Re: Expensive cable!

[isw <isw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In article <480bf313$0$19847$d94e5ade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
 Lewis Gardner <lgardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> BruceR wrote:
> > Now, if one could actually HEAR a difference THAT would
> > be something!
>
> I went to high school with some certified SMFs (smart mothertruckers).
> One of these SMFs took his money from starting one of the first IBM PC
> clone companies (back when you made and burned your own BIOS) and
> started a high end audio company. Since I always respected this guy's
> intelligence and engineering abilities I spent an afternoon with him at
> his shop. Dollar wise the sky was the limit. Silver solder and wire, $25
> capacitors, power supplies in separate boxes. We spent about 5 hours.
>
> For what I listen to there was no difference.
>
> He had a ambient sound recording from a jungle in Africa. We started
> with a fairly stock system and listened. As extremely esoteric parts
> were added or swapped the results were amazing. The ability to hear more
> sounds improved as the $$ went up. Just to be sure I had him remove
> items one at a time and the sounds disappeared.
>
> I was a MAJOR skeptic and came in expecting to not hear a difference and
> didn't on the CDs I listened to regularly. Since I don't normally listen
> to ambient jungle sounds the extra thousands of $$ would be wasted. Much
> to his credit he didn't try to sell me anything. It was just a chance
> for him to share his knowledge.
>
> But I did hear a difference.

I have a strong suspicion that if the changes had been made without your
knowledge and participation (or had not been made, but you were told
they were), you would have found it considerably *more* difficult to
hear any difference. Impossible, even.

Isaac