Isn't someone going to defend the science behind braiding wires?
I confess to hand braiding Litz wire (12 - #24 PTFE wire wrap wire) for a power amp once. Looked nice don't think it by it self did anything.
Bare Naked Ladies???, some good tunes.
I wonder, that may be three separate cords of three conductor. They bought a 14awg extension cord from home depot, cut it into three lengths, then paralleled all the greens, all the blacks, and all the whites.
And, because that cord had thick wire insulation, the characteristic impedance of the cable is about 200 ohms...divided by three, 66.6 ohms.
Then, make it 10 feet long, so the characteristic impedance-length product is 666.
Mark of the devil...that's a baaaad cord, nuttin good can come of it..
Jn
I wonder, that may be three separate cords of three conductor. They bought a 14awg extension cord from home depot, cut it into three lengths, then paralleled all the greens, all the blacks, and all the whites.
And, because that cord had thick wire insulation, the characteristic impedance of the cable is about 200 ohms...divided by three, 66.6 ohms.
Then, make it 10 feet long, so the characteristic impedance-length product is 666.
Mark of the devil...that's a baaaad cord, nuttin good can come of it..
Jn
A pair of the excellent audioquest hurricane power cords.
I'm not blown away by those hurricane power cords!
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Yeah, one would think it should be possible to channel all that energy into something useful. But don't hold your breath.
The dozens schemes to wire an amp...
While what in fact probably happened was:Many people have found thru listening, that Ferromagnetic material like ferrite clamps and rings sound bad. They affect the sound in a bad way. I believe it says this in the patent. Forum member Charles Hansen (RIP) talked about how ferrite should be kept away from audio equipment. But Ferroelectric material does not have this problem, that is one of the reasons Shunyata uses it.
Correctly chosen and placed ferrites can reduce noise/interference, but some audiophiles enjoy the added background noise (it seems to add definition or sparkle). So they are less happy with the more accurate (less interference) sound.
Braiding looks nice, and has the advantage that it is rarely used in real engineering nowadays. Therefore it must be good for sound.
Not sure if that is cotton covering. That has exactly the same advantages for sound. Of course, as a dielectric/insulator cotton is almost useless and was only used back in the days when there were few alternatives.
Not sure if that is cotton covering. That has exactly the same advantages for sound. Of course, as a dielectric/insulator cotton is almost useless and was only used back in the days when there were few alternatives.
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