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In Reply to: RE: "Real science has no agenda" posted by Tre' on September 26, 2021 at 10:01:13:
"I think a lot of expensive wire sounds different on purpose. The makers build in too much capacitance or inductance just so they do sound different to justify the cost."
Absolutely. That's the essence of the audiophile cable business.
The fact that some audiophile consumers can't come to grips with this premise is the puzzling (and entertaining) part.
Dave.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Do power regenerators make ho-daddy power cords unnecessary? - Mike K 14:57:29 09/23/21 (109)
- hhhhhhhmmmm - seemed like an innocent question - chuck55 21:02:32 09/30/21 (0)
- I doubt that either are useful for most people under most circumstances -nt - Feanor 12:04:59 09/26/21 (0)
- IME, they don't obviate the benefit that power cords bring. - jbrrp1 22:04:18 09/25/21 (0)
- RE: Do power regenerators make ho-daddy power cords unnecessary? - Chris Garrett 09:53:08 09/24/21 (0)
- It's impossible to say what you might hear. - peppy m. 08:37:03 09/24/21 (1)
- RE: It's impossible to say what you might hear. - Todd Krieger 08:45:10 09/24/21 (0)
- No - Jack G 05:45:55 09/24/21 (0)
- Properly designed stereo components make them Unneccesary - Analog Scott 17:03:17 09/23/21 (92)
- "Properly Designed"....... - Todd Krieger 08:21:51 09/24/21 (4)
- A PI Filter is a good start - Ozzie 09:48:44 09/24/21 (0)
- Inthis case it'sreally simple - Analog Scott 08:37:33 09/24/21 (2)
- RE: Inthis case it'sreally simple - Todd Krieger 10:21:59 09/24/21 (1)
- I don't - Analog Scott 11:05:42 09/24/21 (0)
- Still have your Audio Research gear? -nt - E-Stat 05:48:27 09/24/21 (86)
- I do for the moment - Analog Scott 07:10:04 09/24/21 (85)
- Good thing! - E-Stat 07:12:04 09/24/21 (84)
- well, you made me look - Analog Scott 09:09:58 09/24/21 (54)
- Or, choice "B" - E-Stat 09:12:45 09/24/21 (53)
- I'mmore than happy to test the veracity of my so called "speculation" - Analog Scott 09:24:48 09/24/21 (52)
- "Science Deniers"............ - Todd Krieger 03:38:18 09/26/21 (30)
- "Real science has no agenda" - Analog Scott 04:25:41 09/26/21 (29)
- RE: "Real science has no agenda" - Todd Krieger 05:03:18 09/26/21 (28)
- Part 2 of my response - Analog Scott 09:29:57 09/26/21 (2)
- RE: Part 2 of my response - Todd Krieger 05:56:28 09/27/21 (1)
- RE: Part 2 of my response - Analog Scott 06:50:20 09/27/21 (0)
- RE: "Real science has no agenda" - Analog Scott 09:12:53 09/26/21 (24)
- RE: "Real science has no agenda" - Todd Krieger 09:47:34 09/26/21 (23)
- "People aren't denying science, they just don't agree with a particular finding" - Analog Scott 10:12:35 09/26/21 (0)
- RE: "Real science has no agenda" - Tre' 10:01:13 09/26/21 (20)
- RE: "Real science has no agenda" - Davey 09/26/2110:25:36 09/26/21 (1)
- and keep in mind... - Analog Scott 10:39:51 09/26/21 (0)
- RE: "Real science has no agenda" - Analog Scott 10:16:11 09/26/21 (17)
- RE: "Real science has no agenda" - dogscanskate 11:13:03 09/26/21 (16)
- "So now you are making the point that there may be audible differences between cables?" - Analog Scott 11:29:41 09/26/21 (15)
- RE: "So now you are making the point that there may be audible differences between cables?" - dogscanskate 13:01:57 09/26/21 (6)
- more lessons - Analog Scott 14:02:50 09/26/21 (4)
- RE: more lessons - dogscanskate 14:46:08 09/26/21 (3)
- " I do object to people who come here and mock those who do not agree with them" - Analog Scott 14:56:48 09/26/21 (2)
- RE: " I do object to people who come here and mock those who do not agree with them" - dogscanskate 15:27:01 09/26/21 (1)
- more meat - Analog Scott 15:42:20 09/26/21 (0)
- RE: "So now you are making the point that there may be audible differences between cables?" - b.l.zeebub 13:17:54 09/26/21 (0)
- RE: "So now you are making the point that there may be audible differences between cables?" - rivervalley817 11:38:14 09/26/21 (7)
- well... - Analog Scott 11:48:06 09/26/21 (6)
- RE: well... - rivervalley817 11:57:45 09/26/21 (5)
- RE: well... - dogscanskate 13:08:01 09/26/21 (2)
- RE: well... - rivervalley817 13:46:56 09/26/21 (0)
- "where's the proof?" - Analog Scott 13:39:20 09/26/21 (0)
- I'm biased - Analog Scott 12:09:46 09/26/21 (1)
- RE: I'm biased - rivervalley817 12:37:40 09/26/21 (0)
- RE: "Real science has no agenda" - Analog Scott 09:56:40 09/26/21 (0)
- Because - E-Stat 09:27:30 09/24/21 (20)
- Excuses is what I expect and what I am already seing here - Analog Scott 09:40:00 09/24/21 (19)
- "No one walks away from an easy 20K" - Dave_K 05:59:56 09/25/21 (1)
- I will put any amount up to 20K myself - Analog Scott 11:19:03 09/25/21 (0)
- I'm thinking - E-Stat 09:45:59 09/24/21 (16)
- No you really are not thinking - Analog Scott 11:11:34 09/24/21 (15)
- Thinking about noise - E-Stat 11:17:51 09/24/21 (14)
- even with an explination you failed - Analog Scott 12:50:05 09/24/21 (13)
- Watch the video for answers - E-Stat 12:52:23 09/24/21 (12)
- I watched the video. It does not answer any of my questions - Analog Scott 15:16:56 09/24/21 (11)
- Seems we have different objectives - E-Stat 15:24:16 09/24/21 (10)
- maybe. My objective is better subjective sound quality - Analog Scott 15:33:33 09/24/21 (9)
- Click your heels, Dorothy - E-Stat 15:45:08 09/24/21 (8)
- Now you are just being rude - Analog Scott 16:00:33 09/24/21 (7)
- Sorry to have asked you to perform two clicks - E-Stat 16:02:41 09/24/21 (2)
- why would you take two posts to ask me to do anything when all you have to do is just answer once? - Analog Scott 18:11:39 09/24/21 (1)
- Hmmm - E-Stat 18:30:05 09/24/21 (0)
- and just as a follow up. I take it you have no interest in putting your B.S. to an actual objective test - Analog Scott 16:02:23 09/24/21 (3)
- Parlor games no longer interest me - E-Stat 16:19:15 09/24/21 (2)
- If you think scientific protocols are parlor games that is your perogative - Analog Scott 18:15:16 09/24/21 (1)
- Never mind -nt - E-Stat 18:30:35 09/24/21 (0)
- That's really a shame - Analog Scott 08:41:58 09/24/21 (27)
- "They did not do that back in the Bill Johnson days" - 1973shovel 10:23:34 09/24/21 (10)
- RE: "They did not do that back in the Bill Johnson days" - Analog Scott 11:20:22 09/24/21 (9)
- "something i suspect you don't want to hear from me" - 1973shovel 15:11:29 09/24/21 (8)
- measurable and audible can not be assumed to be synonymous - Analog Scott 15:43:49 09/24/21 (7)
- "everything that is audible is measurable but not everything that is measurable is audible" - 1973shovel 06:23:08 09/25/21 (6)
- "[it] shouldn't make a difference, but it does". - Analog Scott 10:19:25 09/25/21 (4)
- "many audiophiles will reject science" - 1973shovel 04:27:43 09/26/21 (3)
- Just one question - Analog Scott 09:35:09 09/26/21 (2)
- Music brings me pleasure - 1973shovel 09:43:11 09/27/21 (1)
- RE: Music brings me pleasure - Analog Scott 09:58:17 09/27/21 (0)
- RE: "everything that is audible is measurable but not everything that is measurable is audible" - Don Reid 09:09:00 09/25/21 (0)
- Considering that most companies rec'ing "voodoo" pc's have no financial interest in selling pc's..... - Rick W 09:24:36 09/24/21 (7)
- They have an interest in selling their own products - Analog Scott 09:44:53 09/24/21 (6)
- Don't agree at all. - Rick W 10:25:44 09/24/21 (5)
- Your argument is purely speculative - Analog Scott 11:22:34 09/24/21 (4)
- RE: Your argument is purely speculative - Rick W 14:54:44 09/24/21 (3)
- No, I didn't - Analog Scott 15:24:05 09/24/21 (2)
- RE: No, I didn't - Rick W 22:44:54 09/24/21 (1)
- It would be interesting to put it to the test - Analog Scott 10:21:07 09/25/21 (0)
- RE: That's really a shame - E-Stat 09:05:29 09/24/21 (7)
- seems pretty clear to me - Analog Scott 09:18:44 09/24/21 (6)
- For the life of me - E-Stat 09:26:13 09/24/21 (5)
- Look in the mirror bro - Analog Scott 09:48:06 09/24/21 (4)
- I made you look and consider - E-Stat 09:59:53 09/24/21 (3)
- "You confuse me with someone who cares about *proving* anything. :)" - Analog Scott 11:27:36 09/24/21 (2)
- RE: "You confuse me with someone who cares about *proving* anything. :)" - E-Stat 11:42:35 09/24/21 (1)
- The value of personal experience - Analog Scott 12:56:00 09/24/21 (0)
- So does Steve McCormack - fuses too (much to my surprise). nt - Rick W 07:36:31 09/24/21 (0)
- Is it tentative due to experience or some qualitative theory involving... - musetap 15:56:04 09/23/21 (5)
- RE: Is it tentative due to experience or some qualitative theory involving... - rivervalley817 16:04:57 09/23/21 (4)
- I thought the Big Kahuna was... - kyle 04:58:23 09/24/21 (1)
- RE: I thought the Big Kahuna was... - rivervalley817 12:51:23 09/24/21 (0)
- Big Kahuna?... - musetap 21:29:43 09/23/21 (1)
- RE: Big Kahuna?... - rivervalley817 21:43:14 09/23/21 (0)
- RE: Do power regenerators make ho-daddy power cords unnecessary? - Sondek 15:30:23 09/23/21 (0)
- RE: I don't know. - Todd A. 15:18:49 09/23/21 (1)
- RE: I don't know. - Alpha Al 12:39:02 09/24/21 (0)
Follow Ups
- RE: "Real science has no agenda" - Davey 09/26/2110:25:36 09/26/21 (1)
- and keep in mind... - Analog Scott 10:39:51 09/26/21 (0)