Does raising speaker cables off the floor really make a big difference?
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Not a disbeliever OR a believer. I like posting this link link now and then when this subject on speaker cable pops up. Food for thought. http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm#conditioner |
I've read his stuff before and after rereading his passage on cable risers, he offers nothing but his opinion that it doesn't matter, along with some pictures. Not any different than if he would have posted it here. A lot of the negative bashing seems to be wholly rote in nature, like a knee jerk response. All the best, Nonoise |
@drbarney1 - RE:... That is why I am a little suspicious of over-priced cables and the questionable physics describing why you need them. The only proven method to gauge the effectiveness of a cable is to try them. But the good news is - there are some very good cables to be had out there. Here are some general design points that I have found contribute to good cable performance:... - conductor material - high quality copper, silver plated copper and solid silver :- insulation type ----- Teflon is OK, ----- "foamed" variants are generally better ---- cotton is very good- e.g Duelund wire with cotton/oil insulation is amazing :- conductor gauge... ---- cables with a larger neutral generally provides better performance ---- larger gauge cables does not always provide superior performance :- cable geometry ----- I use a helix geometry - like the Anticables IC’s ----- ribbon geometries as used on Nordost speaker cables are also very good. ---- braiding as with Kimber Kable generally offer better performance than parallel wires, but beware of high capacitance in braided speaker wires Hope that throws some light on a very complicated topic Regards - Steve |
tablejockey Not a disbeliever OR a believer. I like posting this link link now and then when this subject on speaker cable pops up. Food for thought. http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm#conditioner >>>>Roger Russell’s mindset was more prevalent back in the 80s and 90s but I would imagine these days it’s pretty irrelevant and passé. Yes, I know what you’re thinking - “but there’s a lot of guys like Roger right here on these threads.” No offense to you or Roger but too much has happened already to have any wish to put the genie 🧞♂️ back in the bottle. |
