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Sorry. I was not trying to be so..

""There's a consistent chant from Tony and others here that the entire physics of cables boils down to lumped LCR parameters, that this is somehow established fact, and that any other thinking is voodoo.""Peter

Yes, some definitely feel that is the case..Some who do ask for proof otherwise, some ask for possible explanation..Some reject the pseudoscience explanations that are given. To me, Tony has come across similar to what I felt..That yes, standard EE pretty much covers it, but yet, there are many unanswered questions; for me it's e/m field theory of wires.

""And yet you ask Jon what he's talking about?""peter

Yes..Because Tony stated the lack of correlation between the laws of physics and price tag.. as in, the extreme priced cables sometimes have ad hype which is in complete disregard to physics.

If Jon, Tony, myself, are going to react to other posts or ideas within a thread, an explanation should be given..I concur with Tony in that physics and price tag do not correlate..the statement within the thread is what I responded to..

Jon came back with "well, ya gotta learn the physics, because the easy stuff you can understand isn't enough..

Well, I gotta say..the physics guys here (not me) run the most advanced machine on the planet, and they cannot explain how cables can sound different..Doesn't mean they don't sound different, just that they don't know why.. So statements like "you really don't understand the physics"...Hmmmm.

The coathanger thing is a reference to some guy using two and a trash can to run digital audio, and using some test algorithm to determine that every single bit in the stream made it through intact..no errors..I personally prefer something that looks a little better in my living room.

""If the coat hanger sounds better than a caox cable, then YES it is a superior interconnect (in THAT system, at THAT time, for THAT person).""peter

Agreed. And that is what Tony called the individual's "truth".

""HOWEVER: Jon would then try to understand WHY it sounds better. Tony would simply suggest that the listener must be wrong""peter

No. Tony pointed out that one's truth may not be another's. And that Jon's pushing of one cable geometry or dielectric type or stranded/no stranded as being superior to another may not in fact be the "truth" in all cases..

I would tend to agree that Jon would try to figure out why..

Cheers, John



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