Re: [Harp-L] Re: Cables: Are there really any sonic differences?

[Garry Hodgson <harp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/03/2011 04:31 AM, MARK BURNESS wrote:
> Garry, music is assessed with human ears, if you don't trust them, 
> then it's time to hang up the harps.
if i swore to you that based on my own listening tests, red cables 
sounded better
than black ones, and blue ones made your harp sound more jazzy, you mght be
inclined to disbelieve me.  especially if i offered no supporting 
evidence but my
subjective evaluation.  ears are pretty good devices, but they get 
filtered through
minds and brains, and people are pretty good at seeing and hearing 
things that
aren't there, by design (witness many well known optical and aural 
illusions).

the green magic marker thing i mentioned earlier in this thread consumed 
vast
amounts of postings, discussions, arguments on rec.audio back in the 
early days
of the net.  as did the old monster cable vs. speaker wire thing.

i don't know if cables make a difference.  i don't really care all that 
much.
i suspect that any differences in sound so subtle that they cannot be 
measured
are likely to be lost amidst the thumping bass, pounding drum kit, and 
screaming
guitars sharing the stage with our harps.

but purveyors of snake oil all make the same claims.  "this is beyond 
measurement,
but trust me, it's real", and "science does not apply here."  that's 
when i call BS.
even if i trust my own ears, i have no means of evaluating whether to 
trust yours.
that's why science was invented.