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In Reply to: Here posted by E-Stat on December 05, 2002 at 09:24:36:
Yes, those pictures do. Most likely that wire is hot-dipped galvanized steel. A far cry from cryo treated OFC copper.....blah, blah, blah.So applying Ocams Razor to the situation and it isn't hard to realize what affect an esoteric power cord is going to do to improve power transfer into your equpment. Or is that conclusion to hard to derive?
Thanks for the other reminder. When the opportunity presents itself, I'll have to re-read the paper. In general, it would be a mistake to not characterize the equipment being used for the test, but again, I need to see what the context is here that you're complaining about.
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Yes, those pictures do.Do what? They certainly do not prove that the use of esoteric power cords with high resolution music playback systems is inaudible.
Or is that conclusion to hard to derive?
You seem to treat this subject as though it was theoretical astrophysics where experiential proof is impossible. Here on planet earth, it is quite easy to test the efficacy of different power cords on high resolution music playback systems.
I need to see what the context is here that you're complaining about.
Here are some quite amusing excerpts from the study:
"It is paramount in conducting listening tests with the most accurate audio equipment available if the test subject is to hear any audible effects."
Agreed. Ok, so why use a dinky low end "pro" mini monitor as the choice for "the most accurate audio equipment available"? Already the guy has invalidated the study using his own criterion. The title of the study is "Audibility of Phase Distortion in Audio Signals". Did the tester carefully conduct phase tests on the test equipment itself to verify that the results were independent of the equipment used?
"Phase characteristics for this loudspeaker were not investigated...Again, the phase response for the headphones was not investigated."
I sure hope the tests that you rely upon do not possess such obvious flaws. Back to the drawing board Daisuke!
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"Yes, those pictures do.Do what? They certainly do not prove that the use of esoteric power cords with high resolution music playback systems is inaudible."
All credible audio reviewers (unlike you) fully state all of the equipment and musical content used for an evaluation. Any trained listener can tell the difference on a high resolution system. We're talking more than a Bose radio here Bruce.
There are no peer reviewed objective tests anywhere that bear this out. Only subjective ones that fall under the category of anecdotal evidence.
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