Cable Pathways Between Audio Components Can Affect Perceived Sound Quality

Kunchur MN. Cable Pathways Between Audio Components Can Affect Perceived Sound Quality. J Audio Eng Soc. 2021;69(6):398-409. doi:10.17743/jaes.2021.0012

@article{Kunchur2021_21109,
  author = {Kunchur, Milind N.},
  title = {{Cable Pathways Between Audio Components Can Affect Perceived Sound Quality}},
  journal = {Journal of the Audio Engineering Society},
  volume = {69},
  number = {6},
  pages = {398--409},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2021.0012},
  doi = {10.17743/jaes.2021.0012},
  year = {2021},
  month = jun,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society}
}

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AB  - The arena of highest fidelity in music reproduction, sometimes referred to as high-end audio, has many controversial claims and contentious issues. One such controversy is whether the cables and topology used to interlink components together make an audible difference. There seems to be a disparity between anecdotal experiences reported by audiophiles and published formal scientific research as to theminimal changes in system configuration that can be audibly distinguished. With the motivation of bridging this divide—which may originate from differences in instrumentation and subject-listening conditions used by the two groups—this work utilized a high-performance audio system and extended-duration listening protocol that more closely resembles audiophile auditioning conditions. With these measures the present work was able to prove through direct psychoacoustic testing that two different analog-interconnect pathways can be audibly distinguished.
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