On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 01:26:44 +0100, "Stevie Boy"
wrote:

Ok, but how about an A/B test over a few weeks or even months. The point
is
that knowing which cable is used could change the results, with a £150
piece of wire you may subconsciously convince yourself of new details in
order to justify the purchase.

I agree for those that look at bucks = better will convince themselves.
However we all know this is not always true. One has to be open minded about
what one hears and the cables tested on a good range of recordings that will
give a full picture of the wire on test in the said system.

The trick to being open-minded is to avoid your brain falling out....

Howver a cable can only perform IMO to their best in the correct system so a
expensive cable could easily be outstriped by one thats very cheap but this
does not make the cheap one ideal.

Nope, they all sound the same when you don't *know* which one is
connected. Anyone who can prove otherwise in a blind test, can collect
£1,000 from me personally. That should buy some decent cable!

This is why a double blind test is the standard measure for scientific
proof.

Well there is a Hi-Fi mag that uses this standard (or used to) and the panel
that sat in on these tests could not agree on what they heard from each
product.
So scientific or not it's a mockery.

No, it's just an indication that the products actually sounded the
same.

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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering