Does this mean more consideration for matching white van speakers?
Home Depot zip cord #2 instead of #5?
Home Depot zip cord #2 instead of #5?
*WHITE PAPER* The Sound of Music - How & Why the Speaker Cable Matters
G'DAY
I’ve spent a sizeable amount of the last year putting together this white paper: The Sound of Music and Error in Your Speaker Cables
Yes, I’ve done it for all the naysayers but mainly for all the cable advocates that know how you connect your separates determines the level of accuracy you can part from your system.
I’ve often theorized what is happening but now, here is some proof of what we are indeed hearing in speaker cables caused by the mismatch between the characteristic impedance of the speaker cable and the loudspeaker impedance.
I’ve included the circuit so you can build and test this out for yourselves.
Let the fun begin
Max Townshend
Townshend Audio
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Max, Enjoyed reading your white paper. A lot of work went into this analysis and I commend you for it! Question: Why did you use long 7 meter cables? Most people would use 3-10 feet in their application. (which would skew the results in a positive way for all cables tested) I use Hales Signature Two's with a 4 ohm input. For speaker cables, the new Silversmith Fidelium. Separate positive and negative leads are used in the design, raising the specter of low capacitance and high impedance due to a wide separation between the two conductors. (in my case, varying between 3"-8") Despite this fact, the cables are amazingly neutral and balanced throughout the frequency spectrum. The transient response on the leading and especially trailing edges are SOTA. The imaging and sound stage are killer! They exhibit no edginess or brightness. (especially when compared to the Straightwire Maestros that I formally used) I might chalk it up to dumb luck that the impedance's between Amp,. Speaker Cable and Speaker apparently match up well. But many other people who use this cable in very different set ups, feel the same way about this cable. I could easily experiment by overlaying the cables and taping them together. From a sonic POV, what improvements would I expect to hear? |
Transmission line doesn't matter at audio frequency. http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/hp/staff/dmb/courses/ccts1/01700_LinesA.pdf |
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