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From: gino@sdchema.UUCP (Eugene G. Youngerman)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: ultimate speaker cable Re: Interconnect
Message-ID: <372@sdchema.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Apr-85 15:32:04 EDT
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Posted: Fri Apr 26 15:32:04 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 28-Apr-85 23:27:56 EDT
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Reply-To: gino@sdchema.UUCP (Eugene G. Youngerman)
Organization: U.C. San Diego Chemistry Dept
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Summary: 

>A perhaps as effective an improvement as changing to solid
>gold interconnect cables (Well, ones that cost as much :-)) and
>an action that must be taken eventually no matter what interconnect
>cable you use (except maybe gold on gold) is to buy a can of good
>contact cleaner and clean thoroughly all the mating surfaces of all
>your interconnect cables. This will rid you of oxides and various semiconducting
>materials and will often produce an audible improvement in reduced hum and
>noise.

    Keeping this in mind, why have not hi-end audio equipment been 
    connected with screw-type terminals, rather than RCA or similar
    type phono teminals.  It seems that people who are willing to
    go to all the trouble of setting up a hi-end system, would be 
    willing to spend another 5 minutes with a screwdriver.  I know
    that I would.

    GINO