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Rutherford cables for speakers - the next big thing?
Just listening to a BBC programme on the CERN LHC and heard a reference
to Rutherford cables for the superconducting magnets. These are a special kind of Litz winding that permit much higher current handling than a simple bunch. I'm now waiting for the first snake oil cable company to offer these as the ultimate for speakers. Perhaps I'll start a sweepstake for the date of first appearance. d |
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Rutherford cables for speakers - the next big thing?
"Don Pearce" wrote in message et... Just listening to a BBC programme on the CERN LHC and heard a reference to Rutherford cables for the superconducting magnets. These are a special kind of Litz winding that permit much higher current handling than a simple bunch. I'm now waiting for the first snake oil cable company to offer these as the ultimate for speakers. Perhaps I'll start a sweepstake for the date of first appearance. Or start you own company to make them :-) MrT. |
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Rutherford cables for speakers - the next big thing?
Mr.T wrote:
"Don Pearce" wrote in message et... Just listening to a BBC programme on the CERN LHC and heard a reference to Rutherford cables for the superconducting magnets. These are a special kind of Litz winding that permit much higher current handling than a simple bunch. I'm now waiting for the first snake oil cable company to offer these as the ultimate for speakers. Perhaps I'll start a sweepstake for the date of first appearance. Or start you own company to make them :-) MrT. Now there's a thought. d |
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Rutherford cables for speakers - the next big thing?
Don Pearce wrote: Just listening to a BBC programme on the CERN LHC and heard a reference to Rutherford cables for the superconducting magnets. These are a special kind of Litz winding that permit much higher current handling than a simple bunch. I'm now waiting for the first snake oil cable company to offer these as the ultimate for speakers. Perhaps I'll start a sweepstake for the date of first appearance. LMAO ! Graham |
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Rutherford cables for speakers - the next big thing?
Don Pearce wrote: Mr.T wrote: "Don Pearce" wrote Just listening to a BBC programme on the CERN LHC and heard a reference to Rutherford cables for the superconducting magnets. These are a special kind of Litz winding that permit much higher current handling than a simple bunch. I'm now waiting for the first snake oil cable company to offer these as the ultimate for speakers. Perhaps I'll start a sweepstake for the date of first appearance. Or start you own company to make them :-) MrT. Now there's a thought. d It's a thought that's crossed my mind before too. Graham |
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Rutherford cables for speakers - the next big thing?
"Eeyore" wrote ...
Don Pearce wrote: Mr.T wrote: "Don Pearce" wrote Just listening to a BBC programme on the CERN LHC and heard a reference to Rutherford cables for the superconducting magnets. These are a special kind of Litz winding that permit much higher current handling than a simple bunch. I'm now waiting for the first snake oil cable company to offer these as the ultimate for speakers. Perhaps I'll start a sweepstake for the date of first appearance. Or start you own company to make them :-) MrT. Now there's a thought. d It's a thought that's crossed my mind before too. I'm sure we (r.a.p) could go a super job of writing marketing BS that would even impress the crowd over on r.a.o :-) |
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Rutherford cables for speakers - the next big thing?
Don Pearce wrote:
Just listening to a BBC programme on the CERN LHC and heard a reference to Rutherford cables for the superconducting magnets. These are a special kind of Litz winding that permit much higher current handling than a simple bunch. I'm now waiting for the first snake oil cable company to offer these as the ultimate for speakers. Perhaps I'll start a sweepstake for the date of first appearance. d Possibly a bit intrusive in the lounge. But doubtlessly worth the inconvenience. geoff |
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Rutherford cables for speakers - the next big thing?
On Sep 10, 4:28*am, Don Pearce wrote:
Just listening to a BBC programme on the CERN LHC and heard a reference to Rutherford cables for the superconducting magnets. These are a special kind of Litz winding that permit much higher current handling than a simple bunch. I'm now waiting for the first snake oil cable company to offer these as the ultimate for speakers. Perhaps I'll start a sweepstake for the date of first appearance. d ____________________ It's amazing how slick sales & marketing campaigns, with faux "science" mixed in, can elevate these and other brands of conductors above a 50' roll of good old 16 to 14AWG zip-cord! -CC |
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Rutherford cables for speakers - the next big thing?
Don Pearce wrote:
Just listening to a BBC programme on the CERN LHC and heard a reference to Rutherford cables for the superconducting magnets. These are a special kind of Litz winding that permit much higher current handling than a simple bunch. I'm now waiting for the first snake oil cable company to offer these as the ultimate for speakers. Perhaps I'll start a sweepstake for the date of first appearance. The problem is, using them risks a cataclysmic reaction that may end the world as we know it. But damn, they do sound great for that one picosecond or so... 8) |
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Rutherford cables for speakers - the next big thing?
dizzy wrote:
Don Pearce wrote: Just listening to a BBC programme on the CERN LHC and heard a reference to Rutherford cables for the superconducting magnets. These are a special kind of Litz winding that permit much higher current handling than a simple bunch. I'm now waiting for the first snake oil cable company to offer these as the ultimate for speakers. Perhaps I'll start a sweepstake for the date of first appearance. The problem is, using them risks a cataclysmic reaction that may end the world as we know it. But damn, they do sound great for that one picosecond or so... 8) Just a moment of startling exquisit transparency... geoff |
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Rutherford cables for speakers - the next big thing?
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Don Pearce wrote: Just listening to a BBC programme on the CERN LHC and heard a reference to Rutherford cables for the superconducting magnets. These are a special kind of Litz winding that permit much higher current handling than a simple bunch. I'm now waiting for the first snake oil cable company to offer these as the ultimate for speakers. Perhaps I'll start a sweepstake for the date of first appearance. d Being that you don't need fat 12 gauge cables, you could drop the impedance and capacitance to almost nothing. The bandwidth of the cable would be limited only by the impedance of the binding posts. The problem is that operating environment spec of -273C to -270C. It would make the $200/foot cable and $600 1GHz binding posts a tough sell. Ah, screw the customers. Wrap a superconductor wire around an 8 gauge copper cable and sell it for $120/foot. Some fool will buy it for his tube-amped iPod. -- Google is a pro-spamming service. I will not see your reply if you use Google. |
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Rutherford cables for speakers - the next big thing?
"Don Pearce" wrote in message et... Just listening to a BBC programme on the CERN LHC and heard a reference to Rutherford cables for the superconducting magnets. These are a special kind of Litz winding that permit much higher current handling than a simple bunch. I'm now waiting for the first snake oil cable company to offer these as the ultimate for speakers. Perhaps I'll start a sweepstake for the date of first appearance. d Probably need some liquid helium for those, but not likely to pass the wife test. |
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Rutherford cables for speakers - the next big thing?
Kevin McMurtrie wrote:
The problem is that operating environment spec of -273C to -270C. It would make the $200/foot cable and $600 1GHz binding posts a tough sell. Noo, it will make the overall installation costlier and that will be a major selling point, just include some proper cable instead of the cheap stuff you recommend, something at say USD 200 an inch. Then we talk about serious quality earnings on the hifi store markup. Surely earning quality is the quality it is all about, right? O;-) Kind regards Peter Larsen |
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