Myles
It is quite possible that different caps have different characteristics... In any electronics component you are bound to find different types... I am OK with that .. What we are trying to establish here is the rationale behind the liquid with the special polymer in a Power Cable and what it does to the sound ... due to the special construction and material with "unusual properties" used... My contention is that this is eerily similar to the oil of a close descendant of dinosaurs ...
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see, that is the trouble we come across in MOST forums around the world, we all have to tiptoe around just hinting at the real issue, but never allowed to come out and just say it.
what irks me no end is why, exactly, are the delicate sensibilities of of the precious audiophile the things that are protected? HOW does doing that advance the state of audio??
The real question is NOT do these cables use polymers or whatnot, NOT whether cern or nasa use polymers...bet they do...nor even do they use these physics groundbreaking cables (that only ever appear in audio????? go figure)...bet they don't....but whether or not any of this is audible. (has never been to date)
BUT, we are not allowed to use or mention DBT?? WHY are the audiophile claims so protected across virtually every forum on the planet? (most do not allow dbt discussion)
Ok, lets accept the state of affairs as the way it is, the reverse of that is why can there not be a place where SOME discussion is allowed? As far as I can tell, (to date at least) this forum is and has been remarkably polite and well behaved at most times, granted that could change as it grows, human nature and all that jazz, so maybe just maybe, for a little while at least this forum may be able to host the most productive discussion of that topic.
A window of opportunity I guess.
But, with rules like that in place we see the absurd farce of people reduced to arguing with science or human perceptions against what is essentially a religious stance, that of belief. (potentially, if someone CAN truly hear it I have no problem with it).
But, we are not allowed the basic 'right' to see whether or not any claim made is true or false.
OTOH, *they* can, and do, make any claim they like no matter how far fetched any individual claim may or may not be.
Quick question, from which area has all the advances in audio (if you feel there have been advances) come in the last thirty years.....the good solid engineers that apply what we have learned about the universe or the 'alternative physics crowd'???
If your answer to that question is in any way similar to mine, then you may be able to grasp why I am so confused why these audiophiles seem to have special rights.....