09-Dec-2015, 17:39
Don't forget the placebo effect.
The placebo effect is real and works.
In the case of curing a real illness only some illnesses can be cured by placebo cures in many, but not all, individuals. Surprisingly (to me anyway) this is the case even when the subject knows they are receiving a placebo. It is a sufficiently well known phenomenon that in some countries placebos are a permitted medicine for some ailments.
If the subject believes the placebo to be expensive it is more effective.
My personal opinion is that whilst many people hear an improvement due to cables there is absolutely no reason why a real one should actually exist between adequate cables and the difference heard is real to the listener but is simply a manifestation of the placebo effect.
The placebo effect is real and works.
In the case of curing a real illness only some illnesses can be cured by placebo cures in many, but not all, individuals. Surprisingly (to me anyway) this is the case even when the subject knows they are receiving a placebo. It is a sufficiently well known phenomenon that in some countries placebos are a permitted medicine for some ailments.
If the subject believes the placebo to be expensive it is more effective.
My personal opinion is that whilst many people hear an improvement due to cables there is absolutely no reason why a real one should actually exist between adequate cables and the difference heard is real to the listener but is simply a manifestation of the placebo effect.
Devialet Original d'Atelier 44 Core, Job Pre/225, Goldmund PH2, Goldmund Reference/T3f /Ortofon A90, Goldmund Mimesis 36+ & Chord Blu, iMac/Air, Lynx Theta, Tune Audio Anima, Goldmund Epilog 1&2, REL Studio. Dialog, Silver Phantoms, Branch stands, copper cables (mainly).
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