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That is not extreme but in 40 years of listening I have never heard two products that sound the same.

Even every Reel to Reel tape deck I have owned has had it's own sonic signature and those are the closest to the same I have ever heard.

But if I ever find two things that sound the same I will report it.

My recommended Speaker Cable test

First I would have to live with each speaker cable for a minimum of one week so I know it's sonic signature. Then I would be ready for the tests.

The double blind test must be done in an audiophile way where there is nothing in-between the components to change their sonic signature, no degrading switching box, no degrading level boxes. Levels will have to be matched before the tests. In the case of speaker cables one would have to use a speaker system with dual inputs and the switching would be done from two separate amps with the levels matched of the exact same make and model from the same batch so all their parts match. Play one complete selection of about six minutes in length with one cable and then with the other and back and forth again. No fast switching, only whole selections at a time. In such a test I could easily distinguished the sound of each cable.


Music is love,
Mono is not music to my ears.
Give me stereo or give me silence!
Teresa

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  • That is not extreme but in 40 years of listening I have never heard two products that sound the same. - Teresa 06/10/0819:22:34 06/10/08 (1)
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