Back in the 70s, it was a highly held belief that if you pot the electronics, there was a great improvement in the clarity and depth of the music. Dewey -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Kirschner Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 2:02 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Friday TechnoTopic Heh heh... It's all to feed, and thereby make $ off, the terrible disease called "audiophiliosis"...some friends of mine have it...spent tens of thousands of dollars on spectacular equipment and whiz-bang cables to listen to cassette tapes of Grateful Dead concerts... ;o) Mike On Sat, 19 May 2007 10:50:39 +0300, Brian Ellis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >No, but it's great for 78s! :-) > >Brian > >John Burke wrote: >> Would it improve the sound on my 8 track?? >> >> John...................8-) >> >> >> >> John Burke >> >> (408) 515 4992 >> >> -----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. 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