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Cables ... no longer opinion

PS Audio has already did the research. The answers are available forevermore.
The testing is sound, and not flawed. Their test results find exactly the same results my cable manufacturer found and preached. Josh from Downsize Audio Cables also found two strips of foils, stacked on top of each other and secured together made the best sounding speaker cables. I've tried all kinds of hyper expensive cables to dethrone the Downsize Audio foils ... NOTHING comes close at any price.
      Downsize used a genuine teflon backed adhesive tape, double sided too, and custom rolled, extra thin foil of 6N purity. BUT he told me a person can get 90% of the same sound quality, using off the shelf inductor foils and standard thin packing tape. Try it and save tens of thousands of dollars.
https://www.psaudio.com/copper/article/the-sound-of-speaker-cables-an-analysis/
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glupson
7,842 posts
 
gerryah930,

"Humans vary tremendously in their ability to resolve musical details. It is not a bell shaped curve."

Why do you think it is not a bell-shaped curve? In particular after stating tremendous variation.
ausaudio
90 posts
 
Maybe his cables are good. Maybe they are not. These are like the old Goertz cables, what from the 80's? Good idea, but watch the capacitance. Many a hobbyist has made these with double sided tape.

The article, which is by Max, not PS Audio. Frankly I am embarrassed for the author. I feel bad that he obviously spent so much time on a topic he does not understand in order to reach conclusions that are wrong. I assume his expertise is mechanical. I do like his platforms. Best to leave the electrical to those who understand it.
flaxxer OP
76 posts
 
Don't be embarrassed for Max. He is a genius inventor and engineer, that designs other things like space propulsion systems for NASA. He knows more about technology than the entire forum's experience combined.
Don't knock him, just because his products DO work extremely, extremely well. He may have the single most researched and soundly engineered products offered to the hifi community. 
flaxxer OP
76 posts
 
And you are dead wrong about foils and Goertz speaker cables being the same ... not at all.
Goertz conductors are the thickness of a penny! There is your biggest problem. The two conductors are loosely stacked inside a sheath of thick plastic. Meaning they shift and move around against each other.
Proper foils are NOTHING like Goertz, and will not have the same tendency to create amplifier oscillation. They sound NOTHING alike either. You should really have some first hand experience before posting false information.
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jafant
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flaxxer
Thank You for starting this thread. The best aspect of Cabling, in that, there is a budget for every Audiophile.
Happy Listening!
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