mkgus
Responses from mkgus
| The Science of Cables The reason that the formulas are lacking and the ear/brain has a marked advantage is the ability of the ear/brain to hear into noise floors/ceiling which as I mentioned earlier is a serious limitation for measurement systems.Is this related to the... | |
| The Science of Cables >>less than the width of an atom.<<What?! If that’s true then ears are a form of nanotechnology. They truly are better than the microphones used to take measurements. That’s crazy! | |
| The Science of Cables To continue on that thought - you can use measurements to build your system and get a pretty good room response, but you can’t fine tune with measurements. Why? Because the goal isn’t definable (at least at this time). What would your goal be with... | |
| The Science of Cables Guess it would be real interesting to find out who, on average, has the better sounding rigs. The folks who ultimately rely on the LCR or those that rely on the EAR.Good question! I would have to say without a doubt the system that relied on ears ... | |
| The Science of Cables “I ask this question......how sophisticated must a system be to truly hear the difference in sound from a modestly priced cable and the super expensive ones? Is it just a matter of money?”I’ll play devil’s advocate. In order to obtain a “sophistic... | |
| The Science of Cables “Because if everything was spelled out to the uniformed these cables couldn't be sold with over the top prices . Have to keep the uniformed in the dark to be able to charge the ripoff prices.”What if the secret to cables is that there is no secret... | |
| The Science of Cables “Own a hifi and you are required to be part of the customer base for cables.”Yes, but if one fails to realize that the quality of the cables matter, or refuses to believe it, they might use the free cables that came with their equipment the entire... | |
| Do you listen to equipment or music. Both. When I’m tweaking or changing components, I’m listening to the equipment by comparing it with what it sounded like before. When everything is set and I’m not tweaking stuff (rare, but one of my personal goals) I’m listening to the music and ... | |
| I’m gob smacked. What were you’re aha moments? @bri14mac, how hard was it to pull a 10 gauge wire for your 20 amp circuit? I get some lights dimming with loud bass hits which leads me to believe my 15 amp circuit isn’t enough. | |
| I’m gob smacked. What were you’re aha moments? - Switching from stranded core to solid core speaker wire, especially for tweeters- Switching from low-quality plastic dielectrics to cotton or air, especially for tweeters (this really removed the grudge or unpleasant edginess from the highs. The... | |
| Is shielding necessary on interconnects & speaker cables It depends on your situation. I made a 12’ unshielded RCA cable and I have no issues with noise. They sound great! They don’t run next to anything that would induce noise however. You might consider shielding if that weren’t the case. | |
| Speaker Cable Malarkey (“Ghost” Cables) I just disconnected the 20 gauge “+” wire at the amp. So for the tweeter, it’s physically connected with 14 gauge solid core wire only. There are two 20 gauge solid core conductors running parallel and close to the 14 gauge with only one wire and ... | |
| Speaker Cables and Carpet 15’ of brand name speaker cable, dual runs for each mid and tweeter would get expensive really fast! | |
| Speaker Cables and Carpet Well in this specific instance, I’m using 12 gauge electrical wire - the same your house is wired with - twisted together. | |
| Speaker Cable Malarkey (“Ghost” Cables) Plot twist: Does this 20 gauge wire that is only connected at the amp need a break-in period? |