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RE: A Question Only.

Posted by Tre' (P) on November 30, 2013 at 20:55:41

In Reply to: A Question Only. posted by thetubeguy1954 on November 30, 2013 at 18:33:51:

ICs can sound very different if the output impedance is high.

I think some makers of high end cables make them technical wrong on purpose so that when you get them home and hooked up you will hear a difference and feel good about the money you spent.

I'm I being paranoid?

As for rewiring amps, if you place enough wire around within the chassis you will change the amount of stray capacitance that the circuit has to deal with and that will change the sound for sure.

For power cords, with a cap input filter (or a filter with something less than a critical inductance valued choke) the charging currents will be high and short so if the power cord is not shielded some of that noise can get into the primary through the power cord.

The relationship between the amplifier and the speaker and the speaker wire is explained by the links given.

"IMHO if people hear differences in wires and want to buy what sounds better to them, God bless 'em let them buy whatever they like! "

I agree. What I don't agree with is shoving an opinion, that is not supported by science, down another persons throat.

I'm not saying that it can't be so just because it's not supported by science but it's always up to the guy with the new idea to prove it (with good scientific method) or shut up. Certainly he should not to be a aggressor in a technical discussion until after he's proven the status quo wrong.

Simply saying "I hear a difference and it sounds better" doesn't prove that there is a difference or that it's "better". At least not scientifically.

I make claims about my system, after a mod, all the time. Have I proved any of them? NO.

But the claims I make are based not just on my ears but on the science behind the mod.

If I make a circuit change that lowers the harmonic distortion of a stage within the system it would follow that less distortion should result in "better" sound.

If I make a change that extends the bandwidth that was being hampered by bad design (a circuit that couldn't drive the Miller capacitance of the following stage, etc.) and now the amp, as a whole, has fuller bandwidth it would follow that the system should sound "better".

So, I think I can clearly hear it........but for someone else to hear it they would have to be very familiar with my system as it was (so I'd have to first put it back the way it was and give them long term access to my system and living room) then make the change that I'm making the claim about and give them long term access again.

At that point, if they hear the same thing that I described and liked it, you could say I "proved" it to that one person, but just saying "I have tons of experience with Hi-Fi and I'm telling you I hear it" doesn't prove anything.

Just as a side note, just because something sounds different doesn't necessarily mean it's better.

"better" can mean a lot of things to different people.

If we all had the same goal then the term "better" would be more universal.

My goal is to reproduce the source without adding or taking away anything.

That's not everyone's goal.


Tre'
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