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| How can power cords make a difference? Doug - I don't have any fancy line cords. I will try the following experiment. I do have a 100 foot very ordinary extention cord. I have heard people report that even changing a 6 ft cord to a 3 ft cord made a difference. So, I will run my system ... | |
| CD Recommendations Here are a couple you may not have that are favorites of mine. An oldie Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks "Where's the Money" and for your jazz tastes The Microscopic Septet "Beauty Based on Science". | |
| Power Cord Challenge jhunter - I like this. I will contribute another $500 to the first person that can pick an exotic line cord from a stock one. This brings the odds to 4 to 1. It would be worth 500 bucks to find out that people can really do this. It's only the tas... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? Albert - This isn't personal. I like talking about hifi related things. I don't get upset if someone says that their line cord makes a huge difference. I find it interesting. I don't judge people by whether they use expensive line cords or not. I ... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? Albert - Since I don't know all the laws of science, it's more than a little presumptious of me to claim that an effect must be outside all known laws. So, sticking to the few laws I do know I checked the resistance and voltage drop of 18 vs. 12 g... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? Albert - There is literally no conceivable reason why your Sony DVD player should benefit from a 12 gauge line cord. If your Purist cord does improve the sound it is because of some phenomenon outside the known laws of science. It is very similar ... | |
| New, Inexpensive Speaker for SET amps Each 3db increase in efficiency reduces the amplifier power required for a given listening level by 50%. So, speakers with 94db vs. 88db would require an amp of only 25% as much power. Just how much power that is,of course, depends on your prefere... | |
| Cable "burning": Real or VooDoo ??? Sean - I believe our ears are very sensitive to changes in frequency response. If something can be shown to effect frequency response it is a valid subject, as, of course, are many others. What I don't believe that many audiogoners do, is that the... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? I could give you lots of reasons for why they shouldn't make any difference. | |
| Absolute Speaker Cables OK, here's my product idea for managment. Speakers suffer from itermodulation distortion. It is an enevitable consequence of dynamic drivers. It's also called doppler distortion. If you are not familiar with it imagine a driver playing two notes. ... | |
| Cable "burning": Real or VooDoo ??? Sean - I used the 8 ohms just to make the example easier to think about. I'm not sure but a damping factor of one may be similar to the results with an 8 ohm resistor. You won't get any naysaying from me about phenomena that can alter the frequenc... | |
| Cable "burning": Real or VooDoo ??? Sean - I think you are right that the output voltage of the amp will be more regulated with the small wire. However, I believe the voltage at the speaker terminals will not. Instead of small wire just imagine that an 8 ohm speaker has an 8 ohm res... | |
| Speaker Cables - 15 Ft. or "No Wife" JC - Here is an off beat idea. You know that many of the finest drivers use aluminum wire in their voice coils. There are quite a few feet of wire in one voice coil. For very little money you could try aluminum wire. Its stiff but what the heck. I... | |
| Cable "burning": Real or VooDoo ??? frap - I enjoyed hearing your take on the Ampzilla. I'm not a EE either but I have had the luxury of working with several. Here are a few things I've learned that relate to power supplies, voltage sources and damping factors. You may already be fa... | |
| Cable "burning": Real or VooDoo ??? doug - I wasn't jesting. I was just musing. I'm not up to date on amplifier designs. So, it is interesting to hear that some of what I mentioned has been tried. There was an amplifier some time ago called "Ampzilla". It sounded different. The tric... |