thieliste
A beautiful room and system. Enjoy the Music.
Happy Listening!
A beautiful room and system. Enjoy the Music.
Happy Listening!
@tomthiel Alpha-Core on some of their products lays down ribbons of copper and/or silver flat, then puts flat thin ribbons of polyester terephthalate between other flat layers ribbons of copper and/or silver on top of those layers, then twists the assembly and then encases the twisted assembly in a thick wrapping of polyester terephthalate. This keeps one side of the ribbons in constant contact rather than rotated intermittent contact as happens in braiding. Though this purled (twisted) process should have some advantages, many believe that the non-twisted completely flat versions sound better. It has been suggested that this might be due to the thinner outer casing of the flat series. The twisted "purled" versions are said to be much more durable though. I believe Thiel Audio used the "purled" versions for the added durability. The beefier flat MI 2 & 3 and AG 2 & 3 speaker cable versions are separated by Teflon rather than polyester terephthalate. (There is a glitch on this website, please click on "specifications" on the interconnects page to see specs of the purled speaker cables here): High Performance Interconnects by Bridgeport Magnetics Group goertz alpha-core purled - Bing images The flat untwisted versions: MI/AG Speaker Cables by Bridgeport Magnetics Group Straightwire has been using CCT (Compressed Conductor Technology) since 2001 and multi-tubular cores since 2006 and combinations therein since 2011 STRAIGHT WIRE - HISTORY & FIRSTS: Audio cables, video cables, connectors, HDMI, Home theater cable Wireworld claims their ribbons lay flat but the images suggests this might only be partly the case. wireworld - Bing images ...And foamed teflon had been introduced sometime ago. |