Re: Premium AV Cables

On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:42:52 +0100, Rob
<rmovethispatchoulian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Anyone who relies on an advert to fully inform opinion probably needs to
get out more. I have maths, physics and chemistry O levels, and I think
I'm right in saying no part of any topic would help me *determine* the
efficacy of all that cable nonsense.

If they really were "O" levels then that probably sets a time frame
that pre-dates modern electronics. OTOH a half decent 16 Y.O. hobbyist
in 1963 could sort the wheat from the chaff, (though I say so myself)

:-)

AFAICS it is only speaker (perhaps headphone) cables that can
have "subtle" effects on sound reproduction, (assuming that all the
other cables in the system are basically adequate). This is because
the speaker in it's enclosure forms a resonant system which is damped
by the output impedance of the amplifier. If the speaker cable adds
resistance then the damping effect is reduced. The speaker cable only
has to be good enough, usually it is.

Nothing mystical or quasi-religious about it.

I'm obviously not a good example
(as demonstrated elsewhere!), but it would take quite a technically
proficient bod to *disprove* those 'sharper, clearer' claims.

It would be quite simple and easy with the proper equipment to prove
that a gold plated, low oxygen USW, USW, USW, cable made no
difference.

If it was
straightforward the Press Complaints Commission and the ASA would sort
it out - non?

Non !

They don't even sort out obvious scams in over the counter medicines,
vitamins, food supplements, non-functional car accessories, oil and
fuel additives, damp proofing treatments for buildings, etc. Ever
watch shopping channels ? Seen the fantastic promises made of wrinkle
creams etc? They can go at it all day ! 30 quid for 50 grams of fat !

And I do wonder how many physicists, mathematicians et al
have paid over the odds for fancy cable ...

None, of which I am aware.

In 1975 I did come across in a bar in Amsterdam a dealer who used to
drive over to England (IIRC it was to Rank Warfedale quite near to
me) to buy gold plated phono plugs, which he laughingly said were
"Strictly for the Kooks".


None of which bothers me overly. I'm far more disturbed by idiots
peddling lemon juice and garlic as a cure for the AIDS virus.

Not come across them, but it's not so far removed from the "clinics"
in Bavaria who proffer cures for cancers by having all your teeth
removed. Quite famous (and by now dead) people have fallen for that.

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/310/6990/1341

"She is particularly impressed with an American technique called
visualisation. After her surgery she visualised a beautiful red rose
in place of her uterus and herself going up in a transparent bubble,
ejecting her cancer into space, and then--"to make it safe for the
environment"--turning her tumour into a star. I was a little puzzled
here, her tumour having just been removed, but if visualisation of
this kind makes some people less fearful for their future, that's all
that matters."

But I
understand your annoyance here - it's something you know about.


Well, another thought to conjure with is it would appear to be futile
to spend all this money on the cables in your home if the program
material comes from a studio that is not "Gold Phono Plug & Magic
Mains Lead" compliant, and they are not. We won't mention the hundreds
of miles travelled over Post Office lines (showing my age here). Why
they don't even use "Magic Brasso" on their double enders.

Let's not even go there.

DG

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