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Comparison of $4,000 boutique audio cable to $7 Amazon Basics cable shows audiophiles waste a lot of money — scientific audio equipment analysis with analyzer shows no difference in quality (www.tomshardware.com)

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'Black Pearl solid silver conductors drawn in diamond coated dies and insulated with virgin FEP dielectric' doesn't help.

Audio Science Review - $4000 Audio Cable vs $7!!! on YT

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[+] CubitOom -22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (15 children)

I tested this myself as a skeptic, just changed the cabels, but was able to hear a very clear difference with my ears. Although I couldn't explain that difference as I lacked the vocabulary, still do.

Maybe the testing criteria can't capture that difference either. Either way, you should do you own testing and figure out what you like since this is subjective.

Edit: the scientific method is to test for yourself.

Edit 2: I don't care if you downvote me, but if you refuse to test things like this out for yourself I am disappointed.

[–] ivn@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You need someone to change the cable for you without you knowing which one it is, otherwise the test is worthless.

[–] CubitOom -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah, that happened. Only the cables were changed on the same audio equipment. Although it was was a night and day difference. Not that it sounded bad before. I'm sure it was objectively fine, the sound was just much more preferable. More like the band was physically in there room.

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