tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post4391950935163512431..comments2024-03-28T13:45:12.227-07:00Comments on <em>Archimago's Musings</em>: MEASUREMENTS: Crystal Cable CrystalConnect Micro 1m Interconnects... Differences vs. Generics???Archimagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-7426566972579789532018-12-28T18:50:17.278-08:002018-12-28T18:50:17.278-08:00This is a nice and informative, containing all inf...<br />This is a nice and informative, containing all information and also has a great impact on the new technology. Thanks for sharing it <a href="http://www.eagle-touch.com/" rel="nofollow">Eagle Touch Technologies</a> was established in 2007. At the beginning, we worked as a Touch screen manufacturer with resistive 4/5 wire and projected Capacitive and LCD distributor for Japanese Brand Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18368099545751776581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-71447109354809644082018-12-09T22:31:29.912-08:002018-12-09T22:31:29.912-08:00It’s a nice post and I was looking for this inform...It’s a nice post and I was looking for this information. This will be very helpful to me. So, thank you so much for it. <a href="https://www.sfcable.com/nema-power-cords.html" rel="nofollow">NEMA Power Cords</a><br />SFCablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217748178151944720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-21439511793601565882018-04-13T02:42:34.856-07:002018-04-13T02:42:34.856-07:00Hi, its a nice blog. You have shared here useful i...Hi, its a nice blog. You have shared here useful information about <a href="http://www.dynamiccables.co.in/" rel="nofollow"> cables & Electrical Wire Manufacturing</a>. This blog is really interesting and gives me good details.please Keep up the good work and writing continue.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07855630950496743968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-40931602719861988722017-01-10T08:15:56.459-08:002017-01-10T08:15:56.459-08:00All as expected. Difference about error of measure...All as expected. Difference about error of measurement.Yuri Korzunovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08930021488629949019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-72040864363792959362016-11-19T21:27:35.761-08:002016-11-19T21:27:35.761-08:00Thanks for the note Mnyb. Your honesty has clearly...Thanks for the note Mnyb. Your honesty has clearly secured you a place in Valhalla, Elysium, Heaven, and various other places reserved for the moral and valiant :-).<br /><br />Cheers!Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-78357076491723535262016-11-19T15:30:23.867-08:002016-11-19T15:30:23.867-08:00The manufacturers explanations/justifications to y...The manufacturers explanations/justifications to your questions can, undoubtably, be found on their websites. You can choose to trust them or just lift your eyebrows.<br /><br />When the differences between cables are worth their asking price to their buyers then who cares if others can not hear, or measure, any (worthwhile) differences ? <br /><br />Be happy such audio jewelry is available and solderdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00391699689539064581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-3089221908540777942016-11-19T10:18:46.429-08:002016-11-19T10:18:46.429-08:00Having tried a variety of relatively inexpensive v...Having tried a variety of relatively inexpensive value models of interconnects I have to report that I do notice subtle differences in sound quality among them as well as compared to basic cheapies. <br />However I would like to expand on the idea questioning how the manufacturers actually engineer these products for sound, especially since the measurements of sound reproduction attributes show anthony anellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970543164488873620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-27520095249665438512016-11-19T07:46:57.547-08:002016-11-19T07:46:57.547-08:00Adding a larger sample size (including some popula...Adding a larger sample size (including some popular contemporary brands) would squelch questions about the quality of the brand and sample that was tested. anthony anellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970543164488873620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-84808290307157755742016-11-19T01:30:33.369-08:002016-11-19T01:30:33.369-08:00Well people are clearly of the hook , engineeing f...Well people are clearly of the hook , engineeing for a 1m long cable to transport such a low bandwith signal as audio is trivial :) A younger version of mysylf bougth in to all this BS and i had all kinds of expensive audioquest cables VdH etc. I did not even sell them used I though that was imoral once i discovered what it really was . So one set of caldera speakers cables and a whole bunch of Mnybhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18176512305785768525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-72433089562794426362016-11-17T23:26:04.576-08:002016-11-17T23:26:04.576-08:00in about a dozen studio/control rooms I worked in,...in about a dozen studio/control rooms I worked in, including wiring a few myself, <a href="http://www.belden.com/products/enterprise/broadcast-av/cable/index.cfm" rel="nofollow">Belden cable was the standard</a><br /><br />Aside from mic bays/cables, cables from console to multi-track and back x 24 channels or more, etc., even studio consoles themselves <a href="http://www.skinnyfishaudio.com/Mitchcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15383836822706500840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-8834016275509861372016-11-16T08:41:02.287-08:002016-11-16T08:41:02.287-08:00Read that... It's 20 year old research showing...Read that... It's 20 year old research showing an effect previously (before 1995) not considered to be of importance.<br />It is about an aspect in wire thickness (and capacitance) in longer, and thicker, speaker cables. <br /><br />It has no relevance to interconnects though.<br /><br />Mr. Hawksford, as you say, is a quite knowledgable character in the field of analog/digital and sound solderdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00391699689539064581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-53621226936160197942016-11-15T13:34:06.891-08:002016-11-15T13:34:06.891-08:00If you type in Malcolm Hawksford and Maxwell you w...If you type in Malcolm Hawksford and Maxwell you will find the right articles. I met Malcolm at several AES conventions and spoke with him about some of his very clever ideas. Realy clever.JR_Audiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00547557948411188806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-18266900101571585712016-11-15T12:25:24.656-08:002016-11-15T12:25:24.656-08:00Hawksford wrote a ton of articles.
Haven't rea...Hawksford wrote a ton of articles.<br />Haven't read them though.<br /><br />Lots of people have written articles on this subject. Not surprisingly the outcome seems to differ depending on the goal/nature of the research.<br /><br />Speaker cable and interlinks are entirely different cables indeed, where voltages and currents can differ a factor 1,000 to 50,000 easily.<br />For power cables (solderdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00391699689539064581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-67531827130615280552016-11-15T08:05:58.825-08:002016-11-15T08:05:58.825-08:00A good idea to try to record the audible differenc...A good idea to try to record the audible difference. I have tried this about 10 years ago, but didn't succeed. You are right, nowadays, I have better recording equipment and should try it again. I will keep this in mind and will try to do this when I have time for it. But right now I have to prepare to go to Asia for some event, but when I am back in two weeks, I will try to do this.<br /><brJR_Audiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00547557948411188806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-67979109775813630912016-11-14T22:02:06.820-08:002016-11-14T22:02:06.820-08:00You have excellent recording equipment.
When inter...You have excellent recording equipment.<br />When interlink cables make an audible difference in a way you can even tune the sound, then it stands to reason you should be able to record those differences.<br /><br />Can you make some (not too long) recordings of different cables where the only difference is the cable on a high bitrate/depth and share this ?<br />There must be excerpts where it issolderdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00391699689539064581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-60524193796860852012016-11-14T21:24:09.049-08:002016-11-14T21:24:09.049-08:00Malcolm Hawksford wrote an very interesting paper ...Malcolm Hawksford wrote an very interesting paper back in the 90, where he takes some math with the help of the Maxwell theory that confirms my "hearing experience" in those years. You can read about diameter and materials (even the skin effect is in the mega herz region)<br /><br />And even for the risk, to get mobbed after this, right now, for already three weeks, I test and compare JR_Audiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00547557948411188806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-1984671673638321882016-11-14T17:42:30.919-08:002016-11-14T17:42:30.919-08:00NO! SAY IT AIN'T SO!
That guy should be banne...NO! SAY IT AIN'T SO!<br /><br />That guy should be banned from the Avantgarde brotherhood... :-)<br />Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-15672094714807169992016-11-14T17:41:01.688-08:002016-11-14T17:41:01.688-08:00Nice Bob :-).
Speaking of tea, cups and pots, I c...Nice Bob :-).<br /><br />Speaking of tea, cups and pots, I came home from Asia this weekend with a bunch... They like giving them as gifts overseas.<br /><br />Who knows if pots and cups make a difference to the taste, but whereas pots and cups may result in changes with temperature, clear tactile changes when put to the lips, I suspect there's more potential effect to the experience than a Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-15082127583882853692016-11-14T17:31:39.155-08:002016-11-14T17:31:39.155-08:00Yup :-).
Somehow this point never makes it into t...Yup :-).<br /><br />Somehow this point never makes it into the general mindset / meme of the audiophile press...Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-24240273617771748452016-11-14T17:29:48.583-08:002016-11-14T17:29:48.583-08:00Thanks for the note Juergen... If you have any the...Thanks for the note Juergen... If you have any theories about how the sound can be audibly different despite sensitive testing, would appreciate the insights!Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-63306752129036512132016-11-14T17:28:04.029-08:002016-11-14T17:28:04.029-08:00Hi Anthony,
I agree with Solderdude...
I suppose ...Hi Anthony,<br />I agree with Solderdude...<br /><br />I suppose we could do a measurement shootout with all kinds of cables at different price levels. But if even generics already perform excellently to conduct the electrons with minimal interference that is unlikely to be audible, the only good this would do would be to identify some cables that might perform *worse* (ie. purposely or not causeArchimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-10637659034627439502016-11-14T17:23:07.989-08:002016-11-14T17:23:07.989-08:00Hi Otto.
He was single and disposable income befo...Hi Otto.<br /><br />He was single and disposable income before the wife and kids :-).<br /><br />No, he doesn't feel the need to pay this amount anymore. We haven't actually gotten together to listen to these vs. others... I've of course listened myself (and agreed with the measurements that there's nothing I can consistently discern that "sounds" different). I don'tArchimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-35922732242087179862016-11-12T06:47:27.830-08:002016-11-12T06:47:27.830-08:00My brother-in-law runs his Avantgarde horns with l...My brother-in-law runs his Avantgarde horns with lamp cord.Lurchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13913446918873692518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-50690157875901420912016-11-09T04:18:05.303-08:002016-11-09T04:18:05.303-08:00I'm minded of the times I used to visit China ...I'm minded of the times I used to visit China regularly on business, oh, around 10-12 years ago. Those that have been to China know that tea is held in very high esteem, perhaps even more than wine is among wine connoisseurs in the West. <br /><br />The price of tea ranges from the ordinary, to the eye-wateringly extraordinary. What caught my attention was the price of teapots. In a tea Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-44733525331321809742016-11-07T07:04:36.895-08:002016-11-07T07:04:36.895-08:00Lets not forget that inside the sound components l...Lets not forget that inside the sound components like amplifiers and speakers etc is also, in the vast majority of cases, good old standard copper wire and in some cases ribbon cable. So surely if you believe in the idea that cables do make a difference then that quality is all destroyed by the internal cabling. Let alone all the miles of cable and thousands of electronic components that the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564955863486492242noreply@blogger.com