Quote: I bet retrofitting the equipment to SMA's was also expensive..   jnjn

Quote: I've been tossed over the years.  Teena Marie was the one who impressed me the most, her speed and accuracy.   jnjn

Quote: Perhaps he had nothing to say?   jnjn

Quote: Everybody believes this, so it cannot be used as a demarcation between you and others.   That is all we can do.  The primary problems stems from the question:what are we sensitive to?  If we assume the world is monophonic, then all that matters is FR, distortion, and gross phase...

Quote: As far as that CAST stuff, it may be that they've developed a nice signal method.  The picture looked  to have sufficient pincount for differential drive, and I think current drive might be more immune to loop voltages caused by ground currents. since it's proprietary, they may also...

Quote: I looked at the Krell website, they make power cords..  Here's their verbage:  I've hilited the more interesting stuff.   You will instantly hear improvements in bass definition and control. Image outlines are more defined with greater elegance and finesse in the upper octaves...

Quote: Yes, they do.   The issue is, current ripple.  The caps can have lots of capacity, they can have low ESR and ESL, but how the supply is arranged can also impact the system.  PSRR shouldn't be affected by the load impedance, but it can be.  And it gets more difficult when the load...

Quote: I read the vendor written science papers for comic relief. Quote: Testing on the bench with a resistive load does not take the amplifier into 4 quadrant operation.  Half of the amplifier's responsibilities are ignored that way.  Since mids and highs are riding on a (hopefully)...

Quote: You're not married, are you...   I absolutely agree.  Until the speaker/room stuff is done, complete with treatments and such, worrying about silly wires is just, well, silly.  I always defer to experts when it comes to the room.   Actually, the speakers and room set the...

Quote: I absolutely agree.  I have this problem when I give tours or talks or presentations .  Sometimes it's 5th graders, sometimes it IVY league engineering prof's, sometimes individuals well above that.  Without the face to face, it's impossible to distinguish a 5th grader with google...

Quote: Greisinger did some great stuff where he measured and provided information on how humans violate the "pan pot" law.  Basically, if an image is placed off center during mixdown, one would expect all of the image to be in the exact same location in space, a nice tight spread as it...

Quote: Magick Man   I have continued to review the course of our dialogue.  I am not happy with what I said as the discourse ramped up.   You have my sincere apologies..You were quite reserved in your responses.   jnjn

Quote: Sigh...Yes, I see lots of it everywhere.  The problem is that analytical solutions can get so difficult, that using them would mean nothing gets done..The approximations allow good work to be done, but many either didn't understand the tradeoffs, or were never told.  And yes, EMC...

Quote: I agree.  However, it appears you've deleted at least one of m's posts directed at me.  As far as I am concerned, he wrote what he saw, and went no further.  While my intent was not what he thought, he still had a valid opinion.  Until we know each other better, that's gonna happen. ...

Quote: Actually, I'm guilty of trying to keep it too simple.   The mechanism described is totally keboshed with an ABX box.  Where do the shield/return current go once an ABX box is included?   Don't forget.  I am not saying that all interconnects and line cords sound different. ...

Quote: Consider edit: (four) shielded cables, one with a shield resistance of 5 milliohms, another with a shield resistance of 50 milliohms, the third with 500 millohms, the fourth 5 ohms. Assume they've all been optimized for very low capacitance such that the cable impedance is 300 ohms. ...

Quote: Zero. Quote: As I told scud.  There is no difference in the cables that can be measured on the bench.  It's the darn equipment in the field that is sensitive to the various cables.   jnjn

Quote: Welcome to my world.  Do you hear the voices also??  I usually ignore them.   A cable tested on the bench using normal test equipment will show absolutely nothing significantly different from any other cable on the same bench.  Other than really crappy cables of course...  ...

Quote: No, no, no.   That is a terribly wrong attitude.  Fix the problem, don't ignore it.   Interconnects absolutely do affect the equipment by virtue of the design of the equipment.   Power cords also do the same, for the exact same reason.   When people find differences and...

Quote: I believe it is because I am an equal opportunity skeptic.  Despite the nature of the claim presented, I believe it important to question the validity of it.  To me, it is even more important to question technical claims, as that is where I come from. Quote: It's trivial to...

Ya know, I missed this....sorry. Quote: The exponential skin depth approximation is not very good, you really need to use the bessels in this regime, and I don't wish that on anybody.  At 20Khz, the current density drop of even a 1mm diameter wire is not that much.  So the resistivity of...

Quote: Unfortunately, I see that on both sides of the argument.    I must admit however, that in my experience, a higher percentage of the subjective people are more willing to listen to why they may be in error when faced with a well constructed scientifically based argument, whereas I see...

Quote: Polite discourse?  All along you've been treating me in a not so pleasant fashion.   You and many others tend to classify individuals in one of two categories, those that agree with you, and those that have their heads screwed on backwards.   Go back and review your posts.  ...

Quote: You clearly do not know me.  You've a learning curve ahead, and it may be rather steep.  Ask questions if you do not understand, as you've been shooting first, yet asking no questions.   A scientific standard is one that is invariant of the conditions.   A DBT using...

Quote: Measurable differences?  I also did not say that.   DBT's?  You gonna hang your hat on dbt's for interconnects?   REALLY?   Man, have I got a bridge to sell you.   ps..You have a very very long wait for proper PEER reviewed tests to be presented.  It first requires...