Quote Originally Posted by Swerd
There are frequent anecdotal reports of listeners who claim to hear differences in sounds of audio playback systems due to different cables in the system. The standard measurements of cable electrical properties, accepted by the electronics industry at large, fail to explain these perceived differences.

If you have new information to add to this, as your comment suggests, we are all eager to hear it.
I am unaware of any empirical evidence to support either position for when the question is not limited to basic consumer level equipment.

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