Prog Rock Man
Headphoneus Supremus
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What bothers me is this view that you have to try before you can comment.
You do not have to try sticking your fingers into a socket to confirm that you will be electricuted or not. There is sufficient evidence out there to show you it is not a good idea to do so and by not doing so you are showing an inability to learn off others and make reasoned decisions without having to necessarily experience them.
We know cables sound different to some people with some kit some of the time. So unlike sticking your fingers into a socket there is a chance that you will get benefit from a cable.
We know that testing of cables shows that inherantly there is no difference between them.
We know that there is no proven link between how a cable is made or what it is made of and sound quality.
We know there is no proven link between cable cost and sound quality.
We know sound quality is a subjective matter and so has no guarantee that what sounds good to one person will sound good to another.
So there is lots to know about cables without ever having tried them.
We then have two choices, both of which are open to criticism, but importantly both are reasonable. Buy an expensive cable and hope it works for you, or decide not to buy because you hope it will not work for you.
You do not have to try sticking your fingers into a socket to confirm that you will be electricuted or not. There is sufficient evidence out there to show you it is not a good idea to do so and by not doing so you are showing an inability to learn off others and make reasoned decisions without having to necessarily experience them.
We know cables sound different to some people with some kit some of the time. So unlike sticking your fingers into a socket there is a chance that you will get benefit from a cable.
We know that testing of cables shows that inherantly there is no difference between them.
We know that there is no proven link between how a cable is made or what it is made of and sound quality.
We know there is no proven link between cable cost and sound quality.
We know sound quality is a subjective matter and so has no guarantee that what sounds good to one person will sound good to another.
So there is lots to know about cables without ever having tried them.
We then have two choices, both of which are open to criticism, but importantly both are reasonable. Buy an expensive cable and hope it works for you, or decide not to buy because you hope it will not work for you.