Michael, I’m certainly not trying hide my system or the fact it’s a Sony Walkman. In fact I mention it quite frequently. 🤗 Your “low mass system” approach helped inspire me. Kudos to you! Maybe you’re just sore I took your approach to the extreme. As I’ve tried to point out to you many times, there are a great many advantages to a very simple battery powered system, none of them actually have much to do with mass. No offense intended. I can always tell when you’re upset and trying to put me in my place. That’s not really an effective way to participate in this forum, at least not with your humble scribe, if you don’t mind me saying so too much.
I'm having a really hard time with: "Power cable reduced my soundstage"...
My good friend that is in the business and very very knowledgeable calmed that a well made 10ga power cable reduced his soundstage... I'm not saying it will or won't but why would it? I would like to know the science behind this. I did research on here but not satisfied. I had a pair of Logans and they were wonderful and I used stock power cables and the stage was crazy... I have been making cables for years ( musician ) and know the value on quality... what is the magic?
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Power cables have zero influence on sound stage. Power cables can inductively couple with other cables. This will cause noise from other cables EMI fields to be transferred to the power cable in question. Similarly, when inductive coupling takes place, the EMI field of the power cable in question is transferred to other cables. Much of this inductive coupling can be mitigated by isolating (not bundling) power cables from other (power and signal carrying) cables. When isolation is difficult or impossible, the use of ferrite beads can isolate the noise source. This is why switch mode power supplies have ferrite beads on their input and output cables. Shielding, when done properly, can be effective. I say “properly” because most unbalanced audio cables use the shield as a signal-bearing conductor. This causes induced noise to be brought directly into the signal path. The correct way to shield an unbalanced audio cable is to add an additional layer of shielding which is isolated from the signal-bearing conductors, and tied to chassis ground at only one end (preferably the source side). Typically the most convenient place to ground the shield in audio systems is to the preamplifier chassis, as the preamplifier is the hub of the system. Going back to the OP’s claim about loss of sound stage, that is due to other factors. Most likely speaker placement and phasing. |
@captbeaver and @whostolethebatmobile. You had me at hello. Anyone looked at Madscientist cables? They fly under the radar, which intrigues me further. Yeah they have some Voodoo stuff going on, but it seems to work based on reviews and I’m interested. And they're relatively cheap. Any thoughts? https://www.soundstageaccess.com/index.php/equipment-reviews/769-mad-scientist-audio-heretical-analo.... |
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