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Whatever happened to Straight Wire?

Hi
It seems like Straight Wire is moving towards obscurity.For the past 10 years i haven't heard anything about any new products (Crescendo cable came out over 10 years ago and i rewired my system with it),they do not advertise and i haven't seen their cables on display in any high end stores around NY area.I hope everything is well with the company because it was their Crescendo cables that gave me a decade of sonic bliss.
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guidocorona
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What are the interesting characteristics of Platinum?
guidocorona
4,298 posts
 
Musicman, Platinum being a good conductor of electricity is an urban legend. . . Even Iron is a better conductor than Platinum. Here are some resistivity figures:

Silver: (20 °C) 15.87 nO·m
Copper: (20 °C) 16.78 nO·m
Gold: (20 °C) 22.14 nO·m
Aluminum: (20 °C) 26.50 nO·m
Rhodium: (0 °C) 43.3 nO·m
Zinc: (20 °C) 59.0 nO·m
Nickel: (20 °C) 69.3 nO·m
Iron: (20 °C) 96.1 nO·m
Palladium: (20 °C) 105.4 nO·m
Platinum: (20 °C) 105 nO·m
Tin: (0 °C) 115 nO·m
Lead: (20 °C) 208 nO·m

So, I shall ask again: why seek Pt in wires?
guidocorona
4,298 posts
 
Hmm, I visited the site and found statements like:

"Reduction in electron group velocity distribution and quantum mechanical effects are presently considered the leading candidates."

Sounds VERY 'impressively scientific' without saying much of anything. . . . I fear I's smellin' some kind'a New Age rodent mumbo jumbo!
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