It still amazes me that people buy this stuff when there is no doubt that it’s worse. [image] AudioQuest Wind High-end Cable Review This is a review and detailed measurements of the AudioQuest Wind RCA "PSS Silver" cable. The sample I have was kindly donated by a member and costs US $2,3…

Do you not like the ASR reviews? I find them very helpful. It’s good to see objective measurements.

I also am very skeptical taking these “reviews” at face value. But, in this case, it appears that this AQ cable has some shielding issues.

Someone honestly doubting the academic measurements being displayed…? It’s the same discussion as between “99% true” Paul and his short and ugly, funny talking friend with his cable measuring thingy… Can’t remember his name. I love being massaged with snake oil… :rofl: :rofl:

I’m with ASR on this one. I’ve moved on from worrying about cables. Mine are cheap and the music cheerful.

Whenever I read an ASR “review” I think of an old joke that kind of summarizes the ASR approach. Here’s the joke: A man was heading to his favorite drinking establishment on a dark, moonless night when he noticed another man down on his hands and knees under a streetlight. The other man appeared to…

Could be a bad pair of cables? They are guaranteed if purchased from an authorized dealer. Exchange them and see if the test results can be replicated. Be careful of counterfeits. I use a combo of AQ Earth, Colorado, and Husky all XLR no issues.

ASR do sometimes miss the point. However, it does help to see measurements of a DAC because if it has a high noise floor there is no point in using it for high resolution files. At the end of the day they prove that there are a lot of perfectly decent low-noise DACs and Class D amps that produce lo…

I always take reviews that relies mainly on measurements with a grain of salt. Measurements don’t alway correlate with what you hear subjectively by ear, and how the sound from the cable inter reacts with your system. If a cable sounds good regardless of brand or price, then it sounds good and is …

My two cents on ASR is: Problem 1: They start from the POV that $2k for cables is delusional. This suggests that they have little or no subjective experience with various cables in resolving systems. Or if they do, they’re so enamored of the presupposition that cables cannot matter, that they re…

AudioQuest Wind High-end Cable Review

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Elk October 27, 2020, 5:51pm 10

My comment is not directed at ASR reviews per se, but rather the heated unproductive nature of the typical discussion of one of their articles.

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