Here's one example of a mesurment http://archimago.blogspot.se/2016/11/measurements-crystal-cable.html
And this is actually a good result , best result the super expensive cable perform like any other correctly designed cable. Small measurable variations ,but way below any audiability treshold . Worse case the design is exotic enough to actually perform worse than the free junk cables . No Indonesien use them either , the build quality is usually not good enough. Much of the subjektive "reviews" ( yes a sighted test is not an actuall cable test ) also claims properties a cable simply can not have if you want to affect soundstage and dynamics you need DSP . Works case a cable can have rubbish or nonexistent shielding ( kimber ) then it can maybe pick up noise and hum if it's to close to noise sources . And if it's long enough and have really hig capacitance it migth be a first order lowpass filter if then intrudes <20kHz it's a really bad design. Personaly i would go to blue jean cable for my purchases . You also have canare , mogami et all buy professional cable in bulk and terminate yourself . It's also the very short lengths used in home audio that makes even the shoddiest cable " good enough ". Another concern of mine is the audiophile "design process " if you can call it that leads to really bad products , that actually do respond to cables in unforeseen ways , bad impedance mismatch or instability, such is the status of the cargo cult engineering going on that problems solved decades ago can resurface . -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105775 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
