Lee T
pfm Member
AhaSurely that’s Wells’ Time Machine?
AhaSurely that’s Wells’ Time Machine?
This post makes no sense that I can see. Could you re-post it in a way that does? Seriously, not trying to be funny.
How have you come to this conclusion may I ask.
If by most people, you mean a handful on a forum, then ok, your correct though you may want to check out the result thus far on the poll, just for clarity.
I'm not sure who Dave is and I'm not sure how you conclude that I "don't know a resistor from a spark plug" when you've never met me (or any of my "ilk", whatever they are) and have know idea who I am or what I know. But that seems consistent with your approach of making conclusive statements about things you really don't fully understand, and then following it up with insults about arses and elbows.
But, seriously, do you really think that bodging hi fi for a living makes you the repository of "the entirety of mankind's scientific knowledge"? You are dangerous because you don't really know the thing you think you know, and you don't seem to grasp that there are limits to what you do know. And, frankly, you also seem to be a bit of a dick.
nopeDid you watch the Paul Simon Graceland program on BBC4 last night?
Although I agree with your point here, setting yourself up as an expert because you are now a Physics PhD candidate does your argument no favours. Better without that.And, speaking now as a Physics PhD candidate, there is zero chance that the marketing guff of a few companies with a vested interest in selling overpriced cables to hi-fi enthusiasts is going to lead to a new period of revolutionary science. If there were the slightest prospect of that, the highly competitive research community would have been all over it long ago.
They are ashamed but too ashamed to admit it.Some of the above posts are utterly appalling. You should be ashamed.
More that he already did. He has very few teeth left. But he's happy enough, as long as he has food and a lap.W
BTW, Your cat looks like he go a few rounds with Mike Tyson
But it isn't a difference of opinion but a difference of fact if you heard a difference. When a person performs a check and finds something unexpected only certain types of people will then conclude they have discovered something unknown to science rather than something is going on/broken which needs finding, understanding and fixing.Sometimes, rather than throwing insults out and calling people stupid or thick or whatever, perhaps just stop for a moment and respect the fact that there is a difference of opinion which no amount of words or insults will fix.
Sure, but expertise is relative and I simply wanted to establish that I'm not just some guy who's learned about Ohm's law at the local poly. Not that there's anything wrong with Ohm's law (or Polytechnics).Although I agree with your point here, setting yourself up as an expert because you are now a Physics PhD candidate does your argument no favours. Better without that.
But I agree there is an enormous amount of guff, although sometimes it can obscure real effects, so discouraging researchers from even looking at the subject. Most of whom probably have no interest in hifi (like most normal people), plus where would their funding come from? Who is going to invest in this research, when there is no obvious prospect of immediate big profits? And the subject isn't very "sexy" to entice researchers. The only people likely to invest are probably those with a vested interest, which feeds into your criticism.
More that he already did. He has very few teeth left. But he's happy enough, as long as he has food and a lap.
I quite agree. But the vast amount of empirical evidence that cables do make a difference cannot be put entirely down to expectation bias, confirmation bias and gullibility. The hifi companies may not be able to explain it but it seems me that there is something at the core that can and should be explained, and it cannot be accounted for entirely by psychological factors any more than it can by the simple measurements of inductance, resistance and capacitance.And, speaking now as a Physics PhD candidate, there is zero chance that the marketing guff of a few companies with a vested interest in selling overpriced cables to hi-fi enthusiasts is going to lead to a new period of revolutionary science. If there were the slightest prospect of that, the highly competitive research community would have been all over it long ago.
Although I agree with your point here, setting yourself up as an expert because you are now a Physics PhD candidate does your argument no favours. Better without that.
But I agree there is an enormous amount of guff, although sometimes it can obscure real effects, so discouraging researchers from even looking at the subject. Most of whom probably have no interest in hifi (like most normal people), plus where would their funding come from? Who is going to invest in this research, when there is no obvious prospect of immediate big profits? And the subject isn't very "sexy" to entice researchers. The only people likely to invest are probably those with a vested interest, which feeds into your criticism.
I quite agree. But the vast amount of empirical evidence that cables do make a difference
I quite agree. But the vast amount of empirical evidence that cables do make a difference cannot be put entirely down to expectation bias, confirmation bias and gullibility. The hifi companies may not be able to explain it but it seems me that there is something at the core that can and should be explained, and it cannot be accounted for entirely by psychological factors any more than it can by the simple measurements of inductance, resistance and capacitance.
Anecdotes are not evidence. Scientists need replicable data (replicable under controlled conditions, that is) before they can even begin to theorise productively.I quite agree. But the vast amount of empirical evidence that cables do make a difference cannot be put entirely down to expectation bias, confirmation bias and gullibility. The hifi companies may not be able to explain it but it seems me that there is something at the core that can and should be explained, and it cannot be accounted for entirely by psychological factors any more than it can by the simple measurements of inductance, resistance and capacitance.
You have mate blah blah. And yes everyone who hears a difference, including long established journalists, dealers and designers are making it all up to fleece stupid people.Sure, but expertise is relative and I simply wanted to establish that I'm not just some guy who's learned about Ohm's law at the local poly. Not that there's anything wrong with Ohm's law (or Polytechnics).
Public money is still used to fund pure research via the research councils (EPSRC etc). If there were the slightest possibility that mains cables have the effect some people claim they do, it would suggest there's some interesting new physics going on and researchers would be all over it. Trust me - everyone's out to make a big splash, and this would certainly be "sexy" enough to fit the bill.
One of the lecturers in my department teaches a module in the Physics of Music (including loudspeaker design) and has research interests in solid state physics (conductors and semi-conductors). He has zero interest in mains cables.
Actually anecdote are evidence.Anecdotes are not evidence. Scientists need replicable data (replicable under controlled conditions, that is) before they can even begin to theorise productively.
He goes on at length saying the same thing over and over and over again. I'm ****ing bored.Maybe Arkless repeats himself because what he's stating negates the faith-based argument of pro-Foo and that argument is ignored. Seriously ... If the amplifier is relying on reservoir-stored current in a constant state then the only pro-Foo argument left is that the aftermarket cable has conditioned the current for storage to enhance it. And someone is going to have to weave quite the narrative to prove that one. Actually, it should be easy to prove or disprove by analyzing the difference in the current before and after entering the capacitor. Why has no one done that? Most importantly, why haven't the makers of aftermarket cable?