This is perhaps a typical illustration of the jaw drop phenomenon as shown below, courtesy of my own desktop laboratory. Therefore how does one go about determining the 'actual' jaw drop quotient independently of time in absolute reality, regardless of the factors which contributed to the 'jaw drop' in the first place, such as aesthetics, audio brilliance verified with blindfolded certainty, or all manner of whims and associated tomfoolery. Of course if we are discussing in terms of multi-dimensional physical reality, is time an actual element of one of these dimensions, thus necessarily being factored in to the whole equation. Perhaps cable A or cdp B has no inherent goodness, but is an organic entity, fluctuating between good and evil sonic signatures. Or perhaps time is not of reality but a subjective derivative of snake oil, the removal of which would enable one to confer absolute properties upon said audio wonders, with a fixed calculated jaw dropping quotient trundling forth into our consciousness. In which case it would be satisfying to know of our own susceptibility and foolishness, and just regret our inability to observe first hand the known universe and its echos through space, not time.

Can we please observe the following chart (ensuring that our ears are plugged so as not to corrupt the signals registered on our retinas) and with mathematical certainty, extrapolate the fixed jaw drop quotient of any audio product (which would arguably fit nicely into this plot).

I did not have a textbook to hand so any errors in my above propositions and interpretation of interstellar structures cannot be weighed against me before God.

time on the x-axis ; 'jaw drop' quotient on the y-axis