I would recommend the classic essay by Jose Luis Borges, "The Art of Verbal Abuse."
I always remember the wise and learned words of a bosun when informing me, as second engineer of the container ship we both happened to be sailing on, of a damaged winch requiring attention - the f*****g f*****er's f*****g f*****ed. It was an inspiration, and gave me comfort that expressive verbal poetry was still alive and well in the country that gave the world Shakespeare
I think you have miss-spelled psycho-electrical, it spells psycho-acoustics. I.E. your brain fools you. To bad that your rant doesn't change the laws of physics. That would be needed to have the effect that you claim.And then come to the realization/understanding that there exists an entire psycho-electrical world/reality 'we (science) poorly understands -yet will slowly unravel.
My first experience with high end cables was around 1984 or so. I own a bunch transparent audio cables including speaker, RCA and balanced. I also own some monster cables.
The part you really want to know is that I go to some audio shows with my company badge and dealer status. I talk to all high end companies behind customer backs. You know, how great the margins are in high end cables. And how the color and style of jacket and heat shrinking gets the customer to part with his money.
Funny but sad story. Went to an audio/video distributor meeting where they pitched that we should source our displays from them. I asked if they could beat big box store prices. He said no! And that our cost would be 10% higher than their retail price!!! I asked how that made business sense. He said we could make that up by selling extended warranty and cables!!!
Ever try to walk out of an AV store without them pounding to buy cables? Now you know why.
So treat me as an industry insider in whatever you post.
And then there are those who NEVER learn -as a lifetime evaporates, there remain those none-the-wiser. Pity, indeed.
pj
(P.S. And how many years have you under that bulging belt? )
I had a very similar experience. I bought that Kimber cable too based on Sterophile's recommended components list. It was when I stopped being neurotic about my system and loosing myself to music, as I had done more regularly on that first "mid-fi" system, that doubts about these claims of transformed sound started. This music sounds the same to me, I said to myself. Despite the Shakti stone or the fancy Z-Stabilizer power conditioner or that Kimber cable. I kept enjoying my favorite music as I always had. No new details seemed to emerge despite these changes. What gives? A bit later, after some reading, I had to admit to myself I'd been had. Now l'll conclude it might be a higher capacitance cable or higher output impedence that makes one amp sound "warmer" than another.Years ago, before I was awakened from my slumber of irrationality, I bought one of Sommovigo's digital cables, an Illuminati (distributed by Kimber, which I would now recognize as a clue). At the time, It was considered about the best digital cable by Stereophile, who also did much to indoctrinate me in many false ideologies. IIRC, it cost $275 new, but I just had to have it.
Even then, I realized, once I actually plugged the damned thing in, that there was far less there than I had been told. It sure didn't make a difference to the sound. Around this time, I received a lecture on the "genius" that is Sommovigo by someone who knew him. I was told that Sommovigo's "personal" digital cable was 25 feet long, even though the distance between the source and the DAC was about two feet. That was about the time that I began to awaken from my slumber and rejoin the actual physical world.
Do I think Sommovigo is a knowing fraud? Probably not. But I do think he knows nothing about how cables work and convinces himself he can hear a big difference every time he creates a new cable.
Sound familiar?
Such as those who spend their entire lives mired in myth and superstition.And then there are those who NEVER learn -as a lifetime evaporates, there remain those none-the-wiser. Pity, indeed.
pj
(P.S. And how many years have you under that bulging belt? )
Cable burn in, oh the pity of it
To my ears copper is the warmest sounding. Rhodium I find is way, way to bright. If your system is refined enough silver is somewhere in the middle, but can be to bright as well. If you have any weak links, ie. bright sounding equipment, then silver will allow this to become plainly obvious. I do know of one very knowledgeable audiophile who switches back and forth between copper and silver just for fun. He always sands off any gold plating that may be on his copper connectors. He swears that gold plating ruins the sound, compared to just bare copper.
Found a gem!
https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=627775#p627775
If the guy is a very knowledgeable audiophile, I guess he's right, no?
Funniest part here is how the guy is unconsciously influenced by the color of the metal. The warmer (red/gold copper) produce the warmer sound and the coldest (white silver/rhodium) has to have a bright reproduction.
That is so irrational...
PS: Oh, I forgot to mention: the thread here is about connectors only, not even cables...
Why isn't manufacturers putting pure silver cables inside their amps and DACs a more common thing? I know at least Sony talks about Kimber Kables being used in their WM1Z DAP (https://www.sony.com/electronics/walkman/nw-wm1z). Surely some "high end" DAC manufacturers could charge even more if they said they said they had pure silver cables connecting their RCA/XLR outs to the PCB.
Also speaking of PCBs I can't wait until some manufacturer starts talking about having pure silver traces on their PCBs instead of copper.
Don't be silly, the color and value relationships are merely further evidence that we live in an ordered universe!Found a gem!
https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=627775#p627775
If the guy is a very knowledgeable audiophile, I guess he's right, no?
Funniest part here is how the guy is unconsciously influenced by the color of the metal. The warmer (red/gold copper) produce the warmer sound and the coldest (white silver/rhodium) has to have a bright reproduction.
That is so irrational...
PS: Oh, I forgot to mention: the thread here is about connectors only, not even cables...
I am often called to help with technical problems, and of course many times they "magically" disappear before I even touch the machine - this I routinely attribute to my strong morphogenetic field.
you laugh, but I started this thread at Audiogon forum, and look what happened. Morphic Fields?
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/system-synergies-chaotic-or-predictable?sort_order=desc