Objectivist Audiophilism (1 Viewer)

[Steve_AS]

What's sad is this silly stereotype. Especially as *science* defined limits to knowledge more than half a century ago. At a very basic level, there will *always* be doubt.

Btw, the people I've met who have the most profound sense of mystery and wonder about the natural world, are scientists.

 

[Steve_AS]

You mean the Robert Harley who wrote *this*?

p. 322: "Note that copper isn't isotropic; it looks decidedly different in one direction than the other. All copper made into thin wires exhibits a chevron structure. THis chevron structure may explain why some cables sound different when reversed."


and *this"?

p 312 " Not only is the sound of a cable partially system-dependent, but the sonic characteristics of a specific cable will work better musically in some systems than others.....Fortunately, evaluation of cables and interconnects is relatively simple; the levels are automatically matched between cables, and you don't have to be concerned about absolute-polarity reversal. One pitfall, however, is that cables and interconnects need to to break in before they sound their best."