Foreverhifi: I might agree with John Dunlavy regarding his comments "God himself couldn't hear the difference in two wires/cables measuring the same values!"
If the cables presented identical loads to the source component with the same level of signal transfer into the load component, they "should" sound identical. However, it would be possible to measure cables and have them come up the same yet be electrically VERY different from one another.
One could use a cable constructed like Kimber 8TC and insert inductors in each leg of the run and then take a run of 10 gauge zip cord and insert capacitors in each leg of the run. The total resistance, inductance, capacitance and impedance for both cables may measure the same on a meter but the fact that some components were lumped and others were evenly distributed would cause current to flow VERY differently along the length of the lines. As such, "tuned networks" within a small area may not be as effective as achieving similar electrical characteristics over a wider spread and vice-versa. Much of this will depend on what you are trying to achieve and the rest of the circumstances involved. Whether or not we can actually hear such things is a good question and one that i would love to be able to know ( and prove ).
As to the cables that Dunlavy was using, i would have thought that he would have been using some of his own speaker cables and interconnects. As to his choice of gain stages, he should have known better than to say that "an amp is an amp" etc... He used to design and market components back in the 1970's and they were very well thought out in terms of circuitry. I don't know how well they were constructed or if he paid attention to parts selection, but he knew enough to try and design something that was "technically correct" to say the least. He is a very smart guy but whether or not he applied everything that he knew at all times is another matter. Sean
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If the cables presented identical loads to the source component with the same level of signal transfer into the load component, they "should" sound identical. However, it would be possible to measure cables and have them come up the same yet be electrically VERY different from one another.
One could use a cable constructed like Kimber 8TC and insert inductors in each leg of the run and then take a run of 10 gauge zip cord and insert capacitors in each leg of the run. The total resistance, inductance, capacitance and impedance for both cables may measure the same on a meter but the fact that some components were lumped and others were evenly distributed would cause current to flow VERY differently along the length of the lines. As such, "tuned networks" within a small area may not be as effective as achieving similar electrical characteristics over a wider spread and vice-versa. Much of this will depend on what you are trying to achieve and the rest of the circumstances involved. Whether or not we can actually hear such things is a good question and one that i would love to be able to know ( and prove ).
As to the cables that Dunlavy was using, i would have thought that he would have been using some of his own speaker cables and interconnects. As to his choice of gain stages, he should have known better than to say that "an amp is an amp" etc... He used to design and market components back in the 1970's and they were very well thought out in terms of circuitry. I don't know how well they were constructed or if he paid attention to parts selection, but he knew enough to try and design something that was "technically correct" to say the least. He is a very smart guy but whether or not he applied everything that he knew at all times is another matter. Sean
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