Archimago wrote: > When I get around to it to check out the dealers in town, will ask about > borrowing something "cherished"! > > Over the years I have never seen any audiophile magazine publish the > graphs I've shown - ie. exactly identical graphs for various digital > cables - has anyone? Maybe an independent publication like 'The Audio > Critic' may have. > > It's of course not in the interest of advertisers / manufacturers but I > assume also the readership hasn't been demanding for it either... I > wonder do most people accept the idea that measurements are worthless, > or that the "sound of music is too complex" to be correlated to > measurements, or maybe most audiophiles just know intuitively the truth > and just don't want to know. > > Sorry to hear about your experience with high-priced-defective-by-design > cables. Just terrible. And I assume the reviewers must have just loved > those cables.
Exactly +1 don't fel sorry for me :) These Magazines are spreading the idea that measurements are worthless ( go figure ) . There is a kernel of truth in this as always but widely overused by audiophiles . In the 70's there was a "spec" war focusing on certain aspect but neglecting others . This have giving rise to the myth the negative feedback is bad and that certain details would dissapear ? Of course by unknown mechanism that no audiophile has to explain because it just is so ;) There is sometimes not a very clear correlation to what some measurements tells us vs audibility . But something's are clear and proved ,like with modern well designed equipment with very tiny amount of distortion and noise ,no one can tell them apart . A fact that Audio critic used to piont out , very good magazine btw . But in the case of these digital cables you have a situation where there is *no* difference , if the magazines did these kind of measurement they would give away mathematical proof that they are lying , and it would be possible to sue them . If they claim that a more perky midrange and firmer bottom is the case on the latest forgettable jazz Muzak girl record . That don't stop audiophiles , must be the ether or flogiston that transports these signals directly to,the brain as they electro acoustically don't happen at all :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98620 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
