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I ask you directly Semi, show me proof yourself that there is a document case that FAILS a double blind test.



If memory serves, Alan Lofft has posted the results of their tests with the "experts" in double blind tests at the Canadian research center at this very site. They're findings were that no one was able to consistently pick one speaker wire over another as sounding better.

If I can get the search working at Ars, I'll try to find the links posted there that also detail this same failure on behalf of the "experts" in many double blind tests.

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One being a 16 gauge zip cord vs a Nordost Vahalla Cable? Well with bi-wire thats a little harder but I have had times where I "thought" I heard a difference.



A scientific approach would be to recognize that there are potentially very powerful psychological reasons for this as well. To simply assume it's true would be fallacy to those of us that approach the world in a scientific manner.

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This is all speculative because music to me is an art not a scientific method.



This is a strawman.

Music is art.

The technology used to reproduce that music is science and very well understood science at that.

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If I had the means to record anolog wave patterns and store data digitally and show you a breakdown of octaves before and after a wire swap or a bi-wire setup I would just to find out myself.



I've posted links to just that in the past. The result is that there are measureable differences between various transfer methods. The problem is that those that support the conjecture that expensive cables offer a better solution fail to address whether or not this difference is audible. The human ear is far less precise than the $250k oscilloscope in my lab. I can measure the difference. Whether you will hear it or not is another matter entirely.

I will submit to you that the jitter and skew in the actual electronic components used in the construction of much of this hardware isn't even specified by the manufacturers because, at the speeds this technology opperates, they do not result in a practical difference. We worry about it in our products here because we opperate at upwards of 12GHz where these issues finally matter in the real world.

Some additional reading material:

Alan's thoughts:
http://www.axiomaudio.com/boards/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=Advice&Number=1437&page=&view=&sb=&o=

Here's the thoughts on speaker wire from the engineers at National that design many of the components in your hardware:
http://www.national.com/rap/Story/0,1562,3,00.html

Here are the thoughts of John Dunlavy:
http://www.verber.com/mark/cables.html

And this from Rane:
http://www.rane.com/note126.html

http://www.passlabs.com/pdf/spkrcabl.pdf