Speaker cable

[Fandango Andy]

And that would be based on what? Expectation bias? Or sound, which we can measure.

The Last few responses seem to be about what can and cannot be measured. Ultimately music is about what is pleasing to the ear. This is a subjective thing. You cannot absolutely measure it scientifically. The best you can do is plot what people like, then measure a component to see if it matches those parameters.

 

[Gray]

True, subjective feelings / musical pleasure can't be measured.

But if there is a genuine , noticeable difference in actual sound between any two items then, however small, there will always be something measurable causing the difference.

 

[davidf]

True, subjective feelings / musical pleasure can't be measured.

But if there is a genuine , noticeable difference in actual sound between any two items then, however small, there will always be something measurable causing the difference.

Can you measure front to back soundstage depth? I remember playing a track where some odd sound in the track was dancing across the relatively flat soundstage (might've been a Yello track, from left to right. Played it on another system/speakers, and this sound was about 20ft back from the speakers.

 

[abacus]

Can you measure front to back soundstage depth? I remember playing a track where some odd sound in the track was dancing across the relatively flat soundstage (might've been a Yello track, from left to right. Played it on another system/speakers, and this sound was about 20ft back from the speakers.

There is no width or depth in the soundstage (Never has been and never will be with just 2 speakers) its just an illusion created by the brain/ear combination (There is only sound emanating from 2 separate boxes), and you cant measure something that doesn't exist.

Bill