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Where on earth does speculation about a cable changing sound stage and tonality and technicality even come from? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by IDE_IS_LIFE@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community

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I'm thinking of leaving a FB group called Chifi audio reviews because daily there's people asking the same unfounded questions about what cables sound the most transparent, or tame treble, or increase detail etc. Sometimes it's the same thing but about DACs which I almost understand (shitty outputs can make headphones and IEMs sound thin and lean but I think that's just a matter of bad designs). Burn in is another such culprit. Do just a couple of minutes of searching online and you'll be presented with facts and reasoning telling you it's bunk.

It drives me nuts, it's like having flat earthers and scientologists everywhere in the hobby everywhere I turn. It's slowly driving me nuts, lol.

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[–] Puzzled-Background-5@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

It comes from confidence artists taking advantage of the cognitive biases that we all possess and lay intuition about how this stuff works.

Science aptitude isn't a common, and music is evocative. Blend that all together and it makes fertile ground for criminals to run wild.