At frequencies below a few tens of GHz, the only differences between solid and stranded wire are mechanical, mainly in the latter being more flexible. Proper termination can also be different, though neither type is difficult to do correctly.
Can you be explicit about your double blinding procedure? Understand that you're making a massively unlikely claim, so the chances that this was due to non-auditory effects are overwhelming. Extraordinary claims (and this very much is one!) require extraordinary proof.I did this with my non-audiophile wife and it was pretty easy for her to ID the cable.
There are two distinct issues that air-gapped solid core wiring is attempting to solve.To be specific, what is it in solid-core interconnects that makes it electrically superior to the stranded ones?
SIY, to be honest my friend, there will never be a satisfactory level of "proof" for this. Even if I walked you through my ABX that I did. And yes, it was with only one person. So that's the situation.Can you be explicit about your double blinding procedure? Understand that you're making a massively unlikely claim, so the chances that this was due to non-auditory effects are overwhelming. Extraordinary claims (and this very much is one!) require extraordinary proof.
Well hang on, we don't have any evidence that he hasn't built such bad wiring that it causes a measurable, audible degradation to the signal!Can you be explicit about your double blinding procedure? Understand that you're making a massively unlikely claim, so the chances that this was due to non-auditory effects are overwhelming. Extraordinary claims (and this very much is one!) require extraordinary proof.
ABX is an established process for determining if a difference can be heard. If you were to carry it out properly I can guaratnee that (just like all the other properly cotrolled tests that have ever been carried out on various adequately specefied speaker cables) neither you, your wife, your kids or your friends will be able to demonstrate that they can hear a difference. Unless as has just been pointed out they are so poorly specified that they actually cause distortion themselves.SIY, to be honest my friend, there will never be a satisfactory level of "proof" for this. Even if I walked you through my ABX that I did. And yes, it was with only one person. So that's the situation.
The effect to me and seven other people has been fairly obvious and that's our subjective opinion. I've explained some of the science that could possibly explain what the heck is going on to produce this outcome, but it is what it is. All I can say is that I did an ABX, I ran the calculations personally back in grad school, and that other people can easily discern the gains.
That’s totally possible!!Well hang on, we don't have any evidence that he hasn't built such bad wiring that it causes a measurable, audible degradation to the signal!
Perhaps we should ask for some RMAA test results?
That’s your opinion. But it hasn’t been my lived experience and the subjective statements of seven other people.ABX is an extablished process for determining if a difference can be heard. If you were to carry it out properly I can guaratnee that (just like all the other properly cotrolled tests that have ever been carried out on various adequately specefied speaker cables) neither you, your wife, your kids or your friends will be able to demonstrate that they can hear a difference. Unless as has just been pointed out they are so poorly specified that they actually cause distortion themselves.
I know some people who use cable lifters. I’m super skeptical of that. I don’t know that I can personally hear a difference with lifters.You are obviously a very funny guy but seriously, what cable lifters do you use?
That’s your opinion. But it hasn’t been my lived experience and the subjective statements of seven other people.
It never is when the statements are subjective. That is why controlled blind abx testing is done. And then it's like a miracle - somehow when you don't know which wire is being used it becomes impossible to consistently detect which is which.That’s your opinion. But it hasn’t been my lived experience and the subjective statements of seven other people.
When I have time I’ll definitely try to do a larger scale ABX and come back to this thread. It would be interesting and fun.It never is when the statements are subjective. That is why controlled blind abx testing is done.
You'll need to learn how to do it properly.When I have time I’ll definitely try to do a larger scale ABX and come back to this thread. It would be interesting and fun.
I’m attempting to be as open and direct as possible. I know that the bulk of what I and others have experienced is definitely in the realm of subjectivity. So I don’t want to make any universal claims on truth.It never is when the statements are subjective. That is why controlled blind abx testing is done.
I know how to do it properly, or at least I think I do. But only did so with one person… my wife.You'll need to learn how to do it properly.