High_Q
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^Great source.
One thing that is clear form threads like this is that there is evidence out there, but those who say cables do make a difference are never interested in finding any of that evidence at all.
And behind that is the core belief of the subjectivists that their senses are more reliable than machinery, if not infallible, and that they show things which are not shown by the aforementioned machinery.
How anyone can hold this core tenet and support an entire belief system upon it, in the face of giant technological advances in measuring capability that have been with us for a rather long time now and overwhelming evidence, is beyond me.
Well, there's also the rather overwhelmingly clear fact that our senses can be very easily deceived, especially by those who are trying to deceive us (i.e. the guys selling you the cables). People seem to overlook this quite often.
On the other hand, machines cannot be deceived so easily, especially under controlled conditions (not so much under uncontrolled conditions, however).
It is not the machines being deceived, it is people. Machines only do what it is designed to do. Any kind of error is human error, machines don't make mistakes.
Cable makers cannot influence a machine like they can a prospective buyer.
My analogy are the noises that water pipes are always making. sometimes quite and sometimes hissing, gurgling and sometimes banging.
We are listening to the flow of electricity through metallic pipes. It makes perfect sense to me that there are imperfections in that flow that are audible and that creative people with a good ear can craft better cables.
And yes your ears in this case are the highest resolution testing devices. What would you have to measure for, to look at a computer read out to tell you of the image depth, sound stage width, clarity of bass, mids and trebles. In a constantly moving and complicated structure such as music.
It is extraordinary that anyone could be trained to the level of belief that machines must be the ultimate tool, and humans must be second best.