James Randi vs. Anjou Pear - once and for all

Open challenge? Not. Sounds like more of a media stunt than a real challenge:

"This offer is not open to any and all persons. Before being considered as an applicant, the person applying must satisfy two conditions: First, he/she must have a “media presence,” which means having been published, written about, or known to the media in regard to his/her claimed abilities or powers...Several applicants have suffered great personal embarrassment after failing these tests".

"...That said, we offer the JREF million-dollar prize to – for example – Dave Clark, Editor of the audio review publication Positive Feedback Online, who provided the above rave review. If Mr. Clark should choose to apply for the prize, he would be unlike John Atkinson of Stereophile Magazine – see randi.org/jr/121004science.html#11 – who made great noises about being ready to snap up the million, then got distracted by things such as gullible readers who accepted his claimed abilities, and backed out. But we’ll see…"

Peter s:

I guess my concern is whether such an experiment could be run in a convincing way...

Good point. I assume it's not as simple as it seems at first glance. Not for $1M, surely.
Otherwise, there would be ways to "rig" the results... say, using a medium/high output impedance amp+insensitivie speakers (or highly damped amp & overdamped spkrs) and a ref "cheap" cable that has much higher inductance (under normal load) than the 7k variety...

The earth is flat I tell you!! I've seen it with mine own eyes!!

First, he/she must have a “media presence,” which means having been published, written about, or known to the media in regard to his/her claimed abilities or powers

Surely that suggests most reviewers and any cable manufacturer with a web site that makes claims about amazing powers or abilities of their products in relation to "Monster Cable" fare. (Monster Cable appears to be JREF chosen reference...i.e. extremely expensive wire but not "crazy extreme" prices).

A million bucks is a milllion bucks!

Why did I read through this? I will give you $1,000,000 if you tell me why.