Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-12 Thread servies
Phil Leigh;234523 Wrote: I'm tired of pointing out that 30 years ago we measured different things and thought that we knew what we were doing - and now we all know that was simply wrong! And I'm tired of pointing out that it doesn't matter how our brain works. If you take the human brain into

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-12 Thread adamslim
tomjtx;234582 Wrote: servies, I think you might be missing the point. We are listening to music, not test tones. The point is that he's not listening to you guys either. He may be reading the posts and typing a reply, but is it really going in? One problem with internet fora is that

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-12 Thread musiklov3r
I'm curious as to exactly what tests an engineer would enact to compare two cables. What specific measurements would be taken? Are these tests complete enough to truly be able to replicate all of the elements involved in our hearing? I'm reminded of the many debates that have been posted on

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-12 Thread cliveb
pablolie;234563 Wrote: Heisenberg paradigm: measuring something sometimes interferes with the result... You've heard of Godwin's Law (that sooner or later in any heated online discussion, someone brings up the Nazis)? There seems to be a specialised version used in audiophile forums: sooner

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-12 Thread servies
Let's try to explain it: we have cable A and cable B. They both have different physical characteristics, so they could sound different, that's what we want to proof. We hook 'm up between an amplifier and some speakers. We put a microphone somewhere in front of the speakers. This microphone

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-12 Thread jeffmeh
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

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-12 Thread Pat Farrell
servies wrote: Robin Bowes;234617 Wrote: Or are you now telling me that we can produce microphones that can perform as well as the human ear? Geez... still living in the 1940's? Microphones are tone controls. The most lust object micros are Neumanns from the 50s and RCA ribbons from the 30s.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-12 Thread Phil Leigh
jeffmeh;234644 Wrote: An elephant just quantum tunnelled to appear intact in my living room. Should I reconsider buying the expensive cables? Is the elephant wearing headphones? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-12 Thread opaqueice
Robin Bowes;234617 Wrote: Or are you now telling me that we can produce microphones that can perform as well as the human ear? adamslim;234626 Wrote: snip Your test is pointless. Actually it's not a bad idea. What you both seem to be missing is that everything we listen to over an

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-12 Thread adamslim
servies;234613 Wrote: This microphone registers everything which is coming out of the speakers. It's quite a good one then. Transducers are not perfect. Ears have flaws and tolerances, microphones have flaws and tolerances. Your argument has flaws. Difference testing on interconnects

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-12 Thread servies
Robin Bowes;234617 Wrote: Or are you now telling me that we can produce microphones that can perform as well as the human ear? R. Geez... still living in the 1940's? -- servies servies's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-12 Thread opaqueice
cliveb;234593 Wrote: You've heard of Godwin's Law (that sooner or later in any heated online discussion, someone brings up the Nazis)? There seems to be a specialised version used in audiophile forums: sooner or later someone brings up quantum mechanics. Does this mean this thread is

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-11 Thread ErikM
Let me see if I got this right. If it measures great but sounds like crap you'd go for the measurements? You got to be kidding right? At the end of the day forget the objective/subjective debate we ALL use our ears to listen. And isn't the point of all of this, to acheive good, great, amazing,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-11 Thread 325xi
The problem lays in common misbelief that the best thing for audio is zero-distorted signal. This is correct for mastering, but clearly contradicts psychoacoustics when taken in context of end-user listening, aimed for enjoyment rather then evaluation. There are certain types of distortion that

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-11 Thread nicketynick
325xi;234370 Wrote: The problem lays in common misbelief that the best thing for audio is zero-distorted signal. This is correct for mastering, but clearly contradicts psychoacoustics when taken in context of end-user listening, aimed for enjoyment rather then evaluation. There are certain

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-11 Thread ErikM
Wow 325xi I think I agree with you! After many years of audiophileness I've come to the simple conclusion that ALL audio equipment is flawed. One will never be able to recreate the live or recorded performance in ones room, simply because it's your room, it's not the concert hall, stadium or that

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-11 Thread darrenyeats
325xi;234370 Wrote: The problem lays in common misbelief that the best thing for audio is zero-distorted signal. This is correct for mastering, but clearly contradicts psychoacoustics when taken in context of end-user listening, aimed for enjoyment rather then evaluation. Your definition of

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-11 Thread Mark Lanctot
325xi;234370 Wrote: The problem lays in common misbelief that the best thing for audio is zero-distorted signal. This is correct for mastering, but clearly contradicts psychoacoustics when taken in context of end-user listening, aimed for enjoyment rather then evaluation. There are certain

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-11 Thread servies
ErikM;234366 Wrote: Let me see if I got this right. If it measures great but sounds like crap you'd go for the measurements? You got to be kidding right? At the end of the day forget the objective/subjective debate we ALL use our ears to listen. And isn't the point of all of this, to acheive

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-11 Thread Robin Bowes
servies wrote: ErikM;234366 Wrote: Let me see if I got this right. If it measures great but sounds like crap you'd go for the measurements? You got to be kidding right? At the end of the day forget the objective/subjective debate we ALL use our ears to listen. And isn't the point of all of

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-11 Thread 325xi
Robin Bowes;234428 Wrote: Unless you're not measuring the right thing. Exactly. The available means for measurements, especially if we take complexity of human perception into the picture, can only be compared to an attempt of describing an elephant by its mere length from it's tale to the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-11 Thread opaqueice
325xi;234244 Wrote: Ok, as a physicist, do you believe that cable geometry and material (particularly isolation) properties don't make any difference in audible spectrum? That would be strange because at least geometry directly affects RLC numbers... But then cables made from perfectly

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-11 Thread servies
Robin Bowes;234428 Wrote: Unless you're not measuring the right thing. I have two cables. They both measure exactly the same (90 cm), yet one clearly sounds different than the other. R. Apparently you have such excellent hearing that you can hear the difference between a cable with a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-11 Thread jeffmeh
servies;234469 Wrote: Apparently you have such excellent hearing that you can hear the difference between a cable with a length of 90.001 cm and a cable with a length of 90.002 cm, you must be a true 'audiophile' then... Yawn... I believe Robin's point is that there may be

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-11 Thread Robin Bowes
servies wrote: Robin Bowes;234428 Wrote: Unless you're not measuring the right thing. I have two cables. They both measure exactly the same (90 cm), yet one clearly sounds different than the other. R. Apparently you have such excellent hearing that you can hear the difference between a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-11 Thread Robin Bowes
jeffmeh wrote: servies;234469 Wrote: Apparently you have such excellent hearing that you can hear the difference between a cable with a length of 90.001 cm and a cable with a length of 90.002 cm, you must be a true 'audiophile' then... Yawn... I believe Robin's point is that

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-11 Thread Phil Leigh
servies;234394 Wrote: Nope, you misunderstood. If it measures the same, it can't sound different. No no no - you just are unable to understand that we may not be measuring the right things yet. Why can't you accept that we may not know exactly what to measure at this time? Because we do not

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-10 Thread servies
Robin Bowes;233938 Wrote: I think this illustrates perfectly the concept of measuring the right thing. The power of the human auditory system is not defined by its frequency response, dynamic range, or directional capabilities. The brain overcomes all these supposed flaws to produce a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-10 Thread Phil Leigh
servies;234002 Wrote: Et voilà, you answered your own question... The brain is interpolating/upsampling the data it gets, coloring it with all the past experience it has... Is this bad? I've never had a problem with it, but I'm not going to say that we humans have hearing capabilities we

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-10 Thread Robin Bowes
Phil Leigh wrote: servies;234002 Wrote: Et voilà, you answered your own question... The brain is interpolating/upsampling the data it gets, coloring it with all the past experience it has... Is this bad? I've never had a problem with it, but I'm not going to say that we humans have hearing

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-10 Thread servies
Phil Leigh;234027 Wrote: But surely that's the whole point? - I agree we can probably determine what the ear itself is doing, but we have no great method of dtermining what the brain is doing with whatever limited information it IS getting from the ear (and we mustn't forget about bone

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-10 Thread pablolie
servies;234070 Wrote: Where is that info your ears and bones are sending to your brains coming from? From your speakers. If there is no difference in that signal between the different cables then there is no difference whatever your brain may think. That's what this whole test is about:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-10 Thread jeffmeh
IMO, it is all really in the ears of the beholder, i.e., if someone feels that an expensive cable makes his system sound better, that is great. For my money, I want to know that the difference is perceivable. 1) Demonstrate that someone, somewhere, on some system can reliably tell the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-10 Thread servies
Quote from the article: Dave Clark, Editor of audio review publication Positive Feedback Online describes the ANJOU performance as being ... way better than anything I have heard... He goes on to say, Simply put these are very danceable cables. Music playing through them results in the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-10 Thread darrenyeats
There is really only one way to do the following two things simultaneously: 1. Fully include a human's ears *and* brain in a test. 2. Filter out all psychological factors not related to the sound itself. Love it or loathe it, the blind test. This is how things are PROVED. Or - if you prefer -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-10 Thread pablolie
servies;234114 Wrote: Quote from the article: ... In our opinion this cable is better, but when they say the above, then I want ... I think when people say in my opinion .., they admit to possibly flawed subjectivity. It's not a categoric statement. At that level people can agree to

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-10 Thread arge
What’s interesting to me is that “wars” are fought and mega $ spent over marginal differences introduced by well understood and “low tech” devices that have reached engineering maturity: cables, power supplies, CD players, DAC, op AMPs, … For these kinds of devices once you spend 3 times more

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread servies
opaqueice;233551 Wrote: The problem is that the signal is _not_ exactly the same. It's pretty easy to measure the differences between cables. What's much harder is to hear them... Then the conclusion is simple: the cables are not equal. Which one is better is a different question and IMHO

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread servies
Pat Farrell;233614 Wrote: Robin Bowes wrote: Of course 1 + 1 = 2 - that's been mathematically proven. Actually, its usually defined as being true. One of my favorite courses (I've got a Mathematics BS) was looking at the minimal number of hypothesis that you can have, and proving

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread pablolie
... What has happened in the last few years is that “good enough” audio gear is available at reasonable prices .. Very true. I just moved to a small apartment temporarily, and no way could I take my audiophile shrine with me. Way too big, too demanding. So I bought some AudioEngine 5s based

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread Robin Bowes
servies wrote: Pat Farrell;233614 Wrote: Robin Bowes wrote: Of course 1 + 1 = 2 - that's been mathematically proven. Actually, its usually defined as being true. One of my favorite courses (I've got a Mathematics BS) was looking at the minimal number of hypothesis that you can have, and

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread darrenyeats
Yes, any thing or any ritual might make you happier about the sound. IME a blind test can make you happier about the sound too (when you discover something you thought you liked makes no difference or makes it worse). Whatever floats your boat mentally. The crucial difference is that blind tests

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread servies
Robin Bowes;233781 Wrote: servies wrote:[color=blue] Pat is not an audiophile. I am not an audiophile. I can't speak for Pat, but I'm a music enthusiast with a background in audio engineering (I have a degree in Electracoustics, worked in recording studios, worked on live sound, etc). I

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread Robin Bowes
servies wrote: In that case: why does it seem like you have a problem with debunking a possible fraud? I don't. That's not what this is about. If they claim that their cable is superb compared to others, why can't I ask them to proof it with a valid test. The key word here is valid. What

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread tomjtx
Robin, That was a very balanced and well reasoned post. I suspect many people agree with that middle of the road opinion. I certainly do. -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread Mark Lanctot
Seconded. I am willing to accept there are things out there we can't measure but we can nonetheless perceive. Cables don't appear to be one of them, they are very well understood...if there were any small-scale variations that had large-scale effects electrical delivery systems would be

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread drewe181
I like apples better than pears (excuse the pun) but that doesn't make one BETTER than the other, just DIFFERENT. As a fan of Randi, I find it impossible to validate a claim that one thing is better than another. It's all subjective, like most things in life. So not only is this a stupid

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread nicketynick
I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm way out to lunch here. Look, we're talking about interconnects here, right? So wouldn't the 'benchmark' be no interconnect at all? - that is, the signal at the output of the amp is the signal at the speaker post - no interconnect. Hmmm... so how do we put

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread darrenyeats
Yes, absolutely, the best a cable can do is nothing whatsoever. The perfect cable is not danceable, does not have a cavernous soundstage or possess bottomless bass. It just passes the signal through, whatever it may contain - and that might be rubbish - unchanged. We all know the truth about

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread servies
Robin Bowes;233798 Wrote: Human ears, or more accurately, the human hearing system is an amazing piece of kit and is capable of doing things computers can only dream of. That is why I am sceptical about the we can measure more than we can hear approach. R. I think you're giving the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread Phil Leigh
servies;233853 Wrote: I think you're giving the human hearing system to much credit. It's extremely limited and it's very limited in it's capabilities of accurately processing sound. The dynamic range is pretty small as is its frequencyrange or directional capabilities. Compared to the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread Robin Bowes
servies wrote: Robin Bowes;233798 Wrote: Human ears, or more accurately, the human hearing system is an amazing piece of kit and is capable of doing things computers can only dream of. That is why I am sceptical about the we can measure more than we can hear approach. R. I think you're

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread opaqueice
I think servies has a point, actually. What's really amazing about human hearing is our ability to process the data and extract useful information from it, not the ears themselves. One interesting thing is to estimate (using Shannon) the maximum information capacity of a human ear/brain

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread Robin Bowes
opaqueice wrote: I think servies has a point, actually. What's really amazing about human hearing is our ability to process the data and extract useful information from it, not the ears themselves. One interesting thing is to estimate (using Shannon) the maximum information capacity of a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread musiklov3r
Such a fascinating debate. Engineers that need a visual representation, a test, to determine a difference, and audiophiles who supposedly can hear things that can't be tested by manufactured equipment. I guess that last sentence sounds a bit tilted and maybe that gives away my perspective. To

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread AngorWatts
Ok so I have some mixed feelings on this whole cable thing, I have decent cables under $100 per cable/pair or half that price. I have a lot of heartburn with all this smoke and mirrors routine for ultra expensive audio cables and now power cables are the flavor of the day. I have been to CES

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread musiklov3r
Will your local dealers let you take home the power cables and test them yourself? If a dealer will let you take home a power conditioner and all the cables you need to power your system with a no questions asked return policy, why not take them home and try them. Personally, I'm very surprised

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread opaqueice
Robin Bowes;233963 Wrote: I don't know the answer, but I'll take that bet. Beer? You're on. Being an ocean apart we're probably both pretty safe on this one :-). Actually I'm cheating a little because I once attended a seminar on human vision, and (while I don't recall the details) I do

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread Mark Lanctot
musiklov3r;233966 Wrote: And I think you have to listen at louder levels, at least 85db so that you can hear the detail of the recording and experience any distortion or coloration that might mask detail. Sometimes just hitting a higher volume level will reveal a cable's harshness on

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-09 Thread haunyack
Mark Lanctot;233987 Wrote: Do that for a couple of hours a day and you won't have to worry about detail any more. Unless of course one is already at that level, then I vote for 90db. Makes for a more revealing system and bankbook. . -- haunyack Transporter - BK R200.2 - Vandersteen 3A

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-08 Thread zanash
http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/digital/messages/13/132468.html please read this explains it far better than I can. As in all walks of life there are people who will try to make a fast buck. Look at all the so called hi end cables available for a few dollars on ebay. This is the opposite

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-08 Thread Robin Bowes
servies wrote: Phil Leigh;233244 Wrote: Of course, the flaw in this argument is that it assumes we know how to measure the things that make a difference. This is not yet proven. One thing is sure: Nowadays we can measure more precisely than we can hear. And how to measure sound is pretty

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-08 Thread darrenyeats
Yet proven is a _very_ strong word. Many, me included, would not accept anything except blind listening comments in determining whether a measurement correlates to a real aspect of perceived sound quality. Darren -- darrenyeats SB3 / Inguz - Sony DAS-703ES DAC - Krell KAV-300i - PMC AB-1 Dell

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-08 Thread servies
Robin Bowes;233477 Wrote: servies wrote: Phil Leigh;233244 Wrote: Of course, the flaw in this argument is that it assumes we know how to measure the things that make a difference. This is not yet proven. One thing is sure: Nowadays we can measure more precisely than we can hear.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-08 Thread Phil Leigh
Once upon a time nobody measured jitter or IMD - now everyone does. Tomorrow someone might uncover something else important to measure. QED. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... ...SB3+TACT+Altmann+MF DACXV3/Linn

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-08 Thread Phil Leigh
servies;233504 Wrote: Yawn... If you test 2 cables for the signal they produce and the signal is exactly the same then they are exactly the same. Only the 'audiophiles' will still buy the $7000 version because these persons have such good ears that they hear the unmeasurable difference

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-08 Thread servies
Phil Leigh;233490 Wrote: Once upon a time nobody measured jitter or IMD - now everyone does. Tomorrow someone might uncover something else important to measure. QED. Yawn... If you test 2 cables for the signal they produce and the signal is exactly the same then they are exactly the same.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-08 Thread Phil Leigh
opaqueice;233551 Wrote: The problem is that the signal is _not_ exactly the same. It's pretty easy to measure the differences between cables. What's much harder is to hear them... Interesting counter argument! So we may be able to hear things we can't yet measure...and we can measure

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-08 Thread Robin Bowes
servies wrote: Robin Bowes;233477 Wrote: Measuring precisely is not the same thing at all as measuring the right thing. As Phil says, it is not yet proven that we are measuring the right things. R. -IT'S ONLY 'AUDIOPHILES' WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO OR DON'T WANT TO KNOW HOW TO...- Do I

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-08 Thread Pat Farrell
Robin Bowes wrote: Of course 1 + 1 = 2 - that's been mathematically proven. Actually, its usually defined as being true. One of my favorite courses (I've got a Mathematics BS) was looking at the minimal number of hypothesis that you can have, and proving arithmetic as we know it. The minimum is

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-08 Thread abelincoln
Randi should expand this to include amps, cd players, phono cartridges, lossless formats, and much more. Of course someone will always find fault in the testing methods but in reality difference are far more subtle then similarities in much of audio. -- abelincoln

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-07 Thread servies
zanash;233069 Wrote: Yes exactly what is better ? different is easy but one person better is anothers worse. Theres a thread on the audio asylum digital that puts this spurious challenge to bed with a spanked bottom. The problem will probably that the conclusions drawn there are

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-07 Thread Phil Leigh
servies;233241 Wrote: It's simple: If you can't measure the difference, then there is no difference! Of course, the flaw in this argument is that it assumes we know how to measure the things that make a difference. This is not yet proven. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-07 Thread servies
Phil Leigh;233244 Wrote: Of course, the flaw in this argument is that it assumes we know how to measure the things that make a difference. This is not yet proven. One thing is sure: Nowadays we can measure more precisely than we can hear. And how to measure sound is pretty well known. It's

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-07 Thread CardinalFang
zanash;233069 Wrote: Theres a thread on the audio asylum digital that puts this spurious challenge to bed with a spanked bottom. I don't particularly care one way or another, but I couldn't find a thread that clearly dismissed the challenge. As far as I know, he has the money held by a 3rd

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-06 Thread zanash
Yes exactly what is better ? different is easy but one person better is anothers worse. Theres a thread on the audio asylum digital that puts this spurious challenge to bed with a spanked bottom. -- zanash Acoustician and builder of interesting cables

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-06 Thread arge
The fact is the Audiophiles gain as much enjoyment from tinkering with the gear, compare it, thinking about it, touch it and re-arrange it as a listening to room optimized sound. There is nothing wrong with that! What has happened in the last few years is that “good enough” audio gear is

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-06 Thread Mark Lanctot
arge;233139 Wrote: On the other hand buy the $7000 cable and put your wealth back in the economy life cycle. Hardly. All that benefits is the very small niche company that puts out such nonsense. I bet there's an astounding profit margin. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-05 Thread JohnSwenson
The killer for me on this Randi application is the pretest. It states that JREF will run you through a pretest which is specifically stated NOT to be your protocol, and it doesn't sound like you have any say in the matter of the pretest. So lets say you come up with a protocol you like using

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-05 Thread Bizarroterl
Sure it's fair. If they didn't have any filters on this they would have every yahoo in north america trying to win their $1M. Imagine spending the rest of your life going through test after test with people who refuse to believe in the laws of nature. -- Bizarroterl

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-05 Thread haunyack
Bizarroterl;233043 Wrote: with people who refuse to believe in the laws of nature. And messing up the restroom. . -- haunyack Transporter - BK R200.2 - Vandersteen 3A Signature. (Listening room) SB3 (RWA analog) - Rotel RB1070 - BW Matrix 805. (Bedroom) Fridgidare - Mirror Pond pale ale

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-05 Thread opaqueice
Have a look at the tests they've done in the past. If people could actually do what they claim they would have lost their $1M long ago. -- opaqueice opaqueice's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-05 Thread assafl
In his masterpiece, Leo Beranek came up with what is commonly referred to as Beranek's law. It is intended to warn loudpeaker designers from drinking their own Kool-Aid. It has been remarked that if one selects his own components, builds his own enclosure, and is convinced he has made a wise

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-04 Thread USAudio
These overpriced Pear cables remind me of a review on Tara Lab's The Zero cables I read in Stereophile. A pair of interconnects for a paltry $15K USD! http://www.stereophile.com/cables/1206tara/index.html ' There are plenty of audiophiles out there who have what's technically referred to as

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-04 Thread Timothy Stockman
Pat Farrell;232214 Wrote: So you really pushing 30 amps down your speaker wires? :-) Of course, I can't talk much, I've got some Cardas that are probably also 10 gauge. Came bundled with my amp and speakers. Lets see, 30 amps at 4 ohms 30*30*4 = 3600 watts. It's not the current, it's

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-03 Thread Konig
zanash;231990 Wrote: Now why would you want to believe some one who's business is to dupe you, ie an illusionist ? The last time I bothered to check ...the small print and exceptions would make it more than impossible to show sound changes between cable. Let alone things like amps or

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-03 Thread totoro
Mark Lanctot;232212 Wrote: If Proctor Gamble marketed laundry detergent like exotic cable manufacturers marketed cables, they would have been sued into the stone age... If it is night and day (like it ALWAYS is) then two words: PROVE IT. The onus of proof is on the one making the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-02 Thread SuperQ
Pat Farrell;231962 Wrote: I bet he wants DBT proof From Digg, this link: http://tinyurl.com/2ncuhd James Randi Offers $1 Million If Audiophiles Can Prove $7250 Speaker Cables Are Better. I saw a video talk by James Randi. He is amazingly cool. One of the situations he talked

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-02 Thread zanash
Now why would you want to believe some one who's business is to dupe you, ie an illusionist ? The last time I bothered to check ...the small print and exceptions would make it more than impossible to show sound changes between cable. Let alone things like amps or cdp. I can easily test two

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-02 Thread opaqueice
zanash;231990 Wrote: Now why would you want to believe some one who's business is to dupe you, ie an illusionist ? Give me a break. The guy is probably the best known scientific skeptic in the USA as of the last 30 years, has written several books on the subject, was awarded a MacArthur

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-02 Thread Mark Lanctot
James Randi has offered million-dollar prizes in several other fields as well. To date he has never awarded any money, although he has had claimants. Gee, the test conditions don't seem to be that stringent: http://www.randi.org/research/challenge.html The money does indeed exist, held by a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-02 Thread zanash
his business is as an illusionist ..that says it all I don't consider myself to have golden ears...there the same fleshy colour as everyone elses. More to the point why don't you think cables can make a difference ? if you were to get a cable of a slightly higher resistance will that

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-02 Thread funkstar
zanash;232067 Wrote: More to the point why don't you think cables can make a difference ? Of course cables make a difference, but is there a difference between expensive cables and horribly expensive cables? And can those differences be measured or detected -- funkstar

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-02 Thread Bizarroterl
funkstar;232069 Wrote: Of course cables make a difference, but is there a difference between expensive cables and horribly expensive cables? And can those differences be measured or detected I'm sure many think there are. Proving it though is the million dollar question. The standard

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-02 Thread Mark Lanctot
Ah yes but does he have the golden ears all the audiophiles have? Probably not. He's getting on in years, his HF hearing probably isn't perfect. A million dollars does buy a lot of stuff, even Pear Anjou cables. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!'

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-02 Thread Videodrome
Everyone knows the Pear Bartlett, Comice and Bosc blow the Anjous out of the water! -- Videodrome Two-channel System: SB3 - Behringer SRC2496 - Musiland MD-10 DAC; Outlaw 970 Pre/Pro; McCormack DNA-125 amplifier; Quad 11L speakers; Sota Sapphire ttbl. w/ Grado Ref. Platinum Cartridge - Rolls

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-02 Thread Kurt
Now why would you want to believe some one who's business is to dupe you, ie an illusionist ? You mean like people that make $7250 speaker cables? ;-) -- Kurt Main Entry: au·dio·phile Pronunciation: 'o-dE-O-fI(-)l Function: noun : a person who takes the pursuit of high-fidelity sound

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-02 Thread totoro
zanash;232067 Wrote: his business is as an illusionist ..that says it all It does? What does it say? Can you give us an actual _logical_ argument why it follows from the fact that he worked as a magician that he is in some way duplicitous in his attack on this aspect of audiophilia?

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-02 Thread tomjtx
zanash;231990 Wrote: Now why would you want to believe some one who's business is to dupe you, ie an illusionist ? You mean like you , Zanash? After all, you are a cable maker. -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Million dollars to prove cables areworth money

2007-10-02 Thread seanadams
opaqueice;232195 Wrote: However the situations in which they are audible are typically very extreme (like 30 feet of 24 gauge zip cord compared to decent cables), and even in those extreme cases level matching makes it MUCH harder to hear the differences. OK... so which ones sound better?

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