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Originally Posted by stevehertz
... cables that cost a mortgage and make no audible difference ...
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On a point of detail, 'audible difference' is a phrase which is used in two distinct ways.
Some people use it to mean a difference which passes a rigorous test e.g. double-blind ABX comparison (actually harder to carry out than we might imagine, but that's a separate issue).
Other people use it to mean the situation where there is a perceived difference in the 'heard experience' inside their heads. They would argue that that is the more useful definition when it comes to judging home entertainment equipment, and I might even agree with them actually.
The question of whether a product has been sold on the basis of objective scientific untruths is a different one. I disapprove of that. Where life gets difficult is when a listener's subjective pleasure
depends on them believing the objective untruth. Then I might have to decide whether it really is best to pee on their parade.
Cheers,
GJ