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RE: Reality tunnel alert!

It's a matter of perspective, a story about the philosopher Wittgenstein and a student illustrates the situation.
The two were watching the sunrise and the student posed how stupid they were in the past when they thought the sun went around the earth.

After a short silence Wittgenstein said Yes...but what would it look like if the sun did go around the earth?

His point being it would look the same and the only difference is now "we know" what really happens.

Speaker cables all have (in decreasing order of effect) a series R, a series L and a parallel C, dielectric absorption, all of which can be measured.
Modern passive crossover design involves having the driver impedance curve and frequency response to work with, one can add in what ever cable properties you with.

One can (and i have) used a Null bridge to "listen to" the signal difference from one end to the other and in a different area designed a transformers and 1 turn coil, where one could pass 300Amps at 12 MHz for levitating glass.
The point is, your experiences have lead you to conclude something anomalous based on my experience working with the details, we come from different perspectives.

Don't get me wrong, there ARE plenty of things not understood in audio but for me the magic and discovery are in what properties makes loudspeakers disappear in a phantom stereo image and what things make them stand out as obvious sources.

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