I'm curious as to exactly what tests an engineer would enact to compare two cables. What specific measurements would be taken? Are these tests complete enough to truly be able to replicate all of the elements involved in our hearing?
I'm reminded of the many debates that have been posted on this forum about jitter. If I remember correctly, someone posted that the ability to test for jitter and in fact even the comprehension of the possibility of such a phenomenon did not occur until sometime after digital audio was created. During this time period did people argue about the sound of one converter vs another? If jitter was introduced into the signal path (let's assume there was some sort of cause without getting caught up in this detail) and was more prevalent in one design than another, it would not have shown up in any tests during that time period. Without a test or a term for the difference in sound quality between the two units, an argument could be made in a forum that if they had similar measurements there should be no sonic difference between the two units. Again, I'm not saying anything about the 7k cable. I have no idea of it's value or sonic impact. But with regard to the ability to measure the impact of one cable versus another, is it possible that we have not yet identified the qualifying variable and as a result have not come up with an appropriate test? Food for thought? Maybe I'm way off base. It's late this evening... __________________________________________________ Transporter => ATC SCA2 => ATC SCM 100SL AT Ayre C5XE => ATC SCA2 => ATC SCM 100SL AT -- musiklov3r ------------------------------------------------------------------------ musiklov3r's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13166 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38902 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
