I'm a fleet mechanic for St. Louis County, we work on eveything with engines and or wheels. I try to leave cars alone if I can, and I prefer to work on the trucks and heavy equipment. I took care of the police fleet in our district for 12 years and that kid of burnt me out on cars. I'm happiest when I get to fabricate, and or do welding repairs.car mechanic?
Here: https://www.cirris.com/learning-cen...-topics/177-temperature-coefficient-of-copperCould you share a bit more about your theory of 9AWG cables being clear of any bass-compression, while 12AWG is masked by a cloudy veil of compressed bass? To my limited way of thinking, the only way to get compression in a cable is if it has a non-linear resistance due to current flowing through it. In all my years, I have never met a cable that can change its resistance. In fact, every resistance guide I've read has never stated values based on current flow. It is what it is at all currents.
I guess through dumb luck I wire my woofers with 5AWG cables (with 8AWG inside the cabinets).
How many posters on this topic have engineering degrees?...electrical, electronics, materials...or science degrees in physics?
I thought this thread was about "Audible differences" ? How many posters in this thread have a degree in audiology or a certificate stating that their ears pass muster (or even a couple of clean Q-tips next to their turntable to show that their ears came up clean?) Just because someone has a degree doesn't necessarily make their hearing superior.How many posters on this topic have engineering degrees?...electrical, electronics, materials...or science degrees in physics?
I don't. I trust my ears, that's why I replaced a high dollar diamondback with a cable that cost roughly half. But I would love to have the cash to try some more expensive cables just for grins. I believe there are audible differences in cables because I have experienced it for myself. I also believe that you dont have to spend a fortune for improvements. I'm not going to discount the differences or improvements experienced by others with esoteric cables just because I myself haven't, and I won't slam someone else for spending more than me just because they can.so in other words...you do work with specs/numbers ie. torques on bolts, size and length of weld to develop reqd capacity, reqd vacuum in engine etc etc...
then why would you trust some fancy looking audio/electrical cables that DO NOT list any tech specs but only some elaborate, exotic words descriptions ?
I replaced (or actually, returned to the seller) some cables I didn't care for--I found them to sound somewhat thinner and noisier than the dumpy old cables I'd had for a couple of decades. I made my own and found them to sound better than the cables I had purchased. Or at least, quieter--I feel my current cables may be a little too bright. I'm looking to make another set using different cabling and RCA connectors, so this should be interesting for comparison purposes (or to indicate if I should use the Q-Tips a little more often ).I don't. I trust my ears, that's why I replaced a high dollar diamondback with a cable that cost roughly half. But I would love to have the cash to try some more expensive cables just for grins. I believe there are audible differences in cables because I have experienced it for myself. I also believe that you dont have to spend a fortune for improvements. I'm not going to discount the differences or improvements experienced by others with esoteric cables just because I myself haven't, and I won't slam someone else for spending more than me just because they can.
I think it has as much to do with the connectors as anything else. I prefer the silver rca plugs over gold or brass, and I prefer gold over copper banana plugs over cheap gold over brass. That's just me though.I replaced (or actually, returned to the seller) some cables I didn't care for--I found them to sound somewhat thinner and noisier than the dumpy old cables I'd had for a couple of decades. I made my own and found them to sound better than the cables I had purchased. Or at least, quieter--I feel my current cables may be a little too bright. I'm looking to make another set using different cabling and RCA connectors, so this should be interesting for comparison purposes (or to indicate if I should use the Q-Tips a little more often ).
A few of my RS sets have gone bad over the years--I still ask myself why I still hold onto them. They got to where the occasional wiggles would not help them. I had two sets of those multicolored RCA cables from the 70s--one each red, black, green and yellow, if I recall.I still use RCA cables I bought at Radio Shack in the 70's. They sound great!
I'm no scientist or engineer (other than having had electronics classes), but I tend to think that the plating being as thin as it is, doesn't affect the sound quite as much. And it is largely used for keeping connectors corrosion-resistant. The cable setup I'm considering is going to be primarily copper based with a little gold plating, which is why I'm so curious to hear it in comparison to what I have now (silver plated copper cable, gold plated brass connectors). It's no loss since I can use the old cables elsewhere. And some listeners find that mixing interconnects works out best--one type on a digital component, another from the turntable, yet another from preamp to amp, to get that balance they are looking for.A new power cable I have has Rhodium plated plugs and uses silver-plated copper wire and my new speaker cable also uses silver-plated wire as well. I was apprehensive about trying them, because I have read so many negative experiences of people not liking Rhodium or silver plating and nickel/tin plating; but after a bit more than 50 hours in with them my system has never sounded better.
I have four or five of those. I just had to retire one because, yes, it DID require the occasional wiggle. And yes, those are the colors. I used them for cassette decks.A few of my RS sets have gone bad over the years--I still ask myself why I still hold onto them. They got to where the occasional wiggles would not help them. I had two sets of those multicolored RCA cables from the 70s--one each red, black, green and yellow, if I recall.
How many posters on this topic have engineering degrees?...electrical, electronics, materials...or science degrees in physics?
When you see an article written by a cable company's chief in charge of their audiophile cable development program, discussing possible reasons for cable differences, do you think it is going to be independent, unbiased and scientific?
It would be nice if it were, but I'm not holding my breath.