Why tune your system with exotic cables rather than DSP room correction and equalization?

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DSP & EQ takes a lot of effort.  Cables only cost money.

 

Besides fancy cables provide a status effect as Thorsten Veblen explained in The Theory of the Leisure Class.

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veiling is what I usually see as the description

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vocabulary is always difficult for explaining sensory impressions - I'd put hearing as easier than say wine tasting tho

 

IIRC, Stereophile Test Disc #2 has a jitter added track or tracks

 

But I am not clear on your position w.rt. jitter - do you think it has no effect on SQ?

[Ralf11]

The problem with Jud's "A/B Nyet" proposition is that Floyd Toole tested and found that A/B testing works.

 

 

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4 hours ago, Fyper said:

 

 

There easy ways to put in place some kind of room correction (even minimal) that will change spectacularly the way a system sounds (in a good way).

 

 

That depends on the room.  I have big picture windows in a corner and have about given up on room treatments.  OTOH, I have dipole speakers so the nodes will be different from a cone speaker.

 

True for most rooms tho.  Thx for your comments on jitter.

[Ralf11]

Jim Smith is a hack and does not honor his 'so-called" guarantees either.

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the above makes me wonder if Putin hired a thousand guys to post about how their interconnects sound

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Are they aiming?  Or is a 'house sound' simply a side-effect of a designer's focus on solving a particular problem with speakers?

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26 minutes ago, mansr said:

Same thing, to an extent. If a designer chooses horns, say, it is probably because he favours their characteristics.

 

well, aim implies an intent -- my thought is that house sound is more of an uninteded consequence

 

OTOH, it makes sense ot have a house sound so people who liked your mid-priced speakers will be tempted to upgrade later on

[Ralf11]

cables have a status effect because they are not hidden and are incessantly discussed by audiophiles 

[Ralf11]

ok, since the thread has diverged into USB measurement mics...

 

what is the cheapest one I can just plug into my McBook with a need for a phantom power supply, or other boxes?

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Thx - ordered the Unik-1

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I'm now on macs so will use Fuzzmeasure I guess.  Unless you think REW is better or easier?