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

[Garry <harp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/04/2011 06:42 AM, MARK BURNESS wrote:
> Science - you offer no scientific data, test, results to 
> prove/disprove your assertions. You claim not to care about the 
> results of any tests, tests that you have not even conducted. You 
> offer only perspective based on suggestion & hearsay, yet you clearly 
> have already adopted a position on the subject. This is not science, 
> you are not being scientific.
nonsense.  i clearly stated that i don't know if there are sonic 
differences.
my complaint was with the notion that science had no place in the 
discussion.

> Do you need a mass spectrometer to tell you which flavour ice cream 
> you prefer, or your preferred brand of beer? When asked how you like 
> your food, what parameters do you measure & what equipment do you use 
> & take to a restaurant with you? I guess that you forego the 
> "scientific proof" and use your senses...like a  professional chef, 
> whisky bender, flavour house, etc.
i think we're talking past each other.  clearly if it is the case that 
different cables sound different, then your preference or mine is purely 
a subjective matter.  i did not think this case had been made, and was 
objecting to the fact that it couldn't be.  a well constructed double 
blind test should be able to determine whether or not people can discern 
sonic differences.

> I'm not trying to sell you anything,
i apologize if i implied that.  that was not my intent.

>   the main reason I would expect you to give me the benefit of the 
> doubt is because I have conducted some testing (cables, amps, tubes, 
> speakers, harps) probably everyday for the last decade...

which i should have inferred from your single statement "Garry, music is
assessed with human ears, if you don't trust them, then it's time to
hang up the harps."?

> you appear to have just typed a mail & declare no interest in the 
> subject.
i have no great interest in whether different cables sound different.  i 
have a great
deal of interest in the value of evidence vs. testimonial.

i'll stop pontificating from the sidelines now.

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