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Merlinb said:
Steel certainly has higher resistivity than copper, but so what? We're talking about a few milliohms difference in a typical wire length, and since it will be in series with any number of deliberate resistors in circuit, what different would a "slightly resistive" wire make? If anything it would improve metters, because the bulk wire resistance will be more "perfect" than that of actual resistors.
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Maybe Merlin meant to say/type micro-ohms?
 
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Dephazer said:
Well, I for argue sake i put the original resistors back in and for sure the amp sounded muffled lacking high end detail and bass respons went down. Took them out again and put the Allen Bradleys back in and the amp sounds great, with great high end detail and beautiful deep bass response.

I think its a sum of the parts. Its a noticeable improvement.
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Did you try just one new AB at the original value 390K resisitor as a test? Or any common 390K would do just to check for a defective original.

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#135
jan.didden said:
Carbon is even a worse conductor. Yet van den Hul can't make 'm fast enough. An interlink with 28 ohms resistance. Makes steel look like a superconductor!

The logic error you are making is that you equate resistance with sound quality.

Jan
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Sorry for the lack of clarity. I meant to say that a steel conductor is inferior in sound quality to an otherwise similar copper conductor, and not that steel is bad because it is more resistive. I've found this from my own experience with cables and various electronic parts, and suspect that most here actually agree.
 
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I can see various folks reaching for an old metal coat hanger, a wrench, screw drivers, scissors, silver wire, OFC copper, and is that Sy grabbing a potato all to see which sound better... there is a whole thread on this subject somewhere here.
 
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6speed said:
I can see various folks reaching for an old metal coat hanger, a wrench, screw drivers, scissors, silver wire, OFC copper, and is that Sy grabbing a potato all to see which sound better... .
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Yes...but have you tried a potato cut in half with mylar between it, there is no doubt it is an organic capaci-tator..😀
But which variety sounds the best? The diy home grown or the industrial spud? The chip capacitor..(potato in oil type)

Did you know that if you use two potatoes with different metal electrodes you can generate enough power to light an LED?

Regards
M. Gregg
 
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SY said:
On UFO buff websites, you can undoubtedly get many people to agree on the reality of alien abductions and anal probes, with exactly the same quality of evidence that you're presenting.
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Well, there certainly are measurable differences. Steel has hysteresis and is usually magnetic (except for special types). This may be a reason that steel conductors have a different sound quality than copper. Of course, some may not agree that there is a difference anyway., but that's what makes horse races.
 
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