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#101
jaddie said:
Nice when you're building something new, not always possible when you do stepped-upgrades. Yes, if I could start from scratch and had zero analog-only gear, that's how I'd do it too. That's just not a universal reality. I've also had issues in high RF fields of between 1 and 1.5 Mhz, where AES/EBU fails with Cat5E Shielded cable, but an analog interface works fine. It's hard to get 1 Mhz out of AES, no problem to filter analog above 50KHz. AoIP seems to work fine, always. But you can't always have the AoIP interface close to the source.

I didn't mean to imply that entire studios are StudioHub-based. It is just a ubiquitous too for moving analog signals in a facility.

Magnetic interference is present anywhere there's an AC field. Transformers, motors, etc., the ones you mentioned. The balanced line and CMRR usually handles it completely. I was only pointing out for those who may not realize it that the cable shield is not a magnetic shield at all, and may tend to over-value the shield.

I'm not having any issues currently.
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Magnetic interference gets cancelled by the twists. Every other twist reverses the polarity of the interference inducted.
 
#108
(okay, I ran out of popcorn)

I've seen reductionism, and I consider myself a bit of a reductionist, but this takes the cake.

"This two-way speaker has a blown driver. Is it the woofer, or is it the tweeter?"

"Let me get out my DMM and measure the DC resistance of each driver, so we're dealing with facts here."
 
#111
Markw4 said:
@jaddie, That definition makes a lot of science subjective. If a doctor looks through a microscope and says, this is 'large cell lymphoma,' that is subjective? If two doctors agree then its still subjective? Once 300 or so doctors agree then is it still subjective?

In medicine maybe the most objective tests are blood tests analyzed by a machine?

Whether or not you describe a bulls-eye pattern following a tick bite, its subjective? Even if deemed subjective, it can still be critical to diagnosis and treatment.
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The definitions available to you, and anyone else, are quite sufficient. You don't need a "machine" to perform measurements, or factual condition evaluations.

I'm not getting invovled here. If you want to debate the definitions, take it up with someone else.
 
#113
I can only speak from personal experience I'd long heard this type of debate, so I spoke to a friendly Hi Fi dealer and asked if I could set up my gear in his listening room to try all the cables he sold, so did that and some we tried speaker and interconnects where quite expensive, and he was quite disappointed has he thought he'd get a good sale but we both ended up declaring the best for MY SYSTEM was PBJ interconnects and QED silver for speakers that suited MY SYSTEM and MY Taste.
So I'm convinced that's the only way to get a honest opinion on the subject, so to me, it's all system and individual taste dependent.
 
#116
awc said:
I can only speak from personal experience I'd long heard this type of debate, so I spoke to a friendly Hi Fi dealer and asked if I could set up my gear in his listening room to try all the cables he sold, so did that and some we tried speaker and interconnects where quite expensive, and he was quite disappointed has he thought he'd get a good sale but we both ended up declaring the best for MY SYSTEM was PBJ interconnects and QED silver for speakers that suited MY SYSTEM and MY Taste.

So I'm convinced that's the only way to get a honest opinion on the subject, so to me, it's all system and individual taste dependent.
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That's really nice you could do that, and it no doubt aided your decision. Please try to recognize, from a scientific viewpoint, that what you did is a subjective, and highly biased test, that cannot yeald anything other than biased opinions. Which doesn't matter if you like what you chose. It is a great way to get an "honest opinion", but it is not a way to collect real data about the effect of cables.
 
#117
Evenharmonics said:
Now I need some popcorn. 🍿

I wonder what passing cable would look like...🐍🛢️
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Well with the caveat that home audio is such a simple problem to solve 😈 and that almost anything will connect units together and pass sound. For a single ended connection a low impedance shield is the prime electrical requirement. Failing that a tight twist in the cable to minimise loop area. The kimber has no shield and significant loop area.

But then again I have an irrational preference for balanced connections for audio in a domestic environment so have little time for RCA based connectivity at any price. So my views on cable swapping can be safely ignored.
 
#118
So, which system do people use to choose cables? Interconnects, or loudspeakers. 🤔


System No.1---- It measures the lowest distortion, therefore, it MUST sound best.
System No.2---- I listened to them and this one sounded better to me, (On my system.)
System No.3---- This one is big, shiny and expensive and has the most pose value when I am showing off my system.
System No.4---- Cable makes no difference, this is the cheapest I could find in the discount store.
 
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