Anecdotal evidence (e.g. see Google groups) does seem to suggest that invariably people who claim to hear a difference with cables etc. cannot repeat this in a blind test and fail to identify what was 'easy' to hear when they knew what was changed.
This would seem to suggest that some differences are 'imagined'. I think that people should be open to the concept that they are imagining differences.
Thanks to the 'Internet sceptics' I have changed from believing my cables sound subtly different to believing my cables sound the same. The cables haven't changed, only my belief and this has 100% influenced what I hear. Of course, the benefit is that I will never have to buy another cable!
So before believing all of these reviews, why not try and see if you can convince yourself that cables sound the same?
Reviews are also probably exaggerated. In that power cable review we have the following quote: "Louise? She almost fell off the sofa!". I am guessing that she didn't. Or else Roy pushed her. I mean think about it. Have you ever 'almost fell from the sofa'?
This would seem to suggest that some differences are 'imagined'. I think that people should be open to the concept that they are imagining differences.
Thanks to the 'Internet sceptics' I have changed from believing my cables sound subtly different to believing my cables sound the same. The cables haven't changed, only my belief and this has 100% influenced what I hear. Of course, the benefit is that I will never have to buy another cable!
So before believing all of these reviews, why not try and see if you can convince yourself that cables sound the same?
Reviews are also probably exaggerated. In that power cable review we have the following quote: "Louise? She almost fell off the sofa!". I am guessing that she didn't. Or else Roy pushed her. I mean think about it. Have you ever 'almost fell from the sofa'?