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| Opinions on this "white paper" The best way to determine whether a particular design is worth trying is to first compare the measurements, then audition a couple of candidates that measure well. This is necessary because some of the effects, such as dispersion will not show up ... | |
| Opinions on this "white paper" The measurements have been made - i have made them. The real challenge is to correlate these to audible affects. This has not been done by anyone ... yet.Interconnect cables have different phase shifts, different dielectric absorption, different c... | |
| Why Expensive power Cables when Romex behind Wall? Bwhite wrote:"Make sense?"Not to me. In fact, IMO mechanical resonances account for very little that is audible in most systems. Certainly if you put your components on a thin steel shelving unit, you might get some mechanical resonance effects, b... | |
| Why Expensive power Cables when Romex behind Wall? Outlet quality and contact resistance is at least as important as the inductance of the power cord itself. Silver-plated brass outlets can work wonders for dynamics and detail.Back to the question of the last 6 feet. Here are some calculations tha... | |
| Opinions on this "white paper" Their theory that electrical resonance can be a problem with electrostatics has merit. However, there is no proof that it is a significant problem or if so, is audible. They do not show how this resonance can result in "brightness". In general, th... | |
| Cable vs. Electronics: biggest bang for the buck Audioengr is there a difference in sound between Auricaps and Black Gate?Do not know. Probably dependent on the application. If there is, it is a difference in internal resistance or dielectric absorption. Neither affects "tone".Do Caddocks sound ... | |
| Cable vs. Electronics: biggest bang for the buck Bwhite wrote:"But.. what about the other modules?"Let me give some examples, since I have some technical knowledge in this area:1) Film resistors - these are lower inductance and lower noise. They reduce the thermal noise that causes the hiss at l... | |
| BNC to RCA BNC to RCA is wired this way:BNC pin RCA pin1 ground ring2 pin3 no connect | |
| Cable vs. Electronics: biggest bang for the buck "Audioengr - you are totally overlooking the fact that each module in a component DOES add a sonic signature - maybe the gain and buffering stages do not but can you honestly say that two different analog output stages on CD players or two differe... | |
| Oxidation and bare silver or silver coated wire??? "Spade's Bannana's just get in the way of the music."I do not agree. If you crimp spade-lugs, you can get a lower resistance contact than with bare wire.As for silver oxidation, there is no anecdotal evidence that oxidized silver sounds worse than... | |
| Cable vs. Electronics: biggest bang for the buck Cable-butting is obviously unrealistic, but it makes the point that whatever the sound is like with no cables, the best cables shuld approach this sound. | |
| Cable vs. Electronics: biggest bang for the buck Bwhite wrote:"Interesting enough, the cheapest cable in this list has the closest measurement to the most expensive - which is recognized as a "reference" cable and not typically considered inferior."The one thing that is not mentioned is the diel... | |
| Cable vs. Electronics: biggest bang for the buck Bwhite wrote:"Heck... each module within a component has a unique sonic signature which changes as a signal propogates through the component - are these tone controls too? If so are they bad?"No, the gain and buffering stages in components add a l... | |
| Cable vs. Electronics: biggest bang for the buck Bwhite wrote: "If a cable noted as "inferior" sounds better than one deemed "superior", wouldn't that make the inferior cable superior in this instance?"Not usually. If there is a weak link an a system, "tone control" cables can often compensate, ... | |
| Are Nordost really the Rolls Royce of cables? Sean - They reviewed the Valhalla IC's and Interconnects. I will look up the issue when I get back to Portland and let you know. |