On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 19:57:09 -0500, Tom Watson wrote:

On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 16:41:59 -0800, "mp" wrote:


I take it you've never heard any differences between speaker wires. The
sonic differences between speaker wires or interconnects is not that hard to
demonstrate on a good system.



"...So what do our fifty hours of testing, scoring and listening to
speaker cables amount to? Only that 16-gauge lamp cord and Monster
cable are indistinguishable from each other with music and seem to be
superior to the 24 gauge wire commonly sold or given away as 'speaker
cable.' Remember, however, that it was a measurable
characteristic--higher resistance per foot--that made 24 gauge sound
different from the other cables. If the cable runs were only 6 instead
of 30 feet, the overall cable resistances would have been lower and
our tests would probably have found no audible differences between the
three cables. This project was unable to validate the sonic benefits
claimed for exotic speaker cables over common 16-gauge zip cord. We
can only conclude, therefore, that there is little advantage besides
pride of ownership in using these thick, expensive wires"

"Speaker Cables: Can You Hear the Difference?", Laurence Greenhill in
Stereo Review.



Seems like instead of a subjective test, someone with the resources of
Stereo review could have done a bona-fide quantitative measurement by using
an audio sweep generator and a spectrum analyzer in a sound chamber. I'm
guessing that the spectral response of equivalent gauge conductors,
properly connected would have been nearly indistinguishable from one
another.

[but then again, I could be wrong]



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Now we'll just use some glue to hold things in place until the brads dry

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