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Subject: Cables
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Date: Wed, 16-Jul-86 19:52:45 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 16 19:52:45 1986
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>All nonbelievers please type 'n'...

n

>I spent several hours auditioning cables this last weekend and was really
>amazed.  I was listening on the dealer`s system which is quite familiar,
>having the same speakers (EHS Sopranos).  I also used the power-amp I
>have at home, but wasn't able to tolerate its affect on the sound for the
>full time.  Anyway, the biggest 'find' I found was MIT-330 interconnect.
>
>Boy, is this stuff expensive!  $115 for a 1 meter pair.  But it's really
>great -- I made more change in my system by putting in two of these babies
>then I did getting a new piece of equipment! (new CD player)
>
>I'm not going to say much more about the 'sound' of the cable -- please
>try it yourself -- do a little A/B with some cheap cables, say Monster
>Interconnects on a system you feel comfortable with.  You'll love 'em!
>(PS:  They're REAL transparent, but very capacitive -- they use double

>John Irwin (jdi@ucbvax)

I'm sorry John, but frankly I can't hear the difference between cables, at
least not speaker cables. Does anyone out there know of a single reason
why these expensive cables should sound better? As has been pointed out
before, transmission line effects can ignored at audio frequencies
(unless, of course, your speakers are several miles from your amp |-)!)
The only thing I can think of is the resistance of the cable, but this
can be solved pretty well just by using a heavy wire, such as lamp cord.
As far as capacitance, so long as your amp can handle the small capacitive
load without singing, I don't see any problems. ( A quick calc. shows
that for an 8 ohm speaker, and a time constant of 40us, the C would
have to be 5uF. I don't know of any reasonable length cables that even
come close to this!) Much more important, I don't see how cables could
add any non-linearities. So, can someone please educate me as to why one
should spend $115 dollars for a meter of cable!?

						--- paul dietz
							(paul@voder)

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