Eeyore wrote:
>> > Given that speaker distortion amounts to full percentage points of the input
>> > signal, can gold-plated cables etc. really make that much of a difference?
>>
>> Differences between speaker cables include their capacitance and
>> inductance too but the effect is pretty minute.
>>
>> > Are there other considerations, beyond that of quality construction/cable
>> > longevity?
>> >
>> > Some people swear there is a difference, certainly the mfr of Monster
>> > cables, who appeared on The Big Idea, and is apparently making millions.
>>
>> People are gullible. That's where Monster et al. score.
>
>Has there ever been a double blind test of cables?
>
>
>I attended a Stereophile conference about 15 years ago.
>They compared 2 amps, blind, randomly switched to a
>variety of short music samples. One $3000, the other
>$700; neither a tube amp, as I recall. The audience
>voted on their individual score sheets. The final
>tally: indistinguishable.
I can beat that ( scroll down)
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