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| Why Expensive power Cables when Romex behind Wall? Albertporter - something just occurred to me form waht you said. I do not mean to kick a dead-horse, but since you say that the 2-channel system is affected when the subs are plugged-in, but not turned-on, I suspect a ground-loop may be at fault. ... | |
| Cable vs. Electronics: biggest bang for the buck Albertporter/Nrchy - If you will allow me to wipe egg off face, I will admit that I was a bit overly enthusiastic. I do not expect anyone to be swayed by my opinion, after all I build cables as a passion and a business.On the other hand, CD's do n... | |
| Why Expensive power Cables when Romex behind Wall? Albertporter wrote:My comments were meant to bring to light the fact that mechanical, electrical and magnetic interference all produce changes in a high end system.I certainly agree with this. Particular systems can have effects from all of these.... | |
| Cable vs. Electronics: biggest bang for the buck Nrchy - I believe your experience with CD's has everything to do with the DAC's that are doing the converting and the cables that connect everything together. Given the cables that you are using, I can understand why you are having this experience... | |
| Cable vs. Electronics: biggest bang for the buck Nrchy - I am surprised that you find SACD dissappointing. I have had reviewers say that "SACD is superfluous" when using my cables. CD's are good enough. With my system, I would have to agree. CD's are spectacular, particularly with my latest cabl... | |
| Cable vs. Electronics: biggest bang for the buck I guess I would have to lower my standards in order to not care. This is analogous to owning a Mercedes for 20 years and then replacing it with a Yugo when it wears out. A hard pill to swallow at best.....I recently did a project with focus groups... | |
| XLR, Balanced, same thing??? Phase refers to the arrival times of the two signals, the + and the - signals. If the wires are identical in length and have the same geometry and insulation, the signals will arrive at approximately the same time. If there is skew between the two... | |
| Are Nordost really the Rolls Royce of cables? Sean - Here are some exerpts from the Stereophile Nov 2001 review:"It was immediately apparent that the Valhalla (IC's)had a slight but distinct tonal signature." and "the slight lack of warmth and weight, combined with the air and treble extensio... | |
| Why Expensive power Cables when Romex behind Wall? Nikkidanjo wrote:I'm not talking about mechanical resonance, I'm talking about EMI from equipment feeding back into the system through the power cord. This sort of phenomena would happen if you placed unshielded interconnects right next to your sp... | |
| Why Expensive power Cables when Romex behind Wall? Frap - I believe that resistance played a part in the added 2 feet, and inductance as well. The 16 gauge cable 2 feet long can have the resistance of 20 feet or more of 14 AWG ROMEX. It has the inductance of about 12 feet of ROMEX. So this was lik... | |
| Why Expensive power Cables when Romex behind Wall? Albertporter wrote: "I have Soundlab Ultimate One speakers, and the brands of AC cables connected to them and to my (home theatre use only ) sub woofers make a huge difference in sound. Crazier still, disconnect the sub woofers from the wall and t... | |
| Opinions on this "white paper" Marketing "hype" from any manufacturer without legit specs to support such claims must be taken with a grain of salt.Sean - You're preaching to the choir. I really cannot fathom why a manufacturer would claim better performance because of low indu... | |
| Cable vs. Electronics: biggest bang for the buck Bwhite wrote:If a cable conceals a weakness that is a good thing. The system will sound better... if a cable highlights a weakness whos to say that the real weakness didn't come from the cable? Usually, when a cable conceals a weakness in a system... | |
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| Oxidation and bare silver or silver coated wire??? "What happens to a silver cable which oxidizes is that the layer of oxide weights down the wire and changes the frequency at which it resonates, hence altering the sonic signature of the cable."You are joking, right?"Hey Audioengr, These chemical ... |