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- Path: sparky!uunet!infonode!case
- From: case@infonode.ingr.com (Bill Case)
- Subject: Re: Very expensive cables
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.165620.10656@infonode.ingr.com>
- Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
- References: <7490222@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> <1992Sep8.190656.21553@infonode.ingr.com> <JEFF.92Sep8153811@dsp.sps.mot.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 16:56:20 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- In article <JEFF.92Sep8153811@dsp.sps.mot.com> jeff@dsp.sps.mot.com (Jeff Enderwick) writes:
- >
- >>Snakes aside, the magical may be bunk, but I would believe that you
- >>can make a cable that sounds different, and then market the difference
- >>as somehow "Better".
- >
- >How?
- >
-
-
- I believe George Tice has some type of magical treatment....uh :-)
-
- If you can change the response in some way then you can:
-
- a) make some systems sound better by compensating for their
- other weakness.
- b) convince some people that different = better.
- c) simply appeal to some people who like the change you've
- wrought.
-
- If you use something with an long shelf life, small R&D, huge
- price per pound, and a large number of potential customers (so if 1/500
- of 1% "buy" your gimmick YOU'RE RICH!), then you can have a pretty nice
- business. Wire is perfect for this!
-
- I'm not qualified to answer the "How" ""question, but various wires are
- reputed to be "warm" (attenuated high frequencies??), "zippy" (exagerated
- highs??), etc. Just with my limited experience, brass sounded
- different on the Maestro. Less brassy. Fooling around with high-gauge
- solid core, there seemed to be an attenuation of the bass, which was
- noticeable on something such as KEF 104/2's. I imagine it could all
- be very system dependent.....or nothing at all.
-
- Bill "do you have anything larger in blue interconnects?" Case
-