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I believe the methodology of your experiment was flawed from the beginning. Acoustic music is better at diagnosing the sonics of a component simply because the listener has had a chance to hear it in real life. I've always felt that if a component could reproduce the tonality of acoustic instruments accurately, their reproduction of the tonality of electronic instruments must inherently be accurate. However, I would agree that if a trained listener had heard a recording of non-acoustic instruments on a system that is known to be extremely accurate because of it's performance with recordings of acoustic instruments in real space enough times that they could then use that recording with some authority.
Don
Even with these variables the differences are small, especially when compared to an electric guitar.
Certainly, electric guitar is probably the single WORST instrument to use to evaluate any audio product.
I have been using an Monster Cable RCA to 1/8" stereo for my portable gear along with driving my laptop Echo Indigo 24/96 I/O card into my stereos and have been more than satisfied. I do not think this cable is holding any of my sources back. I do wish it wasn't so bulky, but...it is the sound that matters. There are some I have seen in Audio Advisor that have intrigued me as well, but how many cables for this do I really need?
Good god man