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Is cable sound real? A more holistic approach trying to track it down.

Are you interested in these kind of tests and would actually participate?

  • Yes

    Votes: 34 50.0%
  • No

    Votes: 34 50.0%

  • Total voters
    68

pma

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Yeah. And KSTR definitely knows about Pano test, many of us have been on diyaudio for almost 20 years. I think that similar cable tests are pointless and they only give some space to subjectivists or cable sellers/producers to promote strange theories that cannot be supported and verified. I am in doubt what is the aim of the thread.
 

Cbdb2

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Hi PMA. I guess, with the sunami of cable propaganda (lies) these days, some want to prove for themselves that (proper) cables dont make a difference. Thats why I posted the link. Maybe it will save some of these people some time. IMHO its a waste of time and already been done, but what the hay, its not my time.
 

charleski

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Good luck. Over at Diyaudio, Pano did exactly this. He included the original file ( no loop thru) for reference, a good quality copper cable ( Mogami), a potatoe and a banana, and the last file thru mud. These were blind tested and no one could reliably tell the difference.

https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/everything-else/236248-fancy-interconnects-potato-mud-36.html

Results are halfway down the page.
Research has shown that extremely ripe bananas make the best cables.
 
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KSTR

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For those interested in my measuring efforts, you may want to look here (the --microscopic-- DA-->AD distortion of the RME ADI-2 Pro nicely exposed audibly) and the follow up here (no cable "signature" found) and have some fun ;-)
 

Descartes

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Seriously just buy Canare, Mogami or Belden used by pro-audio and be done with!
Everything else is overpriced, overhyped and just masking the manufacturer and dealers richer at your expense!
 
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