...Interesting TEST

dee1949
dee1949 Posts: 1,425
edited July 2010 in The Clubhouse
. Read the Results....they will "Surprise you.

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_11_4/feature-article-blind-test-power-cords-12-2004.html
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  • Zitro
    Zitro Posts: 864
    edited July 2010
    YAY! My nights' entertainment lol.
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  • Huck344
    Huck344 Posts: 453
    edited July 2010
    And here we go!
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited July 2010
    LOL.

    I'm going to whip myself repeatedly with one of Ben's cables while watching this inevitable bomb explode...
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  • dee1949
    dee1949 Posts: 1,425
    edited July 2010
    Sorry....negate my opinion and JUST read the TEST results. Read the category the testers put themselves in....and by age etc. Sorry if this Test was already presented. Thought the results interesting.


    '''"The test was a grand and noble experiment at best and a bust at worst. Make of it what you will."""
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,726
    edited July 2010
    This has been discussed ad nauseam. Hopefully the mods lock this down before it gets out of hand.

    Either you believe in differences, or you don't. Can't make someone believe differently until they hear a difference themselves.
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited July 2010
    AWWW SNAP! And here we ......GO!

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  • dee1949
    dee1949 Posts: 1,425
    edited July 2010
    OK....didn't know I was opening a can of worms. Just found another forum that will sum up all the ****. I guess the moral is: If you have the $$$ and hear the difference....then it is worth the effort.

    http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=29989


    ....hear is another can of worms from that forum

    http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/circuits/articles/23down.html

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    Even audio manufacturers not directly involved in the cable business like to steer clear of the debate.

    ..Polk Audio, a well respected manufacturer of loudspeakers in Baltimore, no longer makes cables but declined an invitation to set up a listening test in its laboratories. One reason it gave was that the test could affect relationships with audio stores. "We would be hearing from every retailer in the country," said Paul Dicomo, communications director for Polk Audio.
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  • gimpod
    gimpod Posts: 1,793
    edited July 2010
    You know I can hear the difference if the power is coming form a nuclear or coal fired power plant. ;):rolleyes::rolleyes:;)

    And if you believe that one I have a Space Needle and a couple bridges i like to sell ya all real cheap:p:p.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,384
    edited July 2010
    ***Sings***


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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2010
    dee1949 wrote: »
    OK....didn't know I was opening a can of worms. Just found another forum that will sum up all the ****. I guess the moral is: If you have the $$$ and hear the difference....then it is worth the effort.

    http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=29989


    ....hear is another can of worms from that forum

    http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/circuits/articles/23down.html

    Quote

    Even audio manufacturers not directly involved in the cable business like to steer clear of the debate.

    ..Polk Audio, a well respected manufacturer of loudspeakers in Baltimore, no longer makes cables but declined an invitation to set up a listening test in its laboratories. One reason it gave was that the test could affect relationships with audio stores. "We would be hearing from every retailer in the country," said Paul Dicomo, communications director for Polk Audio.

    Dee can't tell you how many sickening times those two links and this ABX test has been posted on here. It really is nauseating to see them again for the 40000000000000000 time.
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited July 2010
    Hummm, this one might simply turn bad, simply too caughky..........

    1999 & 2004 old....
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited July 2010
    Did you see this? http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103417
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2010
    Face wrote: »
    Did you see this? http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103417

    Obviously not, or the dozens and dozens and dozens ad nausium of threads those links have been posted.
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  • dee1949
    dee1949 Posts: 1,425
    edited July 2010
    ....The point I thought was interesting. Not interested in the debate.

    ......Was the classification of the testers. I have been into audio for 40 years and would still rate myself as a 3 on a scale of 1 to 5.....5 being a tweeker or audiophile. Had a lot of great gear pass through and enjoyed the journey. Not trying to convince any one either way. Just an observation of people trying to find the "Holy Grail" !....and are conceited enough to believe they are nearing it because they spent the $$ and read some reviews.. A great system doesn't have to cost mega bucks....if you research , know what you like and trust your ears. Placement is 200% more important that the other tweaks and short cuts.

    ".... what I was really picking up on were the people who honestly believed they could hear a differences (and presumably believed they were accurately reporting that difference) but who scored ~50%.

    OK, that doesn't "prove that they didn't hear a difference", but it does prove that they didn't hear the difference that they believed they heard."

    ...but it does lend itself to the fact that: " those you talk about knowing the most, actually know the least.....cutting themselves off from different alternatives. I know I have back tracted in my long journey. Put the money were I thought was better spent.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited July 2010
    Have you gotten a rabies shot lately?
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2010
    Face wrote: »
    Have you gotten a rabies shot lately?

    Belly laughing on that one!!
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  • dee1949
    dee1949 Posts: 1,425
    edited July 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Belly laughing on that one!!

    ..Ha! Ha! Not recently....So if you are thinking of biting me....I would Think TWICE!!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2010
    dee1949 wrote: »
    ..Ha! Ha! Not recently....So if you are thinking of biting me....I would Think TWICE!!

    Nah the barroom brawling days are long gone!;)
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited July 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Belly laughing on that one!!
    dee1949 wrote: »
    ..Ha! Ha! Not recently....So if you are thinking of biting me....I would Think TWICE!!
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Nah the barroom brawling days are long gone!;)
    Good belly laughter all the way down :D
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited July 2010
    This thread just seems like an argument that the OP is looking for by his comments in the post he has. Sorry but this has been brought up a ton on the forum and is a can of worms. If you know its " can of worms" and was told so, why continue to talk about it and post more? I just don't understand the logic but a lot of things I don't understand these days.
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