James Randi vs. Anjou Pear - once and for all

LOL Shadorne..... :-D

naked cables compared to rubber or plastic or leather

Does the blindfold also need to be made from these materials? If so how will the test subject be able to communicate his or her opinion with a ball gag in their mouth?

Leica man, I can demonstrate exactly that such insulations cause distortion.
The distortion is not something of a different taste, as in coke vs. pepsi. It is
rather drinking the coke from a frothy glass, getting just coke fizz, and a
foamless class getting nothing but the sweet tasty coke.

This ain't Randi and no million dollars at stake but kudos goes to Mike L. who bravely tested some Opus MM versus Monster and was unable to tell the difference in a fair but rather "crude" test that required several minutes to change cables each time on his stupendous system.

details are here

...the test says nothing more than it was difficult to hear a difference with that particular setup but it does lend credence to the idea that cable differences are subtle.