A fascinating and insightful paper written by Roger Russell of McIntosh Research labs. This is mandatory reading and could save you from yourself! Enjoy & discuss:
http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm
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A fascinating and insightful paper written by Roger Russell of McIntosh Research labs. This is mandatory reading and could save you from yourself! Enjoy & discuss:
http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm
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Very interesting
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Indeed, especially this bit. "All Low Cost Wires Are Not the Same"Originally Posted by Tom-Brown
Very interesting
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He meant in terms of quality and the thought applied to using non reactive dielectric rather than SQ, but yes, very valid. Caveat Emptor as usual.
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The problem with that article is that it doesn't just 'save people from themselves' in the sense of discouraging them from spending money un-necessarily , it also discourages anyone from taking an interest in the subject and experimenting at all - which could prevent them from achieving quite significant improvements in their system performance.
It also treats the potential technical differences in a very first-order way, just dealing with copper cross-section and capacitance. There's a lot more going on than that .
You don't need to spend large amounts of money finding this out , just try a few runs of thin enamelled 'magnet wire' without insulation, to each speaker, or using litz wire to your tweeters . You'll find out some useful stuff that is not even touched-on in that article.
Good backup if you're already convinced cables don't make any difference, though !
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Every speaker cable I have tried has been different, so to me the article is ultimately bollocks.
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That's my thinking too. I have many cables, including interconnects and even digital cables too, each produce different sounding results. These differences are clearly heard and not subtle at all.
I was told on here recently that digital cables cannot 'sound' different. But they do. Very audibly.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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Shouldn't you add IME or IMO?
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He should, but if I try and make him, he will beat me up...Shouldn't you add IME or IMO?
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No.Shouldn't you add IME or IMO?
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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