[ March 31, 2004, 07:31 AM: Message edited by: dawgsbreakfast ]

 

Wierd. Some guy was trying to tell me that he made a cd degausser from a power tansformer but I thought he was on crack. (he was really itchy too lol)

 

I heard the CD clarifier... it appeared to make a difference but that is just so voodoo... I don’t think a rational explanation for that improving an optical media is possible. Besides I heard it at a guy’s place that sold single ended tubed products. Obviously that gave me a lot to think about too... how can anything that obsolete (300B tubes), that non linear, that poorly designed possibly sound good. He was using a Cary early production integrated amp ('couple' years back) to drive some speakers I had never heard of Swan Batons. I must have been delusional that day I heard "crappy electronics" on a speaker nobody had heard of sound ... real.
Sometimes the improbable works.
Sux2bu- you are right there is no reason those wires shouldn’t sound as good as any other copper wire. But, do not be surprised if they do sound different (better or worse). Actually there are reasons they might not sound the same, but the market is always open to a cable designer who can save the audio enthusiast on a budget a few dollars.

 

I know exactly what you are talking about John. For your info, the 300SEi put out 9 watts per channel.

You are delusional, but you're not the only one. Hundreds of sales prove it....


Adam

 

Most often the difference I have seen between higher end audio cable and generic speaker wire is the stranding and arrangement of the strands. A few years back Audioquest (I believe) made an 8 or 10 conductor cable (not individually jacketed) with wire gauges ranging from 24 to 18. IMO the sound difference between this and generic speaker cabling (equal gauge) was enough to show a real difference. It was the first time I had noticed a difference in sound just by a quick A/B test on low end eqpt (Parasound, Paradigm & AMC).
How bout a quick test?
If you have bi-wirable/ampable speakers at home, run a set of the same cable from the amplifier to both the high & low terminals. Get someone else to remove the shorting bars at the speaker, I'm sure that you'll hear a difference. But what is the difference, there is still the same conduction? If you notice this difference, why can there not be a difference between other cabes? Something to think about for a while.
J
PS - If I use cheap wire for an install I use 18g solid.

 

Jaxom, you have one heck of a high end pile of gear in your car...I'm drooling.

 

Thanks, I wish I had time to set it up properly, I spend 3-4 hours/day driving and have about an hour a week to work on it.
Check out the early install pics at My car
I'm hoping to update them in the next couple of weeks. There have been 5 changes since this was done.
Later J

[ April 04, 2004, 09:43 PM: Message edited by: Jaxom ]