(10-19-2021, 06:59 AM)bodiebill Wrote: On a philosophical note, let us accept that audiophile truth does not exist and that audiophiles per definition are comparing their placebo effects in this hobby where we are all aiming for the optimal goose bumps producing illusion.
Not really, not at all. I try to get a good sound quality and I am willing to invest some money to achive this. However I don't plan to spend money on snake oil and make people happy who sell me a cable designed and used to transfer digital data for a three- or four digit dollar price, just because of some audiophile goose bump placebo effect which goes away as soon as I leave the placebo area and look at the physics.
People who buy such cables are the same kind of people who think they get better print outs with much darker parts and much more details in the dark grey areas by exchanging the (working) usb cable the printer is attached to the computer with an audiophile one.
Remember: there is a reason why all these companies broadcast claims about the wonders they can do with the equipment, but in no case you will find an objective comparison of the sound quality with vs. without such a piece of gear, despite having microphones on hand which are much more sensitive than any human ear and the very simple possibility to analyse/compare two sound characteristics.
