@ieales - I find your comments in response to my post a little perplexing...
People, Electronics 101: Ohms Law : An amplifier / loudspeaker is a series circuit and the same current flows through all of the components
. Actually Ohms law states
The potential difference (voltage) across an ideal conductor is proportional to the current through it. The constant of proportionality is called the "resistance", R.Ohm’s Law is given by: V = I R where V is the potential difference between two points which include a resistance R.
As stated above ohms law actually applies to a DC circuit - there is inductance and capacitance (i.e. reactance) to take into account when applying it to AC circuits.
But I do concede that it can "loosely" be applied to AC circuits - just not that loosely in this case.
As for...
Ergo the same current flows in both the plus and minus wire.
That may not exactly be the case for speaker cables...
Allow me to cite Physics 101"...
Energy can be neither created nor destroyed, but can change form
And the definition of a loudspeaker...
A transducer is a device that converts one form of energy into another form. For example, in a loudspeaker, electrical energy in a wire coil set up by the current is converted into the vibration (mechanical energy) of the speaker diaphragm and then into a sound wave (acoustical energy).
So, there is current (i.e. energy) flowing down the signal (i.e. the plus) conductor, which in a loudspeaker is "mostly" converted into motion and heat in the driver coils.
Ergo - the current (i.e. energy), or maybe even the voltage, in the neutral (i.e. minus) conductor cannot possibly be the same as the signal conductor.
As for ...
A wire configured differently for each leg may sound different but it sure ain’t due to the signal contaminating the neutral.
You then go on to cite
Weird geometry will change the Proximity Effect and thus the cable eq.
Proximity Effect? would that be (i.e. according to Wiki)
A changing magnetic field will influence the distribution of an electric current flowing within an electrical conductor, by electromagnetic induction
So we appear to agree on one thing - INDUCTION causes a cable to behave differently
Listen - I do not know the why’s and wherefore’s as to the reasons why helix geometries perform better than standard geometries.
What I AND some "industry professionals" have observed when using cables utilizing a Helix geometry...
- they outperform most other cables having more "conventional" geometries
- they offer outstanding clarity and expansive imaging
- they excel in dynamic performance
- they provide exceptional control and depth of the lower frequencies
- they do not colour the sound
I thought long and hard before responding to your rather bombastic response to my post above.
We are all here to learn and share - no one person has ALL the answers.
I was just offering an opinion as to...
How These Nordost Speaker Cables Do What They Do
From that perspective - what I have seen is that some Nordost cables appear to be using a type of helix geometry combined with different gauge conductors.
But thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Regards - Steve
