RE: I never watched much Star Trek

Posted by John Atkinson (R) on July 12, 2020 at 04:24:55

In Reply to: RE: I never watched much Star Trek posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on July 11, 2020 at 10:38:19:

> The issue is June 2018. In the issue is a article called Speaker Cables(
> Can you hear the difference?). The article was 6 pages of great information
> on how cables were tested and the who's,what's, where's, and why's are all
> covered by a panel of audio reviewers.
>
> The article was written by Laurence Greenhill who I think is Larry
> Greenhill one of Stereophile's contributing editors. The article shows the
> then mag. Stereo Review's cover picture. The year was August 1983.

We are well aware of this flawed cable testing article. See then-publisher
Larry Archibald's criticisms of the Stereo Review article at the link below.
And yes, the author of the 1983 article was the same Larry Greenhill who
subsquently joined Stereophile's team. He told Archibald that Stereo
Review inserted a lot of their own editorial opinions about the inaudibility
of different components and also made up their own conclusion to
Greenhill's article.

> Think of it Stereophile, if you could dig that article up and follow [its]
> format, create a panel of your writers for listeners, you could settle all
> the cable magic.

We have done such tests over the years. with some listeners reliably
hearing differences. Those results were dismissed by the "objectivists" on
the grounds that the listeners were "lucky coins."

John Atkinson
Technical Editor, Stereophile

https://www.stereophile.com/historical/1283cable/index.html (Open in New Window)

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Topic - Stereophile Letters - mark.korda@myfairpoint.net 13:06:11 07/6/20 (29)

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and if the scent attracts young women it will be a sure fire success (nt) - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 18:17:06 07/7/20 (11)

Nothing in the audio hobby attracts young women. Nt - viridian 12:08:56 07/8/20 (10)

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Herbert, Herbert, Herbert! Remember that Star Trek episode? It's - oldmkvi 08:55:24 07/10/20 (5)

I never watched much Star Trek - 1973shovel 08:30:12 07/11/20 (4)

RE: I never watched much Star Trek - mark.korda@myfairpoint.net 10:38:19 07/11/20 (3)

RE: I never watched much Star Trek - John Atkinson 07/12/2004:24:55 07/12/20 (2)

Just as useless and used widespread as *proof* - E-Stat 10:10:12 07/13/20 (0)

RE: I never watched much Star Trek - mark.korda@myfairpoint.net 07:08:12 07/12/20 (0)

RE: Nothing in the audio hobby attracts young women. Nt - deathtube 667 12:42:13 07/8/20 (2)

" asking for problems." Why? Have trouble keeping your hands to yourself? nt - oldmkvi 07:45:25 07/13/20 (1)

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Nordost already markets an audiophile anti-static spray - Dave_K 13:51:10 07/7/20 (1)

Dang! Beat me to it! - Brian H P 15:01:43 07/7/20 (0)

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I get some Static Snaps from my fingers once in a while, - oldmkvi 10:01:06 07/10/20 (0)

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RE: I never watched much Star Trek - John Atkinson 07/12/2004:24:55 07/12/20 (2)

Just as useless and used widespread as *proof* - E-Stat 10:10:12 07/13/20 (0)

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