I plan on bringing a group of topology comparisons using Cat6 wiring provided by Lee Hankins. Here are my ideas:
- 6 twisted cables (audioholics V3)
- 6 braided cables (audioholics V4 - this is supposed to have more than twice the capacitance of V3)
- 6 cables deconstructed into single wires, then reassembled into flat side by side wires. I'm going to try sandwiching them between popsicle sticks.
While I'm at it... maybe I will make a set of 6 cables that are not twisted, or braided at all.
Also, I was thinking about music tracks to use. I read about about a power cable comparison that used both audiophiles and layman. There was an assortment of music used - Acoustic, Electric, Choral, etc. The listeners would listen to cable A, then cable B, then an unknown cable X. The listeners had to say whether they thought X was cable A or cable B. If I recall, neither group was able identify the power cords consistently (more than 50% of the time) when you looked at the overall scores. However, I think they were able to identify the cables most consistently when listening to Vocals only music.
I don't want to debate the outcome of the test, or the methodology. I simply found it interesting that Vocals only gave the most consistent outcome in the test. My completely uneducated guess is that humans are more in tune to hearing differences between humans than they are other instruments. Sort of like when you hear a band that gets a new lead singer - the singer might be good, but it doesn't sound right because its not the same person (with the exception of the new singer for Journey... look him up on YouTube and close your eyes. Its remarkable).
What do you think?
David B Bliss
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