AudioQuest DBS Field

Our psychological well being, and profits of the company. I use Audioquest for all my interconnect and speaker cables by the way, and they have given me quite a listening pleasure..:-)

"I use Audioquest for all my interconnect and speaker cables by the way"

I use Acoustic Zen - better bang for the buck IMHO.

"DBS field prevents it by keeping molecules organized all the time. Also, polarization of molecules is probably stronger with higher voltage"

aw come on!

Paulsax - That's mechanics of dielectric absorption. You'll find it here: http://www.sencore.com/uploads/files/UnderstandDielectricAbsorption.pdf

Is it significant? I have no idea since I don't use Audioquest but some their cables like "Sky" are very, very good. Reviewers mentioned some difference with DBS ON vs OFF but it could be placebo effect as well. I don't know enough to question Audioquest. Acoustic Zen Absolute (foam Teflon in oversized tubes), that I use, is as good as SKY but without DBS.

Kijanki I'm making no claims what so ever about Audioquest cables and their relative worth. Merely that the jargon gets good sometimes. I read the monograph you referenced and yes that is a pretty good one on caps not conductors. Go to another outfit like Synergistic and they will go on and on about how megavoltages from a vandergraph generator make the cable better. As these two approaches are completely opposite one must be incorrect. Yet both seem to be decent cables ergo it is likely that the sciency bits are more marketing. I'm not sure about cables but telling me that cable X will align the quantum flux is not helping. In this case extrapolating capacitor behavior on to conducting cables seems dangerous.

I need to keep my mouth shut I guess. either way I do hope everyone finds success with these however they work.

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