Paul (Oldpet) I can not answer your question without speculating. I will attempt to ger and answer from Kubala-Sosna.
Zargon, I agree with all your comments, and I believe I tried to point these subjective conclusions out.
[So, Kubala-Sosna is doing something different,and many believe it is better, however, it isn't necessarily "the best" or "totally uncolored" when compared to others. Remember, the cable effect is also dependent on the components it connects, and these dependencies may override everything else]
If I failed to get that across properly, I apologies for it does indeed remain subjective.
Steve, I would not be surprised if I mis-inturprited much of what I was told. I do however stand behind the general pholosaphy behind my posted thoughts. Both you and Zargon have put words in my mouth however. Below I copied my words:
"If there is such a thing as a completely neutral set of cables, as has been suggested by Kubala-Sosna about the Emotion cables, it would be hard to prove by listening. The Kubala-Sosna Emotion cables (power cords, interconnects, speaker cable and digital cables) pass a square sign wave through the full audible spectrum. This is the only test I know of that can quantify a cables ability to transfer a signal without altering the characteristics of the signal. I can not verify the point, but KS explains that other cables they have tested are not able to pass a completely square wave throughout the frequency spectrum. If I understand this correctly, that means all the other cables he tested were not able to transfer the signal un-altered. I do not know if this creates neutrality or simply affects the dynamics, but..."
"OK, for the sake of argument let me say that the KS Emotion are as close to neutral
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"If you are interested in hearing your components I recommend finding a neutral cable."
"I believe Kubala-Sosna cables are 100% neutral,"
"I believe all three, actually five lines of KS cables have the same characteristics. I actually know very little about the other lines, other than
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I never did claim a perfect square wave and I hedge the neutrality issue with IF there is
This is a concept we audiophiles throw around a lot, yet Im not even sure what neutral is. I assume it to be something with little affect on the audio signal, and yet I have tried to make it clear I have no test to verify this. So if we need to nit-pick over my words, please use my words and not others.
I stand by the intent of my words, that these are unique to my ears, and I do believe they are break through. I understand this is only my personal experience, but my experience on five different systems, and in all cases it has had the same affects.
JD