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| Damping Factor Noquarter: You're right about the MacroReference. I remembered that one was way up there, but since the Web, I don't keep as many spec sheets laying around any more.I agree that high damping is a must wherever the moving mass--inertia--of the spea... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? Sedond: If I told you what I use, I wouldn't have the fun of seeing a bunch of people telling me what _they_ think it is. ;-)Albertporter: Obviously what? You make a lot of assumptions on things you know nothing about, Albert. Maybe that's why you... | |
| Damping Factor Bear: The MacroTech damping factor is 1,000. | |
| How can power cords make a difference? Sedond: why do you assume that I don't listen? That's part of testing, man. | |
| How can power cords make a difference? Albertporter: why do you say I don't care for Audiogon or for music? Do you have some psychic ability to look into peoples' thoughts? If you do, it's defective.What's your basis for saying I'm unable to think for myself? Do you have some rebuttal ... | |
| John Dunlavy On "Cable Nonsense" Sean, electrical PROPERTIES dictate the electrical behavior of wire, and audio signals are electrical.Of course what you said doesn't work, and I never said that it would. I just said that speaker cables should have as little resistance as possibl... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? What's wrong, Dekay? Why would I not want to think or hear? BTW, are you still up for double-blind tests of power cords? | |
| How can power cords make a difference? Jadem6: Why such hostility? I'm always open to learning, and I try to learn constantly. I recommend it to you, too. I've been away, busy with work, writing, playing music, etc. It's good to have a little free time again. | |
| John Dunlavy On "Cable Nonsense" Frap, Floyd Toole has done more to determine what audio quality means than all of us here put together plus the fine fellows at all of the hi-fi magazines.Sean, the "blind test in less than familiar surroundings" is a red herring. What do you thin... | |
| Damping Factor Damping factor is the ratio of the load impedance to the amplifier's output impedance. But you also have to figure in the resistance of the speaker cable to get your "real world" damping factor. IMO, 20 or better is my minimum goal, but 50 or bett... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? Mmccoy, your skepticism is well-placed. The expensive power cables are audio fashion, not audio performance. The purpose of a power cord is to transfer AC power from the outlet to the audio device. A very simple commodity-grade task, but there's l... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? Frap: A lot of people want the "tube sound," even at the expense of a couple percent THD. That's fine. I know you can make tube circuits without that distortion, but that's not what most seem to want to hear. For the "nice sound," tubes are great.... | |
| Power Cord Challenge Jhunter: This reminds me of the James Randi Educational Foundation's $1 million challenge to psychics and such to prove a paranormal occurrence. There have been several who accepted the challenge when put on the spot (like on a TV show) but never ... | |
| Granite Audio Power cord 555 Dekay: "Same-different" means that on each listening trial, you judge whether the system sounds the same as the previous trial, or different, without being told which PC is being used. Strictly by listening. After, say, 25 trials, your scoring is ... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? Jcbtubes: Who are the losers musically speaking? That's a boastful claim to make about people you know nothing about.Jadem6: The true pioneers in audio design made a point of understanding electronics, acoustics, music, and psychoacoustics. Withou... |