Date:         Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:03:26 -0400
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From:         Clark Johnsen <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Aren't recordings original sources?
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On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Rob Poretti <[log in to unmask]> wrote:



> <SNIP>...
> and if a device is properly designed, the minor parameter variations that
> typical differences in power cords present are far less than the variations
> in building wiring.
>

Another argument by assertion. Anyway, who's the guy who gets to decide if a
device is "properly designed"? In other words, who elected *him*?

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> <SNIP>
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> Working for years in high-end mastering, I've seen the $1000+ "superior
> cable" claim made more than once.  Thank-you for bringing up what I've
> always thought was an obvious flaw in their rationale.


"Rationale"? *Which* "rationale"? I could give you twenty. Besides,
"rationale" is a pejorative and argumentative choice of word.

Why can't we just speak plainly and without resort to disparagement?

One possible example that I couldn't disagree with: "I have never heard an
expensive power cord, and I have tried five of them, that did anything for
me or for my system's sound."

See, that's substantive.

clark

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> Cheers Richard!
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> Rob
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