Quick power cord question:

"Where’s almarg when you need him?"

Playing chess with geoffkait?

"Just what did happen to Geoffkait?"

See above.

ozzy,

"What does it have that my DIY does not?"

Maybe better/nicer finish? Just guessing. And a lots of marketing/earned reputation (that is another can of worms). And the need to cover for all the overhead, marketing included, that you do not have to worry about. Then, you did not make your cable to make money while Audioquest has to make money. It all adds up. I am not sure to how much, but it is not negligible. Then comes the question "how much will the market bear" and you end up with $9800.

I got just the opposite thought. I started thinking that geoffkait was, with all his shortcomings, keeping lunacy in check. Nowadays, everybody is geoffkait and then some.

It is long(ish) and not that simple to follow. Maybe the part of it is because of translation.

One part caught my eye so maybe someone can clarify...

"Although it cannot be proved by numerical values ​​or formulas, BOP QF appears to play a role of’accelerating by giving kinetic energy’ to the flow of current flowing through the audio cable on a similar principle to this cyclotron accelerator. That is, 1) a DC cable wound in a solenoid coil method on an audio cable creates an external magnetic field and an electric field, and 2) a magnetic field is generated by Ampere’s right-hand screw (right hand) rule even in the audio cable itself, where an electric current flows......"

(The rest of the passage switches towards why it would sound in a certain way.)

If it cannot be proven, what makes it appear that way? I think they are describing their hypothesis, rather than showing how and why it appears. Am I misunderstanding/misreading it? It surely went over my head but not as much as some things earlier.

"Somewhat over my head."

Lucky you. It is way over my head.

If someone connects electricity to that particular dielectric for whatever postulated reason, is there a heat production? Just the way the world seems to work, I think there will be some heat produced. If that is true, how does that affect molecules that we are trying to put in order? Wouldn’t they go into some unruly state?

"... that can be another way of saying that it's making it (the dielectric) resistant to RFI without the need to spell it out, rendering the patent moot so others can't copy it."

Wouldn't that make patent more, rather than less, vulnerable to copying without protection?

There was at least one patent lawyer on Audiogon. If she/he is around, maybe clarification would help.

"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!!"

As (oldhvymec) said, brighter is not better.

That's not what he said. Goodness, the lengths some will go to.

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