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| cables 101? The brands and differant sounds? Dunlavy is an interesting story. 10 years ago, I believe that he was a believer in cables and this is obvious from his patent which you can read on the PTO.gov website. However, in the last three years he has been espousing that more expensive cab... | |
| Twisted or Straight? Marakanetz - The di/dt currents in the power cord are what matters. IF it is too inductive, the drops can be in the Volts, not mVolts. I have one of the lowest inductance cords on the market and it is getting rave reviews when used with power amps... | |
| help with spade connectors Best option is to reterminate with spade-lugs from Vampirewire:http://www.vampiriwire.comJust cut the old ones off, strip the ends and crimp the new ones on with a large vise-grip. | |
| Spkr Cables . Can you use 2 diff brands at once? Even if they cables are the same type, they really should be the same length. This is so that the loading on the two amplifier channels is the same.As for mixing and matching: If you are on a budget, then using one for the treble and the other for... | |
| Why Expensive power Cables when Romex behind Wall? Psychicanimal - Just because a cord makes a difference does not mean that the last 6 feet is somehow magical. It still has to do with the inductance of the entire run to the panel. The last 6 feet reduces the overall resistance and inductance comp... | |
| Which worse- long I/C of speaker run I have done extensive study on this subject, including thousands of SPICE simulations. The conclusion of this study is that optimized systems will have 2-3X longer speaker cables than interconnects. This is independent of price-point and performan... | |
| cables 101? The brands and differant sounds? There are some general observations. Transparent and MIT tend to roll-off the highs due to the networks, but have very strong bass unless you go for the reference versions, which are quite good in most respects. Goertz laminated ribbons, Nordost V... | |
| Twisted or Straight? Close spacing is the key to low inductance. Twisting two conductors together causes then to be in intimate contact over the length and therefore will result in lower inductance. Parallel wires, if in tight contact will also have low inductance. It... | |
| Biggest Improvement Speaker Cable Or Interconnects Based on experience with my own cables in customer environments, the IC's make the biggest difference, followed by the speaker cables. However, this really depends on the IC's. My IC's have extremely low capacitance (3.8 pF/foot), so they make a h... | |
| Why Expensive power Cables when Romex behind Wall? "It's in the very last feet that the electric particles/waveform gets shaped prior to entering the audio component. As such, there will be a profound influence on sonics."This is nonsense and technically incorrect. Just because some saleman says d... | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? Whether different digital cables sound different is very dependent on the DAC design. Digital cables will typically NOT drop bits. Any degradation has to do with jitter that is introduced due to the cable losses. DAC's that completely re-clock the... | |
| Longer speaker cables or phono cables? Even if you use low-capacitance interconnects, the longer speaker cable is still preferred. I did an extensive study of this. The results are independent of actual failure criteria, but I needed to choose an arbitrary one. The simulation results a... | |
| interconnect help How low is the capacitance on these "pro" interconnects? | |
| Energy, Environment & High End Audio Why dont you try a class-D switching amplifier, like those from Linn or Spectron? Thye burn very little power unless the signal is large. | |
| AC Power cords, which components 1st...? Definitely put a low-inductance cord directly to the wall outlet for your power amps first. Also, upgrade the outlet to a 15-amp with no steel in it - only brass. IF you want a really low-resistance connection, use the silver-plated Acme audio out... |