Clever Little Clock - high-end audio insanity?

Yes, power cords, terribly amusing and novel stuff there. That last 6 feet...zzzz

We are talking engineering here, not basic science. Engineering uses the best estimates for how to get something done. In engineering there is always the safety factor, something added just in case the formulas lack something.

If as Eldartford suggests, Pabelson is correct that science knows but audiophiles don't, then why is there not just one best cable, one best speaker, one best amp. As engineering exercises with given price points, all amps, cables, speakers are compromises given the limits of technology. Engineering within the limits of what science has researched can tell us what considerations need to be made in designing a speaker, but not how to build the best speaker.

While I recognize Eldartford's science background, most who post here and claim science background's don't have them. Those with no scientific training should not recognize assertions, such as science knows just audiophiles don't. For most this is shear hubris and bullshit. They don't know but believe in common sense not science.

If as Eldartford suggests, Pabelson is correct that science knows but audiophiles don't, then why is there not just one best cable, one best speaker, one best amp.

Because science doesn't tell us that there is only one best anything. Thanks for proving my point about what audiophiles know about science.

For example, the "best" cable, in the technical sense, is the one that distorts the signal the least. (Although some audiophiles may actually prefer a cable that distorts more!) But which cable that is depends on the impedances of the amp and speaker it's connecting. As a practical matter, many cables distort the signal so minutely--a fractional roll-off in the top octave--that the differences aren't audible (assuming you do a meaningful comparison). But when the differences are audible, a few measurements will suffice to explain why.

TBG, many a person who claims common sense, believes that heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones - that is just common sense, isn't it? In fact I think that those persons would probably claim that they have 'seen' the proof that heavier objects fall faster.
Ans, since when is engineering not science?
Bob P.

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As a senior engineer, with a lowly BME degree, I at some times had scientists (Physics PHD) working for me. I think that there are clear differences between Engineers and Scientists.

There is a saying that "There comes a time in every project to shoot the Engineers and get on with the job". Scientists, who may have been useful in getting the contract, should nevertheless be shot before work begins.
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