So there is a magnetic dipole on the vinyl record, not even a bunch of small magnetic domains, as small magnetic domains would average out, but a single giant magnetic domain.
Seriously, think about what you post before you hit "submit reply".
Sine waves are not music you don't mind if I stop there, I'm sure the other side does likewise.
Yes what? I ment carts that don't use magnetics in their operation at all like a strain gage or electrostatic element.
Even CD doesn't play at the correct speed. The analog nature of the pits on the CD surface will cause problems in the digital audio stream that is produced.
The stamping process is changed aswell from one manufacture to another.
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It isn't that variations in CD pits will cause problems, it's that they could potentially cause problems in some cases. For CDs kept in good condition unrecoverable errors are pretty infrequent these days.
Also, the speed CDs play is primarily determined by the frequency of the oscillator that steps the playback DAC through the audio samples.
In addition, jitter due to variation in CD pits is normally not a problem any more, since the digital data is typically buffered and reclocked to remove any jitter of than nature. Also, such jitter can be removed completely by ripping a CD to a computer disk and playing it back from there.
The other source of timing jitter that is sometimes still considered an issue and that might make it to your ears has to do with very short term variation of DAC oscillator frequency, often at nanosecond scale or less.
The latter type of jitter is much less of an issue now than it was many years ago with CDs first came out, at least for higher quality CD players.
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You have misunderstood me. I don't dislike or even care about people who "rip off people", but I understand when I am being lied to and I stop listening. Everything on the Bybee website sounds like a lie, so I am not interested in the products.
Dan, that's an interesting experiment you are suggesting with cart A and B. I intend to set up two arms with one of my tables, will test it - with both LOMC and MM cartridges, which should have very different levels of radiated signal-modulated magnetic fields.
Have not measured radiated magnetic fields - I do not have any sensitive gear to do that. However, we can expect that high output cartridges have higher radiated fields (due to high turns), while LOMC carts have much lower radiated fields (just a few turns of coils). Also, internal structure makes for quite a bit of difference, such as mu-metal shielding. That's a great suggestion to investigate how that would change the effect.
While we cannot measure any dipole-magnetic features from vinyl with our current technology, it just means that its molecules do not form noticeable dipole domains when subjected to magnetic forces. However, magnetism could affect vinyl in a different way. I don't dare to think that every aspect of electromagnetism has already been discovered yet.
Vinyl is clearly subject to static charging, hence, to electromagnetic phenomena. As the cartridge passes over the grooves, its radiated signal modulated magnetic field could build up a weak static charge in the grooves.
Janos, at least you have tried to make sense here. Jack is still an OK guy, who tries his best to make useful stuff. It IS awfully expensive and certainly should not be a first purchase with someone on a budget, but added to a really good sound system, can really make it better.
I have known Jack for more than 25 years now, and while I have raised an eyebrow a few times, I have heard the results, both positive and negative that often happen when adding his stuff. I really do wish that I could explain why Bybee technology works, especially the QM stuff, but I can't, and I don't expect to understand that much more about them in future. Still, I use what works, rather than ignoring it, just because I do not completely understand it.
I have known Jack for more than 25 years now, and while I have raised an eyebrow a few times, I have heard the results, both positive and negative that often happen when adding his stuff. I really do wish that I could explain why Bybee technology works, especially the QM stuff, but I can't, and I don't expect to understand that much more about them in future. Still, I use what works, rather than ignoring it, just because I do not completely understand it.
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This thread is like a busy pub night, with two groups of punters simultaneously singing two different songs, over and over and over, each one mostly oblivious to the other save for the occasional beer bottle lobbed half-heartedly across the room. I think I need to go home and sober up for a few days.
A couple of links earlier providing a blogg which states "why objectivists are wrong" lead me to his products and webstore.
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Just pick and choose snakeoil products.
One example here
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