I've tried clamp on ferrites on power cables and even ferrite beads on the input signal lines of my power amps.
no increase in distortion
no change in sound
no more for RFI
no increase in distortion
no change in sound
no more for RFI
Ferrite is a cheap material with real, predictable and measurable effects, hence the mistrust, I suppose.
Does anybody recall the post by Charles Hansen on the audibility of wooden blocks used to lift speaker cables off the floor? IIRC, the ones made from Maple sounded better than the ones made from Douglas fir. Maybe someone can dig up the post.
It's a good engineering solution - I expect that's the reason its distrusted . . .
Yes, but please don't make the mistake to use maple or all your notes will stick together. Myrtle is what you need.
Rosebud*
Audiophiles trust their gut instincts developed from childhood memories
Foil = Good (Chocolate coverings)
Ferrite = Bad ( Lump of Coal )
*Charles Foster Kane and his sled
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That must be it.
Carbon is so much more interesting than some stupid sled.
(I was a pyrophile as a kid. My most memorable moment included a closed-off highway section, 4 fire trucks and a hundred burning acres, delayed ignited. My fireman training at twice that age, was only half the experience and half the fun)
So setting the caps down next to the amplifier unconnected (on wooden blocks of course) was an improvement???
Irony being doped silicon is still orders (many) of magnitude purer than any beach sand, beside the point pure silicon and pure quartz are not the same.
I think he was specifically comparings IC's with discrete designs in that tirade I.e opamps were no good for high end audio it had to be discrete.
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