WHY CABLES MATTER!


I have seen the argument over and over again on why cables matter and the that wire is just wire and how scientifically it’s impossible for them to make a difference. The thing that surprises me the most is that different materials are used. Different shielding is used. Different connectors are used. Different braiding methods of the cables are used. Materials are sourced from different manufacturers and put through different creative processes but I always get some guy who comes on and says. WIRE IS WIRE AND YOU ARE NOT HEARING WHAT YOU ARE HEARING? To me it’s pure arrogance to think you know more than everybody else to the point where you tell me what we are hearing through my ears and we are not smart enough to know when are minds are playing trick on us. But using all these different materials, process and shielding and creative processes don’t make a difference. I spent the last 15 years trying all the cables I could try.  Thoughts anyone?

calvinj

Another question if I may. Anyone know the purity of copper used in Nordost speaker cables. I didn't see any info on their website. 

Thanks!

Yes, I have first hand experience with cables.  Did you view my system?  I’m way beyond recovery…but after 44 years in hifi, no going back. 

@ernstmach - If you google it comes up as 99.9999% purity, oxygen-free copper solid-core conductors, with silver plating

The notion that everyone is under the influence of expectation bias and placebo effect and that subjective listening reports are essentially the result of delusion, is simply absurd. It’s just like a certain politician who instructed his followers to ignore what they read and saw and instead listen only to him. Smart people don’t dismiss observations and empirical evidence just because someone else tells them to.

+1 @cleeds 

Although there’s a possibility of a placebo effect, it’s offset by the multitudes of voices saying otherwise.  Common sense, which maybe not as common as we hope, would rule out that all these people including professional reviewers are being duped, by the manufacturers.  It’s quite common for as one moves up a product line like Audioquest that there are usually noticeable are sonic improvements.  There is also a chorus of people who say Belden is a quality cable, but moving up to a better cable makes an obvious audible differences.

YES, everyone is under the placebo effect

This speaks volumes of your ignorance, I doubt you’ve even met 0.1% of the population.