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| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Some might find this Cable Snake Oil Antidote interesting with respect to LRC, the signal and the system.Cables affect the sound and the effect is system dependent.Another's opinion on a cable in a vastly different system may not be valid. | |
| It's Simple Some might find this Cable Snake Oil Antidote interesting with respect to LRC, the signal and the system.As originally stated, cables affect the sound and the effect is system dependent.Another's opinion on a cable in a vastly different system may... | |
| We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses Possible reasons changing fuses could make a difference:- fuse socket is contaminated. Metal to metal junctions become semiconductors over time. R&Ring the fuse a couple of times can restore metal to metal contact.- fuse element has degraded o... | |
| What Do You Think About This Comment? Firstly, a lot of products are designed rather than engineered.For example some loudspeakers have computer designed crossovers that take into account the dynamic and LRC parameters of the drivers. These designs are listener tweaked with multiple s... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? @markalarsen Just as some are tone deaf or colorblind, some just cannot distinguish the difference. I've participated in tests with top drawer equipment and could tell better than 80% of the time, while others did not do any better than guessing.@... | |
| Has Anyone Uesed A PrimaLuna Amp With Harbeth Speaker's @clarinetmonster2 I was quite surprised by the unqualified warranty claim. How many Rogues are sold vs PrimaLuna?I've been involved with tube amplifiers since the 1950's. PrimaLuna are built as well as any and far better than most. Solder work is ... | |
| re capping The Truth is available from the manufacturer.Sometimes the Truth is optimistic and sometimes not.Life is predicted based on science and math, but can vary widely due to variation in sub contractor supplied materials.We once replaced 7 million 85°C... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? Silver conducts 5% better than copper.R has the LEAST effect of LRC.Same geometry, same sound.Silver is Audio Jewelry. | |
| re capping Electrolytic caps kept fully charged will function perfectly well and not degrade!Nope. There are multiple mechanism for electrolytic capacitors to degrade. We once replaced 7 million of them.The only way to properly test caps is to pull them all ... | |
| Has Anyone Uesed A PrimaLuna Amp With Harbeth Speaker's Just look at these Stereophile measurements: https://www.stereophile.com/content/primaluna-dialogue-premium-power-amplifier-measurements it has a pretty bad load dependent frequency response.For those who don't read the article, the response is o... | |
| It's Simple @kijanki I’m not going to correct all your errors, but this the level math:Assuming 0.02Ω in each cable lead [12’ of Belden 1311A or almost any equivalent gauge cable] with a 1V drive at the amplifier terminal:4Ω: 4 / (2 x 0.02) = 0.990V across th... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? @nonoise even though 16 gauge is sufficient for cable lengths up to 36 feet, if your dealing with a 6 ohm speaker as opposed to a 8 ohm speaker, go for 14 gauge.Speakers are rarely an even 8Ω or any Ω for that matter. For example, a KEF LS50, nomi... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? @nonoise ...every chart I looked at said...You'll never know until you try something...the manual just won't cut it.Color me confused | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? @johnluse As Abe Lincoln said, "50% of everything on the Internet is wrong"If one changes length, LRC increase.If one increases gauge L increases, R decreases and C will depend on the dielectric and spacing.So by changing length or gauge, you have... | |
| Curious How These Nordost Speaker Cables Do What They Do @ethiessen1 @jmcgrogan2 +1, squared.1² = 1. Sorry, couldn't resist, but it illustrates some of the noise here that does not say anything.Systems with no onboard tone controls in my experience, have seemed to be more responsive to cable changes tha... |