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In Reply to: RE: No, you are making a cynical prediction that is baseless posted by Jaundiced Ear on July 09, 2014 at 16:27:02
'And I still say, however well meaning the OP is, and he does seem sincere, or plausible his explanations may be, and they do sound reasonable, no actual "science" was performed here.'
As fmak would say, this is just semantics. The value of the OP and the subsequent discussion comes from the information transmitted to lurkers and participants in the thread. It can be summarized as follows: The sound quality of your system may change if you substitute different SATA cables. This is easy and inexpensive to try. This is a cheap tweak and it's quite plausible that the sound would be altered in some systems.
I would not be concerned with hyperbolic exaggeration of benefits. This is of no import for those who enjoy their time tweaking and evaluating cheap tweaks. Hyperbolic exaggeration may be harmful when it is used to sell expensive gear of questionable value, but that's not the case in this thread.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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"As fmak would say, this is just semantics. The value of the OP and the subsequent discussion comes from the information transmitted to lurkers and participants in the thread."
So you are saying that the transmission of information to others is conducting science? By writing an article on chemistry, the author is conducting science? Somehow I would have thought the science would have been conducted long before the article was written. I'm the one playing semantic games here?
"I would not be concerned with hyperbolic exaggeration of benefits."
Why on earth not? That is the core of my argument. If the OP had said he heard noise in his system and swapping out an unshielded SATA cable for a shielded one fixed the issue, you would not have heard a peep out of me. But that's not what the OP said. Instead, the OP said that swapping SATA cables virtually remastered his entire music library. Now that's a pretty big claim, and a far cry from your mild assertion that "the sound quality of your system may change if you substitute different SATA cables." The OP's claim, if credible, is revolutionary. This would be a huge breakthrough in audio. However, before we all run around and jump on this revolution, wouldn't it be prudent to have a little acutal science to back it up? And by science I don't mean churning up guesses as to how something might possibly make a trivial difference that could conceivably cause a difference in sound. I myself am intensely interested in how a cable could do what the OP claims.
"Hyperbolic exaggeration may be harmful when it is used to sell expensive gear of questionable value, but that's not the case in this thread."
This reminds me of the old joke:
"Churchill: Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?
Socialite: My goodness, Mr. Churchill… Well, I suppose… we would have to discuss terms, of course…
Churchill: Would you sleep with me for five pounds?
Socialite: Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?!
Churchill: Madam, we’ve already established that. Now we are haggling about the price."
People are either bullshitting or they are not. What difference does price make?
All the Best!
JE
Using one's mind and senses to ascertain truth is what the scientific method is about. As to Science, it has become an organized religion, which is to say it has become corrupted. Science is now concerned with career and profit ahead of discovering truth.
John Swenson and others have given perfectly good explanations as to how changes to a SATA cable might affect sound. If one adapts the attitude of an experimental physicist one can get to the bottom of these issues if one wants to spend sufficient time and money. The general problem of high end audio is that it lacks sufficient money to attract the necessary talent and conduct the necessary research. There is much more money for good electrical engineers to work in the computer industry, telecommunications or military electronics.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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