[William Sommerwerck]

Don't you think that the difference between one speaker
and the other, both the hardware and their positions in the
room, would overshadow a difference in the sound of the
cable?

NO, I don't. If it did, then the cable's effect on the sound
would have to be considered negligibly minor.

And you think the cable's effect on the sound is
significantly major? If so, then I'll say no more to you.

Do you know what "functionally illiterate" means? It means that you can read
words, but don't understand what sentences mean.

I said nothing of the sort. Take a reading course.


Suspect all you like. I've played mono recordings through
the front channels of my system, and the sound is almost
perfectly centered.

That's the easy part. Can you listen to one channel only,
then the other channel, and say that they sound the same
from your listening position? I can't, but then I don't have
a precise listening room. I enjoy music for the music, not
for the sound.

You're pulling a "John Atkinson" -- arguing against the pre-sumed
results of an experiment, rather than actually /performing/ the
experiment.

I don't know John Atkinson. I'm not arguing, I'm only
predicting results based on my own experience with my own
system, which I think is typical of what a common user might
have. It may not be a formal experiment, but I believe it's
a valid observation.

John Atkinson is the high-IQ, well-educated, numbskull editor of
"Stereophile". I've never met anyone so intelligent who uses his
intelligence so poorly.

It's not even an observation at all. You are presumptively drawing
conclusions about an experiment you haven't even performed!

Do you know how indescribably irritating it is to have "discussions" with
people who are completely devoid of any degree of mental discipline?

To clarify a point... I don't care whether someone agrees with me. I do care
whether they think clearly. You don't.