jackmccabe
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the point is that to truly "scientifically" research something's effect you have to fully know it's nature.
without knowing it completely we can only measure a limited range of characteristics.
finally, all these tests that were conducted told us actually ONLY possible variations in _those characteristics that we know about_
and, assuming that those tests were made in appropriate way using ideal instruments, anyway we can only say that _we didn't see any cable effect on electrical characteristics that we know and we can measure_
We currently know that an ideal amplifier/ dac produces no distortion, there fore it will output the signal exactly as it was input.
Of course their are many types of distortion, but these are all fairly easy to measure, unfortunately the one thing we can't measure is placebo effect and bias.
It is far far more likely that people are being fooled than there is something that cables make a difference to that modern science can't measure, it is just ridiculous to suggest otherwise.
The problem with high-end audio is that much of it is subjective and people are very arrogant and unwilling to accept facts as they 100% believe in their opinion.
Yes, people continue to argue because they are so stubborn that even when faced with facts, they will reject them because they know they are right.
I just wonder how people could even bother arguing that there are differences when they haven't performed any sort of controlled listening tests.