No, but it's great for 78s! :-)
Brian
John Burke wrote:
> Would it improve the sound on my 8 track??
>
> John...................8-)
>
>
>
> John Burke
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Fowler
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 10:58 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] Friday TechnoTopic
>
> They do have the amplifier built into the speakers. I saw some about 8
> years ago, sounded nice, and were good and heavy.
>
> Then you can get into the copper crystalline signal cables, which are
> just as expensive as the speaker wires.
>
> It's all about the money...
>
> david
>
> Hogg, Blair K. wrote:
>> I wonder why someone doesn't just put the amplifier at the speaker
>> itself, then run line level audio through shielded cables to each
>> amplifier. Probably too much chance of em noise affecting the signal.
>> Could always go digital to the speaker, then turn it into audio signals
>> driving the voice coil. I think that is how it is done on some
>> automotive systems.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Inge
>> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 9:27 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [TN] Friday TechnoTopic
>>
>> The world is full of nonsense. A friend of mine bought water cooled
>> speaker cables with pure gold connectors. That cable, I assure, could
>> supply current to a whole block in Santa Domingo. Myself, have an
>> ordinary "room cord" like the one you use for your desk lamp, this one
>> 15 feet long wire feeds a 800 W bass speaker. The loss in the wire is so
>> low, that it's neglectable, and the distortion would noone hear when the
>> bookshelves vibrate and you feel the thunder through the chair's legs. I
>> prefer to listen to the music, not to look at the music via a
>> oscilloscope and a spectrum analyzer.
>> Inge
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Graham Collins" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 7:21 AM
>> Subject: Re: [TN] Friday TechnoTopic
>>
>>
>>
>>> Ha! I'm guessing that wasn't a blind test. How would that short
>>>
>> piece
>>
>>> of wire impact audio performance? It's connecting a household plug
>>> socket, through the house wiring (of dubious quality if it's Inge's
>>> house...) and the power grid... and has a transformer on the other
>>> side, presumably.
>>>
>>> I'm guessing this is along the lines of the speaker wire a sales guy
>>> tried to sell me one time. It was 12 gage wire (overkill, but OK),
>>>
>> but
>>
>>> he was very earnest in telling me that the wire was formed such that
>>>
>> it
>>
>>> was optimized for electron flow in one particular direction...
>>>
>>> I'm thinking it's only applied to the AC power cord because anything
>>> more complicated would not emerge functional. Component failures
>>>
>> aside,
>>
>>> what would that do to solder joints???
>>>
>>> regards,
>>>
>>> Graham Collins
>>> Process Engineer,
>>> L-3 Communications Electronic Systems Inc.
>>> Halifax
>>> (902) 873-2000 ext 6215
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> [log in to unmask] 05/17/07 10:37PM >>>
>>>>>>
>>> There is a process in High End Audio which purports to enhance
>>> equipment performance , called CryoTreatment.
>>>
>>> In this process the audio gear is subjected to a ramp down to -281F
>>>
>> (or
>>
>>> cooler, but not below -320F), followed by a soak of 20 to 40 hours,
>>> followed by a specific warm-up cycle back to R/T.
>>>
>>> It is postulated that the technical explanation for the enormous
>>> listening benefits of the process is a re-arrangement or refinement
>>>
>> of
>>
>>> the crystal structure of the conductor metals. The effect is so
>>>
>> powerful
>>
>>> that objective listeners reported a significant improvement in audio
>>> quality when the AC power cord for a preamp was so treated. I doubt
>>>
>> my
>>
>>> aging ears are responsive to subtleties of this nature.
>>>
>>> Anybody care to estimate how an electronic assembly, surface-mount or
>>> otherwise, including semiconductor devices, would fare thru this
>>> process?
>>>
>>> Tom Stearns
>>> 3 Brander Court
>>> Nashua, NH
>>> 03063
>>>
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