[Robert Padgett]

Coffee update, I found this place right here in Charlotte. Looks like it is worth sharing as they also ship.

https://revivercoffee.com/shop/

"Roast Date: The Day You Place Your Order"

 

[belgiangenius]

"Fast" wire is a bit misleading, but yes wire made from higher conductance material like silver is "faster" than lower conductance material like copper. The difference can be calculated, and with the proper tools (and long enough length of cable) measured. Does it make a practical difference in use and at the lengths normally found in an audio system? That is debatable.

I wonder if Schiit will upgrade my Yggdrasil to have "fast wire".

 

[barondla]

I wonder if Schiit will upgrade my Yggdrasil to have "fast wire".

@Baldr already put "fast wire" and everything else he feels important in the Yggdasil. That's why it is their top Schiit.

 

[mattking52]

After I read the full interview with Mike, I realized he was talking about the wire carrying digital information from the DAC input to the PCB on the digital side.
Completely different than the analog interconnects I wrote about here. Oops.

Nah, you're fine -- I thought he had touched on both subjects: interconnects and wire internal to a system. Sounds like he might have been a bit more into the esoterica of the high-end market at the time... at least more so than now, at Schiit.

 

[bosiemoncrieff]

I just bought the Joyce from Costa Rica at populus coffee. It’s tasty.

Also hearing the Berlin Phil in person tonight for the first time. They sound like other orchestras, but just the slightest bit better. Nothing wrong, nothing out of place, and extraordinary passion throughout. Pitch perfect Mozart and sublime Shostakovich.

I realize sitting on the opposite side of the stage now that the grosse saal seems to have been built around the idea of a circus tent. Interesting idea for the 60s but I can’t say the most inspired.

Acoustics continue to be excellent.

 

[jimmers]

Well, if you think about it CAT5/6 is designed for extreme data rates. I use it (CAT5E) for speaker wire and get gobs of detail from it. Not a small improvement either.

Plenum rated, I hope.

 

[KoshNaranek]

A little trip down memory lane. My Theta Cobalt 307 DAC.

Best Wishes Mike!

 

[jimmers]

"Fast" wire is a bit misleading, but yes wire made from higher conductance material like silver is "faster" than lower conductance material like copper. The difference can be calculated, and with the proper tools (and long enough length of cable) measured. Does it make a practical difference in use and at the lengths normally found in an audio system? That is debatable.

The Velocity Factor depends more on the insulation and cable layout

edit: In the previous reference to 'Plenum Rated', I was thinking particularly of PTFE insulated wires.

 

[Ableza]

A little trip down memory lane. My Theta Cobalt 307 DAC.



Best Wishes Mike!

Man that looks fast!

 

[Timster]

"Roast Date: The Day You Place Your Order"

Looks good.... Suggest leaving the roasted beans about a week from roasting before use.YMMV

 

[SpeakerBox]

Plenum rated, I hope.

Aware that the plenum version is supposed to sound better - but no. I just used what I had on hand and it turned out very well.

 

[US Blues]

Man that looks fast!

It's all about the getting the molecular alignment of the Unobtainium properly oriented to magnetic North.

 

[SpeakerBox]

It's all about the getting the molecular alignment of the Unobtainium properly oriented to magnetic North.

Except now we have a problem - magnetic north has been moving.

 

[Robert Padgett]

It's all about the getting the molecular alignment of the Unobtainium properly oriented to magnetic North.

Magnetic South. Rick Schultz moved from Canada to Texas, and the company is High Fidelity Cables. Actually, Magnetic Conduction uses magnets to eliminate diffusion of the signal and focuses it. No claims of molecular alignment, but definitely a cleaner sound. Noise is something that you don't realize until it is gone.
I reviewed about $7,000 worth of his speaker cables, power cables and interconnects, and even on an "affordable" system, there was a clearly an improvement of sound quality.

 

[Ripper2860]

Except now we have a problem - magnetic north has been moving.

True, but easily accounted for by moving your listening position relative to speaker position.