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In Reply to: How do we get off square zero? posted by Commuteman on August 22, 2004 at 21:12:27:
It seems to me that since a cable is a purely electrical device, everything anyone would need to know about one should be able to be determined strictly by electrical measurements. The only other factor I can see is to what degree and of what nature must the deviation from perfect electrical conductivity be in order to have an audible effect. Which brings us full circle to the hypothesis that we are measuring the wrong things.While the prevailance of anecdotal evidence among audiphiles for the existance of audible differences is a good starting point as you have stated, it is only a starting point to indicate where profitable exploration should begin. One factor few if any people ever seem to discuss when it comes to evaluating audible differences in audio equipment is segregating the test populations into groups defined by their auditory accuity. If the most sensitive populations cannot hear differences, there is no point in continued exploration of that area. The other is that the tests should be designed in a way that tests the subjects' ability to hear differences, not to ascribe preferences. Therefore the notion of testing cables against shunts rather than each other suggests itself. The shunt being the nearest practical substitute for the idealized cable. A/B comparisons are obviously worthless because you are simply comparing two admittedly imperfect devices and deciding which imperfection is preferable.
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