Most Beneficial Cable Upgrade

i was talking about trying to do a/bs in the typical hobbiests listening room. it is not easily done. ever hear about coloration caused by other speakers in the room? look at the set up required by the people that have attempted it in the past..none have been conclusive either. use your great imagination and you might be able to figure something out given your incredible brain power. and I havn,t seen any recording engineers chiming in on ac cords on their living room gear here lately. wiggle on that. the hard part is not in drawing conclusions. any idiot can do that as your post exhibits. the scientist knows that controlling the experiment is the part that is crucial. google "scientific process" if you want to inform yourself.then accurately measure the results with bias removed. a/bs have been discredited. this is a fact. where have you been. as for recording this on a tape deck which one would you use? is it 1978 and you are gonna use a pioneer ctf500? ha. even the best nakamichi or tandberg can,t make a tape good enough to settle this w/o argument. ever heard about bias/eq issues? or head alignment? what tape would you use? when was the last time you cleaned/demagnitized the deck? do you know what you are even doing? we are talking about cables performance and now we are going to measure it on antique technology? no wonder few get it. yeah i,m gonna listen and evaluate ac cords on a tape decks recordings to listen for nuances and inner musical detail. thats laughable. if you can,t hear the difference listening no a/bs or reading or gurus are going to help you. stick with stock cords they are wonderful and you don,t need anything better it is a waste of money and snake oil. ha, right...

I'm sorry, I thought I was talking with an adult. My mistake.

If you hear a difference, fine (I always do). If you do not, that's fine too. However, there are many skeptics in these forums who I feel have never tried these changes, so their opinions should not be voiced. This audio game is all about "listening".

yeah you are mistaken. typical person that throws some stuff but can,t take any. ha a/b that

Okay, I'll give it another try.

In your 1/25 post, the one that ends "ha, right...", you use half of the "paragraph" writing about using tape decks, I think you're actually referring to cassette decks. Why? I never mentioned using a tape deck for anything.

Also, I point out that professional sound engineers and others are able to use A/B comparisons and quickly make sonic decisions. Your reply is to say that's not what the discussion is about. That's sidestepping the issue. Are sound pros able to successfully A/B and audiophiles just can't? If so, why is that?

Regarding the scientific method. I think Pcoombs has an excellent idea. Why not just record what systems sound like in different configurations and compare the recordings. It might not be foolproof, but it's certainly better than saying A/B comparisons cannot be done.

I'm intrigued by your comment that recording engineers aren't chiming in about power cords. I think that raises more questions than it answers.