Rower30: your original post & further "articles" are very interesting and, if i may say so, a significant contribution to the community.
I do of course agree with your basic premise but never have managed to put the matter in the same clear terms:)
Not surprisingly and for just as unsurprising identical reasons, the branded cables I use (I also use diy) are the same...
(And yes, the nuisance of "avoiding" that annoying HF phase shift makes me wish I had specialised in low voltage applications in my youth...)
A while ago I was trying to find the "optimal" gauge for a simple IC consisting of two conductors running parallel at ~1.5" apart, 2ft length, unshielded, using single strands of copper wire of course.
Not having the right equip to measure, I had to use my system & concluded that 24awg offered the best frequency extension, but lower gauges more "dynamics" (i.e. 24 is over the R turning point it seems). As I use a transformer volume control, the above is not necessarily optimal on "normal" systems...
What recipe do you use for the speakers -- if you wish to describe it of course. I understand if you don't; the matter interests me as the mid-upper frequencies amp I use is wide bandwidth and I have to be careful....
I do of course agree with your basic premise but never have managed to put the matter in the same clear terms:)
Not surprisingly and for just as unsurprising identical reasons, the branded cables I use (I also use diy) are the same...
(And yes, the nuisance of "avoiding" that annoying HF phase shift makes me wish I had specialised in low voltage applications in my youth...)
A while ago I was trying to find the "optimal" gauge for a simple IC consisting of two conductors running parallel at ~1.5" apart, 2ft length, unshielded, using single strands of copper wire of course.
Not having the right equip to measure, I had to use my system & concluded that 24awg offered the best frequency extension, but lower gauges more "dynamics" (i.e. 24 is over the R turning point it seems). As I use a transformer volume control, the above is not necessarily optimal on "normal" systems...
What recipe do you use for the speakers -- if you wish to describe it of course. I understand if you don't; the matter interests me as the mid-upper frequencies amp I use is wide bandwidth and I have to be careful....