Well, I am to some extent because these silly "challenges" that people have put up are just that, silly.

I do think that many cable companies claim all sorts of bullshit and pseudo science for their products but I think some do it because they don't really have an explanation of why their cable sounds better - which isn't a justification for BS but at least a mitigating factor.

I think that you'd be surprised at the variance in the standard LRC parameters amongst cables - which is why adding "that measure the same" to the test is a bit silly really and gave rise to my rather silly car analogy.  Still, I think that there probably are cables that have the same LRC parameters that do sound different.  Why that is I have no clue.  What about skin effect and all that stuff?  Why do cables that have undergone DCT (deep cryogenic treatment) sound better?

There may well be some interesting materials science in there but it would seem that most scientists just aren't interested.

Michael.