Re: Cable my Ass

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

Hey,

at this link http://signal.ece.utexas.edu/seminars/dsp_seminars/01fall/AudioMyths.pdf

I found this:

PO: Unscrupulous or deluded stereo store owners

 RP: A nice simple tweak, pricey cables look cool

 ST: Cables are made by drawing them in one
direction, so they are directional; copper crystals
act as rectifiers

 TM: Big fat cables with arrows on them

 RT: No known physical theory could explain
suggested rectification; measurements show no
effect; audio signals are AC anyway

which is pretty much what I thought.  I don't claim to be an equipment designer, or an ee, but the guy who wrote the above claims to have a Phd, which beats my two pair.  Anyway, I'd love to be proven wrong, if I am.

Mark

On Friday, March 29, 2002, at 12:36  AM, Mark Sottilaro wrote:

> Yeah, that's pretty bad, saying you've got a definitive answer, and then running away.  Here's my question, you're walking in a desert.  You come across a tortoise on it's back...
>
>
> On Thursday, March 28, 2002, at 06:59  AM, Jimmy Fowler wrote:
>
> > > you guys are cracking me up, etc.<
> >
> > so glad we can entertain...
> >
> > since you are in a position of authority on the subject, why don't you just
> > tell us what you know and let that be that?  heaven forbid those of us
> > actually looking for a legitimate answer get just that...
> >
> > respectfully,
> >
> > -jim