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In Reply to: RE: So Basically You Stopped Believing posted by fmak on March 26, 2017 at 09:08:51
Yes sometimes a general method of usage will not provide optimal results in all situations.
Which is why its important to trust your ears.
"Committed Audiophile"...this probably means different things to different people.
IMO, Audiophiles tend to trust that a product of higher cost, produces better sound...for a variety of reasons, some valid, some not.
With this said, from my experience Audiophiles tend to trust measurements, public sentiment and branding more than their ears.
Follow Ups:
Once you've put together a great system and are still looking for improvements, the changes you are chasing maybe inaudible.
Or if the changes do sound different, deciding which one sounds better may depend on the music or mood of the listener.
Cut-Throat
An interesting issue I've not very posted much about in AA is the use of audiophile cables and power cords for the extreme front end of a streaming audio application. This means the choice of coaxial cable connected from the wall, the choice of power cord for a modem/router, and the Ethernet cable connected from a modem/router to a computer Ethernet port making a profound impact on the sound of a computer audio system for streaming audio purposes. Since a topic such as this can be considered a topic for ridicule by those who have no interest in experimenting for themselves, I tend to watch and wait for the topic to arise in this forum with seemingly little attention to AC delivery and audiophile cabling as corollary interests.
The issue to me has been the trait of not wanting to know what is inside the box. For any system, the box has a transfer function relationship between input and output but some inmates assume perfect relationships and call these 'science' or whatever.
The fact is simply that there is no perfect black box and cabling affects transfer functions. The scientific way to consider the effects is to write down the functional relationships that can affect sound quality and look at each in turn. Since there are too many of them in audio reproduction, the shorter route can be 'trial and error' which is a perfectly acceptable approach in science.
If some inmates don't, or don't want to, find out what I have written about, don't bother responding.
And what criteria do you use for selecting "Audiophile Cabling". Price? Or do you just listen every cable you can get your hands on?Cut-Throat
Edits: 03/26/17
Well I DO have selection criteria!!!!
Digital Cable must be solid core.
No silver plating.
No bare wire.
Must be cheap!
Why no silver? Just curious.
I like silver, just not silver plated copper.
Silver plated copper does not seem to be coherent to me...solid silver sounds great and solid copper sounds great.
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