skin effect is real. I see proof of it every day as a tech for AT&T. You can test tarnished cable and detect huge attenuation at high frequencies. It's easily explainable through simple physics: high frequencies by definition have very tiny wavelengths. Wavelengths of a fraction of a millimeter don't use the whole cable. Of course, our bandwidth is much greater than 20 to 20k....we use 5k to 750k, and there are systems with greater bandwidth than that. Of course, the proof is whether it sounds better. I pulled off one piece of "cheap" (relatively) Synergistic Research cable and put on a one meter Siltech RCA. The difference was clearly audible, even though I still had weakerr links in the chain. Frankly I was surprised, because I didn't expect improvement until they were all replaced. Siltech uses unobtanium in their better cables.
Mockery of Audiophiles
I enjoy the diaglog on this site as much as anyone however does anyone out there remember a Steve Martin routine on the issue of Audio 'quest for perfect sound'?
It started with him aquiring a 'stereo' then he upgrades to a 'quadrophonic' system. Finally his quest for speaker upgrades ends in a 'Gogolphonic' system. He then questions if it might be the needle! and opts for a moonrock needle over the typical 'diamond' needle. His conclusion? Great for the car but wouldn't want it int he house!
If any of you know where this could be obtained even in a MP3 or other electronic format I would love to get a copy.
Thanks in advance.
It started with him aquiring a 'stereo' then he upgrades to a 'quadrophonic' system. Finally his quest for speaker upgrades ends in a 'Gogolphonic' system. He then questions if it might be the needle! and opts for a moonrock needle over the typical 'diamond' needle. His conclusion? Great for the car but wouldn't want it int he house!
If any of you know where this could be obtained even in a MP3 or other electronic format I would love to get a copy.
Thanks in advance.
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