Appearance of cables seems to be so important for a lot if not most of the folks here and elsewhere. Obviously that fact is taken advantage of in the manufacture and marketing of cables by all of the manufacturers.
So here is the hypothetical question but it relies on you folks being honest in your responses ...
I'll limit it to power cables just for the sake of simplicity ... Say that there was an IEC to 3 prong cable that cost, say $20, and just looked like a regular, cheapo $6 IEC cable but actually had some tech. to it and sonically bettered the most popular and sexiest looking multi-hundred to multi-thousand dollar cables. Obviously, there are sonic preferences and synergies involved, but IF this hypotehtical cables existed and was easily preferred by most in blind a-b listening tests against the "best" cables ... again, being honest, would you use it? Do you think that others would use it? Basically, how honest do you think that audiophiles in general would be with themselves and each other that this inexpensive, plain jane IEC power cord was sonically superior and would actually use it?
This is an honest question out of my own curiosity, and again, just a hypothetical.
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Topic - Hypothetical but, I think, interesting question ... - Laudanum 04:19:28 01/28/12 (36)
- RE: Hypothetical but, I think, interesting question ... - thebordas 05:17:19 02/13/12 (0)
- RE: Hypothetical but, I think, interesting question ... - tmsorosk 06:08:37 02/09/12 (0)
- RE: Hypothetical but, I think, interesting question ... - rick_m 07:49:31 02/07/12 (0)
- RE: Hypothetical but, I think, interesting question ... - zmanastronomy 05:50:23 02/07/12 (0)
- RE: Hypothetical but, I think, interesting question ... - TRUFI 14:59:01 02/01/12 (0)
- Hypothetical but, I think, interesting question ... - Minussss3db 20:26:40 01/31/12 (1)
- RE: Hypothetical but, I think, interesting question ... - Laudanum 09:26:32 02/02/12 (0)
- Thanks everyone - Laudanum 05:33:08 01/30/12 (0)
- Yes, I would use it in a minute; as a matter of fact... - Steve Parry 19:15:50 01/29/12 (0)
- RE: Hypothetical but, I think, interesting question ... - stereo5 12:22:06 01/29/12 (0)
- I use my cheapest aftermarket cord on my Aesthetix Rhea phono stage ... - bjh 11:20:32 01/29/12 (0)
- If it was getting good reviews and was cheap yeah.. - Elizabeth 00:22:12 01/29/12 (0)
- RE: Hypothetical but, I think, interesting question ... - SgreenP@MSN.com 17:02:31 01/28/12 (0)
- "Hypothetical" is being kind. - soulfood 15:10:15 01/28/12 (12)
- Thank you - Laudanum 17:49:36 01/28/12 (11)
- Honestly? - soulfood 20:32:44 01/28/12 (10)
- RE: Honestly? - Laudanum 05:24:54 01/29/12 (9)
- RE: Honestly? - soulfood 09:29:51 01/29/12 (8)
- RE: Honestly? - Laudanum 05:31:47 01/30/12 (7)
- I only hear with my ears. - Duster 17:05:58 02/01/12 (4)
- "Your premise is not audiophile in nature, and an insult to the hobby." - jihad 11:55:18 02/11/12 (0)
- So you say. - Laudanum 06:05:24 02/02/12 (2)
- Everybody, nobody - mt10425 10:43:13 02/11/12 (0)
- RE: So you say. - Duster 16:03:12 02/03/12 (0)
- RE: Honestly? - soulfood 09:23:42 01/30/12 (1)
- RE: Honestly? - Laudanum 12:56:30 01/30/12 (0)
- RE: Honestly? - soulfood 09:15:56 01/29/12 (0)
- It's not a real-world notion. - Duster 12:28:40 01/28/12 (2)
- RE: It's not a real-world notion. - Laudanum 05:40:10 01/29/12 (1)
- RE: It's not a real-world notion. - Duster 17:07:19 02/01/12 (0)
- unseen - Joe Murphy Jr 11:58:02 01/28/12 (0)
- I would go for the performance - Mike B. 09:47:45 01/28/12 (0)
- Don't Care - Jack G 08:31:28 01/28/12 (0)
- Not power cables but...(pic) - Waxxy 07:18:47 01/28/12 (0)
- RE: Hypothetical but, I think, interesting question ... - mhardyman 05:47:16 01/28/12 (0)
- RE: Hypothetical but, I think, interesting question ... - mcguirek 05:07:30 01/28/12 (1)
- I should add however... - mcguirek 06:21:52 01/28/12 (0)