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From: drw@culdev1.UUCP (Dale Worley)
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Subject: Mercury Filled Speaker Wire
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Date: Tue, 22-Sep-87 10:56:27 EDT
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russ@crlt.UUCP (Russ Cage) writes:
> Skin
> effect can be dealt with by using flat conductors or Litz wire,
> or (again) *several parallel strands*.

As long as we're debunking things, note that the "skin effect" (if
it's the skin effect I know and love) involves a "penetration depth"
measured in fractions of a wavelength.  Since the wavelength at 20kHz
is ... hmmm ... 5 kilometers, it doesn't seem too significant.

Humor Dept.: I remember hearing about a great audiophile discovery
(I'm not making this up!): The electricity isn't conducted *in* the
wire itself, but in a cylindrical shell *around* the wire.  Of course,
this showed that to get *really good sound* you had to buy very
special (and very expensive) cables (from the company that made this
discovery).

Dale