with no competition as to us treating them special in this regard? Really, you seem to be saying other cable companies should do this and that the one you are involved in, should be exempt? |
@amir_asr , you need to check your source, I said 100 hours to burn in a cable. If you continue through that same thread I also said if you want to be specific ask the manufacturer, and then you banned me!! As for your search for a cable with more "air", may I present the iFi Supanova!! Air is listed if you look at the pictures of the iFi Supanova cable I just posted, did you miss it? See page 8. Remember, don’t ask for double blind tests unless you do them yourself:
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What do you think I am talking about??? You claimed the Audioquest cable requires 100 hours with no facts backing it. I am now asking @fleschler who has been involved in design of some cable and is promoting here, what the burn in is for that. And why it is that it won't pump air into my system as a matter of principle. I didn't know cables were picky about who is trying to use them.
What is wrong with the cable @fleschler is selling us on? It lacks a compressor to put in any air??? How many hours does the ifi take to burn in before said air feature comes on? I WANT MY BLOODY AIR!!!
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