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Cables Are Crazy, what do you think?

I have been in several arguments with my best friends father on the subject of high end audio components and cables. He is a DR. of physics and mathmatics and always takes the stance that cables just transfer information and should show no effect on sound performance. He does stipulate that depending on the material used can change what information is transfered. He is no audiophile and I have tried to sit him down and show him what does happen when you do use different cables but he never seems to make the time to let me prove to him that different cables have different sounds. I know cable make a huge difference in a system, but does any one know how I can verbalize that to a DR. of physics with more intellegence then it just sounds different with different cables?
willypinecrest
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04rdking
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Rodman, On long rides/trips, we use ear plugs. Plus my King isn't near as loud as her Dyna...... We both ride..... I play acoustic guitar, she plays piano.... Life is grand... She also has perfect pitch, which can sometimes be a problem..... "your G string is flat"..... LOL

Got another cable on the way....
rodman99999
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Sounds like a little piece of heaven to me(Harley, Kimber and a musical wife). Better watch it with the G-string jokes though: You might get your A__ in a crack! HMMM- Wonder if my girl would sound any more musical, tied up with my KS-1130's?
holygrailaudio
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Ask your brainy friend a few questions:
1. What does cable loss refer to?
2. What is meant by a wire's field effect
3. What is impedence?

All of these are recognized wire integrity issues affecting signal quality, how could it not affect high end sound?
narrod
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"All of these are recognized wire integrity issues affecting signal quality, how could it not affect high end sound?"

The question is how to prove that it effects the sound. Anecdotal testimony doesn't do it. What you hear I may not. That's why this is a question with no ultimate answer.
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dennis_the_menace
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Checkout this study done on two different cables.
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