HoHo. So true! :D
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I can only speak for myself of course. My take on placebo (or placebo effect) is that it needs another party to impose/inflict/whatever the condition upon me - I cannot generate or have the placebo effect on my own.
If people place their trust in magazine reviews and dealers then that is their individual choice. Both of these parties stand to gain from their recommendations to you the reader and you must use some wisdom in your dealings.
Paying £120 for a fancy upgrade mains cable that is a freebie dressed up to look the part is duping people, not triggering a placebo event.
After the wigwam test the objectivists were once again jumping for joy at the inconclusive result. It never crossed their minds that the test itself was flawed and not one jot of true objectivism was present. Still, it massaged their smugness for a week or two, bless them :lol:
I am going to agree with you on that point. I sometimes forget that there are folks who have no experience in these matters and can be fooled quite easily. I still cling to the hope that one day they start asking questions and pay close attention to what they are hearing in the cold light of day.
...or have the gumption to trust their OWN ears, and make their hi-fi decisions on that basis, rather than blindly obeying the 'rules of electrical theory'/physics, accepted wisdom, text books written by 'respected scientists' (or academics), or being told what to do by a supposed 'expert' in a white lab coat;)
Marco.
Ok, let's cut to the chase...
Please may I/we have list of mains cables that people think make a 'sound' improvement over the so-called 'kettle' leads?
(All less than , say, £80 per metre, terminated at both ends.)
I hasten to add that I have made up 3 of the cheaper end of MCRU's offerings. Any improvement has been 'subtle', but I like the idea of the extra screening.
Thanks.
I have found that anything with a switch mode power supply seems to have much less improvement from an upgrade cable. I would say pretty much immune.
Good stuff, but that leap wasn't necessary (and also unlikely to have been the case, as such cables are known to be both equipment and mains dependent); the important thing was, you heard a difference.
It's just a pity you didn't have more time to test (via whatever means YOU believed was sufficient) whether you considered the difference as being real or imagined.
Marco.