On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:01:43 -0800, "mp" wrote:

| And of course you've performed chemical analysis of the copper and
| insulation used in various brands of cable and found significant
| differences. Sure you have.
|
|One doesn't need to do a chemical analysis to notice that wire is available
|in many different configurations: stranded, tinned, solid, copper, silver,
|etc.. Same with insulation materials, which can range from rubber to teflon.
|Different configurations will yield different electrical characteristics
|which are easily measured, such as resistance, capacitance, and inductance.
|Whether or not you can hear the differences is another story.
|
|I suppose it doesn't matter much what wiring you use if you're playing mp3s
|through Radio Shack electronics hooked up to Bose speakers.
|

But John is responding to a guy that's talking about *power cords* for
goodness sake, not microwave coax cable.

Wes