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RE: Not a question of space

I was referring to this sentence in one of the more recent SoundStage cable reviews:

"Victor's last task was to balance the low, mid, and high frequencies of each of his analog cable models."

I'm not commenting on the efficacy of cabling, and yet, from any remotely scientific standpoint that's an ludicrous claim, repeated uncritically.

(To be clear what I'm saying, the frequency dependence of cables is easily measured to very high accuracy, and all reasonable cable designs are flat through the audio band to very high precision. A small number MAY have capacitance sufficient to cause interactions with the impedance of the components they're connected to, but usually not, or not to a measurable extent. Even cables with "network boxes" tend to roll off in the MHz range, if memory serves, or at least in the high 100s of kHz--much higher than any tweeter can reach.)

My goal is not to humiliate anyone but to point out that we all function routinely, to varying degrees, in a pretty subjective mode, which is as it should be: We're reviewing experiences after all. Some reviewers ignore science altogether, including some of my favorite audio writers.

It's completely reasonable to question MQA's claims, but then it's completely reasonable to question a lot of things. MQA's rigor and efficacy are far better established, in my view, as some of what passes as doctrine. Not that that's a bad thing.

Jim

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