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RE: Some serious questions concerning audio cables

Why does lifting cables off the floor improve the sound?
- It does not

Why does direction of cable matter in terms of sound quality? No, I'm not referring to cables with shielding connected at one end. I'm referring to the conductor itself.
- Again it does not. A poorly manufactured digital cable could in theory have a direction aspect, but adds are it would 0 impact in the real world. Analog cable? Zero, zilch, nada.

Why do cables sound better when treated with anti static spray?
- Because you spend too much time reading Miller Carbon's comments on Audiogon, and you don't understand Triboelectric effect in the context of signal transmission (nor the levels / impedances used in audio equipment)

Why does highly polishing the conductor surface improve the sound?
- Visual expectation bias

Why does cryogenically treating cables improve the sound?
- Marketing based expectation bias

Why do copper and silver cables often sound so different when they have nearly the same conductivity?
- Visual expectation bias. If silver cables were copper colored and vice versa, I am sure people would call silver cables warm and vice versa.

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