"Robert Morein" wrote in message

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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Can someone please point me to a website(s) that will give me some
direction in the very basics of high end stereo? I love music; I
know nothing about equipment. Thanks.

Here's a good starting point:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/AudioFAQ/part1/


Arny,
I amazed at the utter courtesy and open mindedness you demonstrated by
recommending this site, especially since Part 8, with great open
mindedness, includes viewpoints so different from your own.

As will shortly evolve, the viewpoints in question are the same as my
viewpoints. What you meant to say Morein is that he presented viewpoints
that differ from your twisted and warped perceptions of my viewpoints.

I would like to point out that if you continually exhibited Bob
Neidorff's good will and courtesy, there would be little hostility,
including my own, toward your espousal of your ABX viewpoints.

Morien, you seem to have missed the fact that according to google estimates,
Neidorff made a grand total of 32 posts to RAO, and none since the last
quarter of 1996. Thus Neidorff has not been subjected a great deal of the
insanity and abuse that took place since then. More sepecifically, since
google searching shows that you didn't post here until well after he left,
he has not had to deal with your weirdness.

So right up front Morien, you're presenting speculation as fact, because
there is no evidence that can be used to determine how Neidorff would
respond to the current situation.


15.1 Do speaker cables matter?
To avoid confusion and repetition, here is some terminology,
thanks to Steve Lampen of Belden Wire & Cable Co.

A wire is a single conductor made up of one or more conducting
elements, but all configured (as in a stranded design) to act
as a single conductor. Mostly, this is coated or covered by
plastic, rubber, enamel or similar insulators.

Groups of wires are called cables. So zip cord is a cable,
because it contains more than one insulated conducting
element. Coaxial cable is also cable.

Cables can introduce noise into the signal, act as a filter
(and thus change the frequency response of the system),
attenuate the signal (change the amplitude), and provide
nonlinearities from oxidized or otherwise poor connections.
Nonlinearities can distort the signal which add harmonics.
Nonlinearities can also rectify or demodulate higher frequency
signals into audible signals.

It is quite scientifically conceivable that some cables do
cause a difference in sound, because of the differences in DC
resistance, interconductor capacitance, and connector attachment
alone. The effects of exotic conductor weaving and materials
are not so well established. In general, these effects (once
we eliminate DC resistance), seem to be small. However, if your
system is at least fairly good, then some folks have observed
(although not in an experimental, double-blind sense)
significant differences in system performance with different
cables. The effects are said to be quite system specific; the
only real guideline is to try them and see which ones seem to
sound better in your system.

Roughly speaking, the price ranges for speaker cables is low
(under $1/ft), medium (under $6-8/ft), and high (up to $100/ft
and more). Try to arrange it so you can trial such cables; at
several hundred dollars per set, experiments can be expensive.

In any system or experiment, it is essential that the
differences between cables be separated from the
differences between connectors.

So Mroein, exactly what do you find here that differs from my viewpoints
about cables? It all looks pretty much like a summary of my cable-related
posts to Usenet over the years.