xtreme4099
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interesting .....
TEST ME! Am I right or wrong??
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You know, I was wondering why I had missed this thread. It just clicked in my brain that it's no longer 2003.
I saw "March" and figured it was a recent thread... AGH. Oh well, I guess we're allowed to revive a dead thread at least once huh?
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I believe "skin effect" concerns the fact that as the frequency increases the current tends to flow near the surface of the conducter instead of evenly throughout the core. This effectively reduces the amount of current the conducter can carry, which in some applications might be undesireable.
In order to reduce the skin effect you want to increase the surface area of the conducter such that, even though the current flows mostly at the surface, the increased area allows more current to flow at the now larger surface.
So I think the theory behind these cables is correct, sort of. What is idiotic is the application of that theory to audio signals
| Originally posted by Orpheus ALSO...... many cables claim to lower skin-effect by changing core shapes.... (assuming skin-effect matters.) one company even claims their "ribbon" conductors have an ultra-low skin effect because of their shape. all i can say is that these people need to go back to kindergarten! ............i'm sure you've learned long time ago that keeping the same area, changing the shape farther from square/circle towards rectangular or ribbon shapes INCREASES perimeter length...... and increases the resulting surface area!--thus MORE skin effect. so many idiots in this world.................. the lesson?--too much ******** written by cable manufacturers. use your brain and don't believe all you read. |
I believe "skin effect" concerns the fact that as the frequency increases the current tends to flow near the surface of the conducter instead of evenly throughout the core. This effectively reduces the amount of current the conducter can carry, which in some applications might be undesireable.
In order to reduce the skin effect you want to increase the surface area of the conducter such that, even though the current flows mostly at the surface, the increased area allows more current to flow at the now larger surface.
So I think the theory behind these cables is correct, sort of. What is idiotic is the application of that theory to audio signals
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