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| Why Do Cables Matter? It’s all about waves. Sound waves are locked into electromagnetic waves in recording studios. At home, that same electromagnetic waves are converted back into sound waves by our electronics and speakers. The objective of our home system is to repl... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? Imagine a military parade, the whole column marching in sync. Imagine the same column marching into obstacles, what happens? Imagine each man is an electron in the cable. See it? | |
| Integrated amp recommendation Try Sony TA-A1ES. A lot of amp for the money. Can be had for 1K used. | |
| Streamer advice +1 for Magna Mano. Bought used but still enjoy excellent support from the factory. Stream Qobuz. Great sound. | |
| An electrical engineer on how power cables can impact sound quality Here is another way to put it. The miles of filthy water upstream do not matter as long as it is filtered and cleaned before it enters the faucet. Similarly, the miles of filthy power before the wall outlet do not matter as long as it is cleaned b... | |
| An electrical engineer on how power cables can impact sound quality Gene mentioned the Romex behind the wall in the video. I don’t see how that come into play. The Romex and the miles of cables before the wall outlet do not matter. There is no physical flow of matter from one end to the other end of the cable. The... | |
| An electrical engineer on how power cables can impact sound quality Interesting presentation but I do not agree with him. To each his own. | |
| An electrical engineer on how power cables can impact sound quality Ya. I wish someone can do some tests and measurements. It would be nice. | |
| An electrical engineer on how power cables can impact sound quality Cost, I think, is the main factor for not providing a better power cord. The other reason could be that the outcome is system dependent with the characteristics of the speakers playing a major role. My hypothesis is: difficult to drive speakers a... | |
| An electrical engineer on how power cables can impact sound quality My bad. It’s AC120. Agree. As I have said earlier, the current is inversely proportional to the impedance. The impedance of the speakers changes with the frequencies of the music, so the amount of instantaneous current drawn by the speakers follo... | |
| An electrical engineer on how power cables can impact sound quality The voltage and current are alternating at 60Hz. The voltage is relatively constant at 120V, but the amplitude of the current pulse with the music. How closely this pulse can track the demand has an effect on the sound we hear. | |
| An electrical engineer on how power cables can impact sound quality That’s why we have 2 camps, believers and non believers. Both are right. It very much boils down to the speakers they’re using to compare the cables. | |
| An electrical engineer on how power cables can impact sound quality Amplifier is only a black box between the PC and the speakers. PC provides the juice. If the instantaneous demand by the speakers are not delivered by the PC, the sound will be affected. | |
| An electrical engineer on how power cables can impact sound quality It depends on the speaker impedance curve. The current flowing through the PC is not steady. Current is inversely proportional to impedance. The speaker impedances are dependent on frequencies. So the current will pulse according to the music. How... | |
| An electrical engineer on how power cables can impact sound quality Just a thought… It’s not about the size of the cables. That’s the easy part. It’s about how closely the juice can meet the demand made by the dynamics of the music. Any deviation from the shapes and sizes of the music shows up in the sound we hea... |