[sdiy] can you really *not* hear the difference? (was: Frequency Counter Software)

[Grant Richter]

You and Rex would get along great.

> I'm talking about good cable vs. run of the mill radioshack cable, or
> *cringe* ribbon cable.

You can easily put 100 MHz through a piece of ribbon cable.
It is not really bandwidth limited in any sense meaningful to audio  
frequencies.

>
> I'm talking about crappy EL caps in audio paths.

Most synth modules are DC coupled and do not use audio coupling caps  
at all.

>
> I'm talking about $.25 jacks in patch cables.

Also will handle 100 MHz signals.
They do not really make time domain reflectometers for audio CABLES,  
since audio frequencies are VERY
long at light speed.

The reason "audiophile" gear sounds good is because some engineer  
lovingly tweaked the design until it did.
People in SDIY do it all the time to much more complex circuits.
No matter how much test equipment or fancy parts you have, the ear  
must be the final judge.

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