servies;234628 Wrote: > Geez... still living in the 1940's? > @adamSlim, > maybe, the microphones aren't perfect, but that's the case for both > tests (cable A and B) > and that also would be eliminated if you go for option B (comparing the > signal at the entrance of the speakers), but ofcourse there will be some > invisible elves who enhance your hearing when you use the superduper > expensive cables... whatever, if it gives you a comfortable feeling...
You are still missing the point. If I have two identical cardboard boxes, one filled with gold and the other with lead, and the measuring device available to me is a camera, the boxes measure equally. Obviously, they are not equal in a relevant way, but my measurement system is not sophisticated enough to detect it. It is certainly likely that there are limits to our current measurements for audio, so some relevant difference could be undetectable by those measurements. In practical terms, you may be correct. Perhaps there are no limitations in our measurement technology that can account for meaningful, audible differences. However, the possibility clearly exists. Intellectually, I do favor double-blind testing. If someone can tell the difference in a well-constructed, double-blind test, then it exists (statistically speaking). If your instruments cannot measure a difference, then it is a limitation of your instruments. If they can, then perhaps that difference explains the difference in human perception, but perhaps it is something else that your instruments cannot detect. In no one can tell the difference in a well-constructed, double-blind test, then for all practical purposes the difference does not exist. If your instruments can measure a difference, then it must be a difference that is not audible. If they cannot, fine, but they still may be limited in detecting factors that are not audible. Finally, I am very skeptical regarding mega-expensive cables, and I can think of virtually no circumstance under which I would value them given their cost. -- jeffmeh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeffmeh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3986 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38902 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
