You guys are killing me! Seriously, it is comforting to know there exists in this forum a group of knowledgeable people. grounded with intellectual honesty and curiosity, to allow rationality to govern both methodology and outcome.
I've posted this before, but to repeat myself, here it goes. The cable manufacturers seemingly never will publish or even participate in rational, scientifically sound testing to prove their products make a difference. They apparently don't need to, since there is a large, probably majority, part of the audiophile pool, who just believe, and science is not allowed in the door. In other contexts it is called faith.
I view this as a missed business opportunity. There remains a substantial part of the audiophile community who would be willing to spend if, but only if, there was credible evidence to support claims of audible difference. Even if, e.g., blind testing failed to demonstrate a difference, the faith based crowd still would purchase, so there is no or virtually no risk of losing that market segment. OTOH, there is a whole new market to be gained, the market of people represented by members of this sane forum.
I've posted this before, but to repeat myself, here it goes. The cable manufacturers seemingly never will publish or even participate in rational, scientifically sound testing to prove their products make a difference. They apparently don't need to, since there is a large, probably majority, part of the audiophile pool, who just believe, and science is not allowed in the door. In other contexts it is called faith.
I view this as a missed business opportunity. There remains a substantial part of the audiophile community who would be willing to spend if, but only if, there was credible evidence to support claims of audible difference. Even if, e.g., blind testing failed to demonstrate a difference, the faith based crowd still would purchase, so there is no or virtually no risk of losing that market segment. OTOH, there is a whole new market to be gained, the market of people represented by members of this sane forum.