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I would never go back to using Monster cable. It is too expensive, and the sound sucks. I roll my own. :) |
The Tesla shields the signal from RFI and EMI. What they have solved is how to do that while not polluting the signal with dielectric random charges. That is a buffered electrical clean-out charge. Did I get that right?
This is not reason enough to say you get what you pay for.
My system being very sensitive to ill behaving insulation, I construct cables relying on air dielectric. I don't bother with shielding because I keep my cables very short. |
I went to the Pear site, and my assertion on dielectric degradation of the
signal is once again confirmed.
The only thing is, you really don't need to spend a fortune getting the same
result. |
If the system used was the most revealing system in the world. and Randi has their 99.9% pure naked cable, and the lengths are kept very short, my money is solidly on Randi. Remember, the competing cable must sound better, not different.
On the other hand, if Randi is using Radio Shack plastic wrapped copper cable, It may be enough to impart dielectric static degrading the signal. That can be bettered. |
Leica man
Better in my book is signal uninhibited, the closest to the original performance. In my perfect world I would insist on the purest form of recording to play back. Distortion should then be easy to single out.
You can parade the most expensive speaker cables through my system, and before you hook them up I can accurately tell you whether they will be contenders or failures.
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Leica man, I can demonstrate exactly that such insulations cause distortion.
The distortion is not something of a different taste, as in coke vs. pepsi. It is
rather drinking the coke from a frothy glass, getting just coke fizz, and a
foamless class getting nothing but the sweet tasty coke. |
And on my system, every cable, regardless of price, will sound no better, and almost all worse than what I have, short thin ribbon SCs. There is no blind test necessary. Loud discordant distortion is easy to verify.
That is because the ones I have tried followed a pattern. The more fancy boxes or insulation the cables are buried in the more the signal suffers.
With simple exceptions, I guess I agree with Brizonbiovizier for the most part. |
Drubin,
Do you really think I can sell cables with Saran Wrap, or bubble wrap insulation?
My ribbon SCs are featured at my system page. There are two companies that already sell ribbon connectors, and SCs.
I have monos, which I turned around backwards backing them up to the speaker terminals. That allows for very short SCs. I believe that is very important. My ICs are long. I have no prediction on how a thin ribbon will do over long distances.
What I am saying here is not to make bravado claims for my SCs, but to underline the startling facts I have found about the cable industry. Paul Speltz has already burst the big cable maker's bubble by introducing their Anti-Cable. I just took that idea and tried it with ribbons.
Now, to really go out on a limb.
Only my positive lead is copper. The negative is plain old aluminum foil. The reason for this is on my speakers, the first five feet of the return is aluminum foil. the last foot won't do any more harm than the first five. Being that the charge carried out is going to be grounded, no harm can be done to it anyway.
Try to sell that! |
Hi Shadorne, you just have to hear what I got. When I was using big expensive conventional amps, dielectric noise must have been there, only I could not hear it. That is because all conventional amps I have ever heard contribute too much noise themselves for any finer distortion to get through.
BTW It's not just me that have found naked wires do best. Speltz's magnet wire has quite the following. |
Tbg, I knew there was someone making ribbon SCs. It is convergent evolution. There was a reason why I used Saran wrap. It touches the copper only in a few places, being very baggy. I knew that was important due to listening tests. The wide ribbon, on the other hand, was revelatory. |
Brizonbiovizier,
I have proven on my system expensive cables are a joke. They all vary on how much they roll off or cloud the signal. More expensive cables generally do the most harm. Most people never notice the dielectric foaming of the signal, because that distortion is buried in other component noise.
One thing I found that does make a difference is wire geometry. I have found very thin SCs to be great at extremes extension, while round wires produce a mid range bulge. |
Mrtennis, If you lived nearby I could entertain you with how horrible Cardas Golden Reference is, or the much touted Jenna series for instance. You would have to be here. My gear is so clear sounding, noises going missed in other systems will startle you on my system. It is their insulation that mutilates the signal.
I am in Sacramento California for anyone wanting to test my veracity.
Some of the cables you mention do indeed sound very good, at a serious price. I was impressed with two others, the Shunyata Andromeda Helix, and the Cerious digital cables. I was using Anti-Cables at the time, because they exhibited no dielectric fuzz.
The pricey cables walked all over the Anti-Cables in different ways. The Shunyata had greater extension with some serious bass. The Anti-Cable held it's own in the mids only to be trounced in the highs. The Cerious cables gave a beautiful smooth sound. I wanted them.
The thing is, when I attached ultra thin ribbon SCs to my Scintillas, both cable companies lost all relevance. The short ribbons delivered all the highs and lows of the Shunyata, was just as musical and pleasant as the Cerious and is far more real sounding than either.
The kicker is the ribbon cables only cost me $12 apiece.
Can you imagine how happy that has made me? That discovery saved me mucha bucks that can be turned to a better source, something I can't build myself. |
Vman71, I will look forward to your report. Thanks for the interest. Write me if you need any detailing. |
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My DIY "nudibranchs" are a last stop. Any audiophile should be able to recognize that listening to the music. |
