Goldpoint SA4M-47 passive 'preamp' winging its way to Marco Towers...

[Joe]

Wiki is your friend: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysical_solipsism

Remind you of anyone?

Marco.

Me!

[Marco]

The ClarityCap research makes it quite clear that they found no evidence that capacitors are affected by external vibration. What they did find was that capacitors resonated quite clearly when fed a signal and this potentially modulated their own output - so they weren't prone to external vibration but produced their own.

Ah, I see now that this has already been pointed out.

Sure, but the point is, 'thinking outside of the box', as the experiments carried out at Clarity Cap proves, can often pay dividends

Now, what if someone were to apply such thinking to the 'behaviour' [in certain applications] of resistors, and undertook the required research? Might similar, hitherto undiscovered, information be revealed? And I'm not necessarily talking about the effects of vibration.

In my opinion, far too many folk think that, with audio, all there is to know is already known [essentially it's a 'done deal'], when I suspect the reality is quite the opposite. In my opinion, we need to consider that what we can currently measure, and thus 'prove', only amounts to scratching the surface of what probably exists.

A quote from Our Ethos: "I think many so-called "objectivists" oversimplify the processes involved in reproducing recorded music electrically (although many audio designers are perhaps guilty of over-complicating their designs at times). They ignore the fact that music signals themselves can be quite complex, certainly in conjunction with human perception of them."

I believe that's a valid observation, and something that should be considered.

Marco.

[Marco]

Me!

Yeah, but as a lazy sod, you're only a half-arsed solipsist!

Marco.

[anthonyTD]

My Ramblings mentioning vibration concerned mainly the effect transportation has on electronic assemblies and components in general!
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[Marco]

Ha!

Marco.

[awkwardbydesign]

The ClarityCap research makes it quite clear that they found no evidence that capacitors are affected by external vibration. What they did find was that capacitors resonated quite clearly when fed a signal and this potentially modulated their own output - so they weren't prone to external vibration but produced their own.

Ah, I see now that this has already been pointed out.

And yet, there are condenser microphones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microphone

[lurcher]

And yet, there are condenser microphones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microphone

And yes, there are carbon microphones, and strain gauges can have a lot in common with a resistor, but just because something could do something is not evidence that it does. If you have ever stepped on a microphone cable you will find some of them are monophonic as well. But its all a strawman, Anthony gave the reason for what he said. Of all the things in a valve amp (which is where he uses them) that could be microphonic I think a stepped attenuator is low down the list.

[Marco]

Of all the things in a valve amp (which is where he uses them) that could be microphonic I think a stepped attenuator is low down the list.

I agree, but Anthony doesn't use stepped attenuators in a valve amp, he uses them in his solid-state Soul Mate preamps: http://www.tubedistinctions.co.uk/soul_mate.htm

I use one in my Croft (a DACT), so perhaps that's where you're getting things mixed up?

Marco.

[r100]

I had already googled it. But in my case I follow the Hindu/Buddhist view that the mind is an aspect of Maya, and as such needs to be ignored if one is to achieve enlightenment. It is simply the result of the soul being housed in a body and it's interaction with the world causes this ephemeral and annoying distraction. Of course, as we all interact individually each mind takes on a different personality, and this is what we mistakenly believe to be the real us.
OK? Any questions?

Spot on !

[Marco]

Loving the new avatar!

Marco.

P.S I'd put an 'r' after the 'F'... Makes it more relevant