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| a better interconnect cable First off, consider what you have and where you would like to go. If you want more bass, go with a cable that has conductor of larger diameter than what you have and if you want more highs go with a cable that has a conductor of smaller diameter. ... | |
| Cable recommandations Well you have to ask yourself what do you want more. Since you DIY you interconnect and HP cables, you know what you have, hence the fist step is done. Next, ask your self, do you want more base or more highs? Larger diameter conductors in the ca... | |
| everything sounded great until the upgrade I would suggest seeking new cables with larger diameter conductors. Synergy between the components in the modest system was probably achieved. Changing the component requires adjustments. With Interconnect and speaker cables and any conductors in... | |
| Are current audio cable designs superior to 1980s designs? Cables have evolve greatly over the past decades, but what has not evolve is the general understanding in the audiophile community (some manufacturer have good clues that they keep for themself) of what makes a good cable. The lack of good scienti... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Patrick Watson - Love Songs for Robots | |
| 12AWG speaker wire From the test build I've made, the thinner the wire the better was the bass spectrum. My understanding is that the thinner the wire the more the whole cable act as a solid cables because the strands are more in electrical contact with each other a... | |
| FM Tuners I use a Pioneer F-90 into a passive volume control to a EL84 SE amp. The sound is nice. I remember that when I got it I had seen somewhere that it was voted the 22 best tuner. From where I am some FM stations sound very good, even better than the ... | |
| Tube vs. Solid State Amplifiers A SS amps could have a resistor in series with the load. Feedback from the voltage across the resistor provides an indication of the impedance change of the load and could achieve a more tube like sound. | |
| Tube vs. Solid State Amplifiers Watts are watts, tube amp just deliver more! Amps are rated against fix loads (8, 4, 2) but speakers aren't! Speaker impedance varies a lot, for a single driver it can be 8 Ohm at 200hz but raise to 48 or more at 40 Hz and at 16 or 32 at 15KHz. Mu... | |
| In term of construction, what's the difference between cheap vs. expensive power cables Power is 50 or 60 hz and filled with high frequencies dirty stray voltages. Good power chords provide an additional path to ground (capacitance of the cable) and / or additional resistance (inductance of the cable, ferrite cores) to clean the dirt... | |
| Cable for lowend More Full sounding Larger conductors (heavy gauge) would do the trick, for instance Deulund 12 awg cotton in oil. Cables are inherent ton controls.... | |
| Bought some 14/2 “speaker wire” from Home Depot I would like to see the math. | |
| Bought some 14/2 “speaker wire” from Home Depot Skin effect appears to be the phonomenon in play in this situation. Laws of physics such as the skin effect apply at any frequences. It is a gradual effect. Skin effect dictate that as the frequency rises the singal si moved towards the outside of... | |
| Bought some 14/2 “speaker wire” from Home Depot This is classic case of skin effect, the individual wires on the analysis plus are smaller than the 14/2 conductors allowing more highs through. Conclusion #5: the gauge of each insulated conductor in a cable dictates skin effect witch in turn af... |