or the power cable isn't run in yet. New cables usually sound bright to me then become much more neutral and dynamic with burn-in.
Quick power cord question:
With a DIY power cord that I just made, (pure, solid .9999 12 gauge silver) the tubes in that mono amp seem to be a little brighter than the other amp with the original power cord. So, do you think the tubes are brighter because they are getting more power through the new DIY cord or is the amp having to work harder and that’s why the tubes are brighter?
ozzy
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@ozzy , Like your ears, I would trust my vision. I seriously doubt you’re imagining things. If silver is 5% more conductive and the resulting tubes get somewhat near as much current, you can appreciate it. On a clear, dark night, a single candle can be seen 48 kilometers away. It’s been done. If one photon attaches to any object, it can be seen. We all see in a narrow spectrum of about 380 to 700 nanometers. With the removal of my lens from cataract surgery, I can now see down to 300 nanometers due to no more UV filtering. It explains that bluish tint I now sometimes see with and around bright objects. (I thought it was an aftereffect from the Viagra 😄). Even with UV coating on the lens, it’s not enough to inhibit what I now see. Here’s a great article on the limits of what we can see: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150727-what-are-the-limits-of-human-vision All the best, Nonoise |
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The true test, is to replace the kettle power cord, with your .99999 Silver DIY, boil some water and make a cup of tea. Is it a better tea than the one with the 1.50$ original power cord? For your attention: Silver conducts only 5% better than copper. Silver cost is 130 times more than copper. So you did a bad deal... You could gain the same conductivity with 5% more cross section in the copper wire, for 130 times less the price! I don't know about silver, but copper that goes to the electric industry, is by STD 99.98% pure copper. The rest 0.02% has no significant on conductivity. I don't know about the law in your country, in mine, you need to have an electrician certificate to do a power job. If someone get shocked from a none certified cable, it is punishable with jail time. |
Ok then.. Yup the coffee, has to taste better with that cable delivering its good measure of PURE silver .99999 % STUFF.. I'll take 10 please. Make that an even dozen, I suppose 10 is an even ten, just TWO shy of a dozen, ay MATE? Yea, all makes sense now.. Glad I TUNED in... 105 rules... copper is, is, is, not silver. Crap... Holy hanna... Brighter? You better hope not, that is a sign of bad not good...REALLY it is... ALL, EVERY BIT of the kidding aside, brighter is NOT GOOD!!! I hope your just kidding. Regards |
Really want to know if a tube is brighter, whatever the reason? Buy one of these, change the variables, measure and eliminate all doubt: https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Light-Klein-Tools-ET130/dp/B071WG7PT4/ref=zg_bs_393278011_2/146-4061357-4825213?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=MZWF7PFPY2P6SHZFY9CV |
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"What makes the Audioquest Dragon so expensive? What is different about it? It uses silver wire and the dialectic battery. I may try to pursue how that works and how it benefits the design." The battery maintains a constant/stable polarization of the dielectric: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/dielec.html and:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US7126055B1/en
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@ OZZY= More ’’power’’ then the wall socket and the wall wiring can deliver? No. The power draw of all appliances is by its design. Not by the power cord. As (oldhvymec) said, brighter is not better.That's not what he said. Goodness, the lengths some will go to. By the way, all light dimmer switches are placebo as well. All the best, Nonoise |
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rodman99999 How expensive is that Audioquest Dragon? Did you know that silver conducts electricity, only 5% better than copper? But it costs 130 times more. In other words, If you take a silver wire, with 5% more cross section than Silver, at the same length, they will measure identical. For the price, it will cost 130 times more. Could you please explain, what justify that price for no electric benefit? About the battery maintains a constant/stable polarization of the dielectric: I wonder how I reached to my age without ever hear about it or need it? |
@b4icu- Personally, having tried them; I don’t know or care about Audioquest cable pricing, etc. I was providing information, regarding a totally unrelated subject (ie, for clarity: ",,,,the dialectic battery. I may try to pursue how that works and how it benefits the design"). "About the battery maintains a constant/stable polarization of the dielectric: I wonder how I reached to my age without ever hear about it or need it?" 1) Ignorance/lack of interest, as to how dielectrics function. 2) Who said you, "need it"? |
Connect a battery's plus and minus terminals to ANY insulator (dielectric). Take a volt meter and measure the voltage across the insulator (dielectric). NO voltage passed! And you expect me to believe that the so-called "polarity" of the insulator (dielectric) is "altered"! That's an F in a college materials science course! |
Hmm, "Connecting a battery to an insulation material (dielectric) - NOTHING happens! That is the nature of an insulator! " Soo, "YOU", noticed not a thing eh? And you were, actively/passively measuring exactly "what", at the time in question? With what gear? In what frame of reference? Scale? Calibrated for? With all data recorded, verified and then crosschecked how and by what and/or whom? Oh yeah, What was the question with which you were posing to begin with? They still say "Ignorance is _____" For a ______! |
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As I mentioned, NO ONE is connecting batteries to insulators/dielectrics. BUT- the extreme density of some will preclude any facts from absorption. Of course, with no other uninformed comebacks, they'll just change the subject. Anyone interested in actually learning something about dielectrics, can simply do a Google search on DIELECTRIC POLARIZATION. Please note that all audio cables will register a capacitance, inductance and resistance when measured. Whether one chooses to believe any of that matters, as regards sound quality, is moot. The fact is; audio cables with dielectrics will have capacitance, and their dielectrics become polarized in the presence of an electric field. |
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