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<blockquote data-quote="Frank Koenig" data-source="post: 145736" data-attributes="member: 416">Re: Damping Factor - Actual listening tests?OK, story time: Back in the &#039;80s there was a joint meeting of the AES&nbsp; San Francisco Section and the East Bay Skeptics Society (or something&nbsp; close) to debunk speaker cable myths and have a little fun. We were at&nbsp; an auditorium somewhere in Berkeley and had a pair of very nice, large&nbsp; studio monitors set up for playback and A-B-X testing of the cables. We&nbsp; also had a room full of studio guys, golden ears, crusty old farts, etc.&nbsp; The experimenters were careful to match levels at the speakers after&nbsp; switching cables.We tried a wide variety of cables versus some standard install stuff&nbsp; like 50 ft. of 12-2 with the gray vinyl jacket. You guys probably know&nbsp; the Belden number. Anyway, the ONLY &quot;cable&quot; that anyone could hear a&nbsp; difference on was, as I recall, 30 ft (one way) of 30 AWG wire-wrap&nbsp; wire. The deep base was a little different. A good time was had by all. (Was anyone else on the forum there?)--Frank</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frank Koenig, post: 145736, member: 416"] Re: Damping Factor - Actual listening tests? OK, story time: Back in the '80s there was a joint meeting of the AES San Francisco Section and the East Bay Skeptics Society (or something close) to debunk speaker cable myths and have a little fun. We were at an auditorium somewhere in Berkeley and had a pair of very nice, large studio monitors set up for playback and A-B-X testing of the cables. We also had a room full of studio guys, golden ears, crusty old farts, etc. The experimenters were careful to match levels at the speakers after switching cables. We tried a wide variety of cables versus some standard install stuff like 50 ft. of 12-2 with the gray vinyl jacket. You guys probably know the Belden number. Anyway, the ONLY "cable" that anyone could hear a difference on was, as I recall, 30 ft (one way) of 30 AWG wire-wrap wire. The deep base was a little different. A good time was had by all. (Was anyone else on the forum there?) --Frank [/QUOTE]

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