xnor
Headphoneus Supremus
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I respectfully disagree with you guys. If magnetic fields and quantum physics are indeed real things it's not all that unfathomable that they can have an effect on an electrical audio signal.
Well, to what extent?
You see, when you move then time runs slower for you due to time dilation. So if you travel a lot by car, train etc. you won't age as fast as someone who doesn't.
Sounds just as ludicrous... but is true. As for extent, if you travel your whole life 8 hours per day each day at a constant 100 km/h (62 mph) you will be a couple of micro (10^-6) seconds younger.
If you insist that such effects can cause perceivable differences then please provide some evidence for that claim.
I'm not completely objective anymore with Audio Magic, having been selling their devices for a few years now, but I was a user for a few years before that. No, Jerry at AM isn't going to tell you how his products do what they do, but he is a world-class authority on power and its ancillary effects on audio. His newest device, the Pulsed Electron Alignment box (PEA) is based on changing the spin direction of some electrons to the same direction as the others. It has no shortage of detractors, but as you can see from the link below it is based on Science, as are his other products.
Please link to where he describes the science (not marketing babble) of his products.
He had the PEA devices in his room at RMAF this weekend, on a switch, to demonstrate the difference between on and off. You can't ask for anyone to do more than that to make their case. If there are people who won't listen to it, because they already know it's not real, nothing he or anyone else could do about that.
Are you serious?
What was the test setup? What was the test procedure? Was it blind? Was the demonstration isolated from all the noise of the show?
Where are the measurements of the device so we can exclude that it might degrade (color) the signal? Where are the measurements of the magnetic fields?
I start to understand why there's "magic" in their name.
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How is this in any way applicable to audio?
This whole thread was about whether a difference in USB cable sound is real. I've never gotten caught up in being concerned about understanding how a product can do what it does. My only goal is better sound and if I don't get it I'll ask for a refund. If my ears are so bad I can't effectively evaluate the sound then understanding or agreeing with the science won't make any difference. So if I find the sound is better or even much better, why should I care about anything else?
There are also many people convinced that quack homeopathy products ($$$) work when they've shown to be as effective as $0.002 sugar pills. You could actually replace "USB cable sound" with homeopathy in your post without the need to change anything else.
We don't want to remain ignorant about how things work. We don't want to take people's claims on faith. We don't want to be (self-)deluded.