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Hawksford 1995 Cable Theory Now Available On-Line
Malcolm Omar Hawksford's seminal article on cable theory is
posted today at A HREF'"http://www.stereophile.com/reference/1095cable"www.stereophile.com/reference/1095cable/A. Those who state that the "laws of physics" don't allow for differences in cable performance at audio frequencies might be surprised to learn that the laws of physic predict the opposite. John Atkinson Editor, Stereophile |
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"Those who state that the "laws of physics" don't allow for differences in
cable performance at audio frequencies might be surprised to learn that the laws of physic predict the opposite." Stereophile seems to be devoting alot of time these days, online at least, in sandbagging the dike of the subjective enterprise. First we were presented with your epiphany that if one subject themselves to the conditions well known to create perceptions not existing in an audio signal, those perceptions will likely occur as routinely as happens in humans. Now we are asked to share in the slaying of a strawman. I have never seen the above statement made, it is ridiculously easy to make a wire that does change sound, using the laws of physics. But we don't want such a thing and why we seek to keep the electrical measures of wire below those levels that are likely to do so to the degree they become audible. The wire matter rests still after the straw is cleaned up as before. First we demonstrate the validity of the truth claims of wire advocates by listening alone tests. If a difference, any difference can be shown to be identified then we can proceed to finding what electrical element caused that difference to rise above the threshold of audibility. But just to be sporting about the matter, use the optimum wire size of the article and another wire off by 10 percent (just to pick a number) and see if by listening alone the difference will appear. As another says, he is on about skin effect which has been demonstrated to have about a .2 db effect at 20k and never demonstrated to be audible. |
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