Cable Settling???

12-12-11: Needfreestuff
I have electrostatic speakers so it rules out the drivers loosening up.

Thanks for the response. Not sure how relevant it may be, but as a point of information I'll mention that I've consistently noticed that if my Stax electrostatic headphones are not used for a period of a few weeks, they sound very thin when I resume using them. A good workout at high volume for an hour or two will bring back the missing richness.

In any event, my basic point was that with audio equipment there are a lot of subtle variables that can be involved, many of which are easy to overlook or be unaware of. And when sonic effects are perceived that seem to defy technical and common sense plausibility, my expectation is that in many cases (though undoubtedly not all cases) the effect is being attributed to the wrong variable.

Best regards,
-- Al

I have my nice place, a great stereo system thousands of recordings, a good car, nice pets, decent food, places to go find used music Cd and LP.. and enough money coming in to be satisfied.
So I am a couch potato with a big stereo. (instead of TV)
Elizabeth (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

Yes Elizabeth. But I think your bird is a little tired of doing a lot of the chores you trained him/her to do, while your listening to you music. So they sent this video in.

"listening to you music." Another bad grammar day. I hope Elizabeth isn't mad.

There are a lot of things that can happen, that will change the sound.

In one bedroom, I have long speakers cables. Every time we move them for sweeping, they get moved across the carpeting. In the winter when the heat is running, they get a lot of static electricity that builds up on them. That static charge must cause an inductive type of magnetic field around them. Anyway, it sure plays games with the highs, until it goes away.

Another thing in my area is, our incoming voltage is always different, at different times of the day. On the weekend, it drops more. The same right before the news comes on TV. Even with everyone getting the flat panels, a lot of us get one that is bigger that the old set. So, they still cause a voltage drop. Plus, I imagine the quality of the voltage sure must vary too.

There are several of us in my area that swap amps, and other electronics we buy and try it in our system. This lets us hear a lot of variety for a small fraction of the cost, in comparison to if we had to buy every piece our self. But getting to the point, a fried had an amp of mine for a week of two. When I got it back, I called him and asked him if something happened to it. He said no, it sat most of the time. So I ran it in the other room for a day. Finally, it started to sound like I remember it.

So, there are a lot of things that we may overlook, that can change the sound. Even those new cables may brush against our clothes, and get a static charge on them, while changing them.

"Finally, it started to sound like I remember it."

That's audiophile speak for: I got used to the sound again.

"So, there are a lot of things that we may overlook, that can change the sound. Even those new cables may brush against our clothes, and get a static charge on them, while changing them."

Let's not forget those solar winds and the gravitational pull of Jupiter.

12-13-11: Rok2id
"Finally, it started to sound like I remember it."

That's audiophile speak for: I got used to the sound again.

Not when it's in another closed room playing, while I'm listening to something totally different, in a room at the opposite part of the house.