Opinions on this "white paper"

I've been told that Roger Sanders is a VERY nice guy and extremely dedicated and helpful. I trust the person that told me this without hesitation. I know that Roger went WAY out of his way trying to help this person out in a time of need, so i have to respect him as both an individual and as a business owner.

Having said that, i don't agree with his theories on cables. The fact that most interconnects connect a source to a preamp or a preamp to an amp that has an input impedance of several thousand ohms is a given. Yet Roger is worried about adding what boils down to less than a few ohms in series with that makes me wonder. The only interconnects that i know of that add a very noticeable amount of series resistance to the circuit would be the latest Magnan cables. The earlier Magnan cables would not do this. Magnan is also the one most responsible for discussing / bringing to light the "time smear" and "skin effect" of cables within the audio spectrum. As such, David Magnan is either the greatest cable charlatan known to man ( according to Roger Sanders ) or he is someone that was way ahead of his time with various theories.

Knowing the little bit that i do and having seen / read about the construction of the cables mentioned, if i HAD to choose between either Innersound or Magnan cables to use for the rest of my life, i would go for several of the various cables that David Magnan has to offer without hesitation. Sean
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Audioengr, as you know, "low" is a relative term. If one picks a specific product that measures very poorly in a specific area and uses that as a reference, anything would look good. As a case in point, Nordost is considered a "low inductance" speaker cable by many. Compared to Monster Cable or any other standard zip cord, Nordost IS low inductance. However, in a direct comparison to Kimber 8TC, Nordost is appr 10X higher in inductance. As such, how one looks at things is all relative depending on ones' point of view and will vary depending on the references used.

One should keep in mind that the criteria for specific claims can almost always be justified by finding a scapegoat to compare your product to. It is not hard to say that a Cadillac is a "better" car than a Yugo. Marketing "hype" from any manufacturer without legit specs to support such claims must be taken with a grain of salt. Sean
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