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In Reply to: RE: About what I'd expect from a company.... posted by Ozzy on April 25, 2024 at 05:26:22
Liking or not liking a given product has nothing to do with the argument they are making. The nonsense pushed about power cords and cables FAR exceed the claims made.
Many of the esoteric claims made by these providers are counting on the emperor's new clothes effect. Funds are better spent on hardware (speakers, amps, etc.) than thousands on esoteric wire.
" Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you"
Satchel Paige
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But who are you or I to say what someone hears with a pair of speaker cables or a power cord? This whole hobby is perpetrated on subjectivism, as it should be. No two people hear the same thing. If a power cord enhances my subjective experience in my listening room and I can afford it, who is harmed? If you try it and hear no difference, you don't buy it. Again, no one is harmed.
Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
- Winston Churchill
... because I want to.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Based on my over half century of experience as an audiophile I find the article to be truthful and cogent. Back in the late 1980s when my hearing as tested by a professional audiologist was still excellent I managed to borrow a large collection of different speaker cables for a comparison. My wife who was also an audiophile helped with the comparisons. As long as the cables had good terminations any differences were negligible.Don't even get me started on the folly of expensive power cords.
I dream of an America where a chicken can cross the road without having it's motives questioned.
Edits: 04/25/24
for these 'Snake Oil' Products; is that is a lot easier to fool a man, than to get him to admit that he's been fooled.
Edits: 04/26/24
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Back in the late 1980s when my hearing as tested by a professional audiologist was still excellent I managed to borrow a large collection of different speaker cables for a comparison.
When the EDC varied little among brands. Not so today.
Don't even get me started on the folly of expensive power cords.
Most likely a similar lack of current experiential evidence.
Having your hearing tested prior to expressing opinions on audio equipment is the actual red herring in this argument. Even people with diminished hearing can discern differences (improvements?) in gear (and this includes cables). I have had tinnitus in my left ear for several years now and I still know what sounds good vs what does not.
Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
- Winston Churchill
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