EHIDER,
Not to sure a $1000 bucks, plus airfare, hotel, lodging to your place is much of an inducement. Also, to be fair, I don't expect you to pack up and move your whole system to some neutral site. But, maybe we can get a few of the leaders in this field to contribute here? That was the only point of my initial post. I tend to agree with some of the leaders in this industry, those who have spent their careers in this field. Why would the CEO and lead engineer at McIntosh both with advanced degree's state that interconnects have no significant change? What would be their motivation? Money? If you research this, it was because the dealers were making so much money on wire that they begged McIntosh to put more expensive cables on their equipment so that individuals would be more inclined to purchase. Does any speaker manufacturer recommend a specific brand of esoteric cables, Wilson? At those high end prices, would they not include some high end cables for spending 20-60K on a set of speakers?
I am just a listener who has probably spent too much on this hobby already, though I truly enjoy it. 49 years old, clean ears, don't have them tested yearly. Have four different systems in the house, probably about 40K invested.
I will buck up $1000
and for any the following individuals expenses to send a truly documented audio electronic engineer who has researched and published on this topic (see below)
(Note) Read the links, Tom Nousaine already bagged out on this once at his own shop, but maybe he will join you with his cables.
Roger Russell, (McIntosh 25 year audio engineer)
http://www.roger-russell.comEthan Winter (editor, The Audio Critic)
http://www.ethanwiner.com/index.htm, Peter Azcel,
http://www.theaudiocritic.com/downloads/article_1.pdf,
Francis Vale.
http://www.vxm.com/21R.64.html.
http://web.archive.org/web/20020214075205/http://www.oakland.edu/~djcarlst/abx_wire.htmhttp://www.verber.com/mark/ce/cables.htmlhttp://www.verber.com/mark/ce/cables.htmlhttp://www.vxm.com/21R.64.htmlhttp://www.national.com/rap/Story/0,1562,3,00.htmlNational semiconductor
http://signal.ece.utexas.edu/seminars/dsp_seminars/01fall/AudioMyths.pdfhttp://pkant.htmlplanet.com/myths.htmhttp://www.edn.com/article/CA6418215.html“Howard Johnson, PhD, of Signal Consulting, frequently conducts technical workshops for digital engineers at Oxford University and other sites worldwide.”
(This cat may be a bit expensive to fly over the pond, but some of these guys will do it for the interest of testing and having the truth be known)
http://sound.westhost.com/madashell.htmhttp://www.ethanwiner.com/myths.html“Ethan Winer has been a professional musician, composer, audio engineer, recording instructor, computer programmer, and consultant since the 1960s.”
http://www.avahifi.com/root/audio_basics/1998-10_seven_shiny_pennys.htmhttp://www.belt.demon.co.uk/product/Cable_Controversy/Cable_Controversy.htmAlso, can you provide any of those links to all those proven studies that show changes with expensive wire and power cords?
I don't have my old copies leather bound and kept for reference.
These people can design a solid double blind crossover test to give you a good test, including A, A test of your own cables. And I believe your stating improvement? Not just change, correct? We can all change our sound with our pre-amps.
Your cable manufacturer probably would be a good objective source for your point of view; surely they or your dealer will join you since they would want to back their product. Possibly you can provide someone to make sure the testing is fair and scientifically balanced?
Loser donates the grand to the Winner’s charity of choice.
Results must be statistically significant and documented on this site or if the researcher decides to publish (if permission is granted).
Maybe the results will all have us buying your high end brand cables, or possibly running down to the local hardware store, or somewhere in between?
