Quote Originally Posted by markw
Again, who can you point with more recents tests to prove (no technobable postulations, but proof) that DON'T sound the same? Again, nada, zip zilch. Careful listening tests would seem to prove otherwise and to try do discount that fact is to bury one's head in the sand.
Historically, it has taken about fifteen to twenty years following some technology change for the "scientific audio community" to catch up with what discerning listeners ascertain almost immediately. The first solid state preamps were a disaster. This, despite the fact they measured much better than tubes. Well, at least until we discovered that THD tests are useless and there are more pervasive kinds of measurable distortion like TIM to deal with. Similarly, it was twenty years ago that the first "perfect music forever" CDs appeared on the market. They contained NO distortion, right? The first of those too, sounded horrible. Eventually the audible effects of jitter and a few other details of digital signal processing were fully realized.

It is just a matter of time for when some cables (I certainly don't endorse all the snake oil out there) are vindicated in the same way. Until then, I'll just partake of deeper musical enjoyment. Especially those occasions when I get a chance to hear one of my reviewer friend's killer system. Yeah, it's got those hyperexpensive cables.

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