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| Directionality of wire almargGeoffkait 8-13-2017"Even if one wishes to refer to current as the "signal," since current is alternating we only need to worry about the current (signal) when it’s traveling toward the component or, in the case of speaker cables, when the cu... | |
| Damping to exitation of parasitic modes of For micro vibrations best to use constrained layer damping as well as very hard cones that will allow such unpleasantries to escape the system. I also am a fan of natural cork for damping and isolating printed circuit boards, capacitors, those pes... | |
| Using Magnets stringreenMagnets on windows, bookcases, et al.....I suspect its not the magnetism of the magnet, but the mass that’s changing the resonant frequency. I have a very large listening room with high ceilings ( a bear for proper listening), but I have... | |
| Soundtracks and Film scores, your favourites Apocalypse Now and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | |
| A new take on built in room treatments? With a test tone such as found on Test CDs and even Test Records and a SPL level meter, it’s a snap to find ALL locations in the room, including those in the 3 dimensional space, where very high sound pressure exist. By "very high" I mean at least... | |
| Directionality of wire Even if one wishes to refer to current as the "signal," since current is alternating we only need to worry about the current (signal) when it’s traveling toward the component or, in the case of speaker cables, when the current is traveling toward ... | |
| Directionality of wire Cable directionality is as old as dirt. At least since Audioquest started marking their cables with arrows. And the debate is almost as old. Welcome to the party! Better late than never.😀 | |
| Directionality of wire Muzzleblast, I’ll pretend you didn’t say that.Don’t follow leaders, watch the parkin' meters. | |
| Directionality of wire Of course it was Marconi who had the first long distance radio transmission after much ado. In fact, it wasn’t until many years after he first embarked on his long range radio transmission mission that he realized he and just about everyone else h... | |
| Silly prices for Nordost cables A rich man has about as much chance of reaching audio Nirvana as a camel has of passing through the eye of a needle.Necessity is the mother of invention.An ordinary man has no means of deliverance. | |
| Directionality of wire muzzleblast2 postsLOL, yes... I've been a lurker for a while... but usually stay busy enough, I don't have much time for forums. It's like watching Trump and Kim Jong Un sparring...I'm an engineer by profession... work in defense industry... w... | |
| Silly prices for Nordost cables How do Nordost prices compare to the Von Schweikert ULTRA Speaker internal wiring mod? How much was that? $35K or thereabouts, no? In fact, the Von Schweikert ULTRA 11 speakers are $300K. That's almost a Lamborghini Aventador. Hel-loo! Nordost ca... | |
| Silly prices for Nordost cables joecaseyGeoffkait: Very few of the new Lamborghini Aventurado at $425K are sold, either. 😄 😄Actually demand was too high and don’t want one every block so Lambo and Ferrari raised their prices to control/limit demand. >>>>Yeah, right. | |
| Silly prices for Nordost cables Very few of the new Lamborghini Aventurado at $425K are sold, either. 😄 😄 | |
| Directionality of wire hifiman, I’m getting a bad feeling that maybe he’s pulling our leg. You know, what with the looking for arrows inside the component and trade secrets, making phone calls, driving out the free oxygen from the copper, things of that nature. Perhaps ... |