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- I do not like the blind tests that have been done where people are told they are listening to different cables, but in fact there has been no change. It is interesting, but again a bit dubious when something like a wire coat hanger is slipped into a cable test without anyone's knowledge.
How does it even matter ?
IF there is in fact a difference 'like night and day, a veil fell from my ears ..etc etc'
they should hear the difference anyway, shouldn't they ?
And if there ISN'T a difference, they should also hear that !
It is no more deceptive than how our hearing works .
You could do a AB-test with two identical wires but tell the subjects that 'A' is a coat-hanger and a portion of them will magically start to hear the differences !
Also, speakers/transducers have no place in this discussion, no objectivist ever claimed they sound the same, clearly they don't .
Incredibly, this is reflected in measurements of speakers ! So, I guess you CAN measure speakers reliably, but electronic devices ?
No, because they posses 'the magical synergy-factor' that you can't measure .
Regarding the ABX documentation linked in the OP http://home.provide.net/~djcarlst/abx_pwr.htm
Yes, people CAN reliably distinguish between a 10 watt Valve-amp and a 400 watt transistor-amp !
Therefore we can conclude that all gear sounds different and blindtests showing otherwise are faulty ?