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In Reply to: Let's simplify this posted by Commuteman on August 20, 2004 at 11:42:08:
Peter:
""Since it's always better to know, how could I object to the meaurements? It's the conclusions that bother me.""
Me too...I do not agree or disagree with the actual rating spreadsheet. The metric weights are arbitrary.Peter: ""You could say that our rating is a measure of the technical correctness of the cable, except that this is implicitly accepting that the end goal (the end state of "correctness") is conformance to a measurement, rather than the sonic performance. In other words: technical correctness must be defined by, and is meaningless without, audible correctness.""
I don't think "technical correctness of the cable" should be the goal..that would be easy to define...that is conformance of the cable to the equation LC=1034*DC, which is the theoretical ideal..and it's conductivity w/r to the conductor actuals.. but that tells nothing about the end application...sonic performance.Peter: ""IMO, the technical correctness of a cable must ultimately be a meaure of:
1) Its ability to transmit music and only music (no EMI, no RF, no hum pickup, no external mechanical stimulation)
Let's stick to speaker runs for a while..and for now, neglect EMI, RFI, and hum..
2) Its ability to allow upstream and downstream components to operate optimally (no oscillating amplifiers, no RC filters)
3) Its ability to transmit ALL of the information used by our brains to process music (and I doubt we know what that is yet e.g the lateralization stuff)""
Do the RLC measurements characterize all 3?
Unknown..but the AH measurements are a start..guaranteed not the end, though..Peter: ""Obviously, the measurements at the AH site are PART of the puzzle. IMO, anyone who suggests that we have all of the pieces of the puzzle now, and can explain all that is happening around cables in a high-resolution audio system, is an idiot. Just my $0.02, of course...""
No disagreement here...seee, I told ya so....:-)
Cheers, John
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