I agree, skin effect is an issue for audio frequencies. Don’t believe it? One need look no further than the 54 ga. conductor (thinner than a human hair) in Mapleshade’s Mikro Omega ICs to see that there isn’t really anywhere else the signal can travel except on the surface. Hel-loo! Obviously, as the size of the wire increases there is less of a skin effect. Nevertheless....
Best interconnect burn-in method
I think I know the answer to this, but I just wanted to double check with everyone. I am in the process of burning in an XLR interconnect. The interconnect is between the DAC and the integrated amp. I am using a laptop as the source, and it is connecting via USB cable to the DAC. Is it true that I am still burning in the XLR IC if I leave the integrated amp turned off while playing music continuously on my laptop with the DAC turned on? Thank you for your input.
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Skin effect is something brought to this hobby it's from very high frequency transmissions ie wave guides not in wire per say. unfortunately audio band is not considered high frequency when it come to transmission so skin effect is not something we need to worry about. Wire size for given power and construction to reduce electro magnetic interference as well as good conductor type to reduce resistance's is all we need to consider. |
Who's zooming who? Let's clear this whole skin effect thing up for once and for all. Here's the link to AudioQuest's page on cable theory. Zoom on down the page for discussion of skin effect in audio cables. Read em and weep. http://www.audioquest.com/pdfs/aq_cable_theory.pdf |
or something not from a cable manufacturer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_effect good read if your up to some of the math. you'll notice most of the issues are above Mhz ranges. with mitigation for anything below solved/ mitigated mostly by Litz wound wire for example. For example at 60hz the skin effect depth is 8.5mm in copper getting thinner form there of course as the frequencies go up. Anyway I say this and I own Siltec wire so I do believe there is better sound to be had by better construction etc. |
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