What correction? The only correction I see here is your backpedalling, and making tracks over the top of the "skilled pros and great electricians" of the forum.
The correction made by Geddes that he actually doesn't think all amplifiers sound the same and his HT receivers are all that's needed. I'm not going to search through the posts but that thing was making rounds. Backpedalling on what? That you guys are unsuccessfully trailing Hi-End scene?
I actually met Geddes not knowing that he lives nearby. Met both "GedLees" in Axpona in Audio Note room. About the best sounding room on that Redneck Rivera show. It took them one minute to dismiss the room with a shrug and that's that.
PS. Also only I provided any relevant info regarding CAT cables which is the subject of the thread and the rest of you supplied "noise". No?
I actually met Geddes not knowing that he lives nearby. Met both "GedLees" in Axpona in Audio Note room. About the best sounding room on that Redneck Rivera show. It took them one minute to dismiss the room with a shrug and that's that.
PS. Also only I provided any relevant info regarding CAT cables which is the subject of the thread and the rest of you supplied "noise". No?
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I agree with this. I have nice cables, made by me, quality connectors, freshly made connections, crossovers checked for dry joints etc etc and after that I'd guess you'd need to spend a lot of money to get any noticeable difference. Whereas building or buying a new amplifier or speakers will yield an improvement in sound quality order of magnitude greater than a new cable.
Unless you buy one of the fancy mains cables to go with the speaker cable... then all bets are off 😉
Fancy mains cables can make profound difference and nobody knows why . Here are the Cat cables from Crimson. They even mark directions . Interconnect provided Steve Huntley of Resolution Audio when I bought Opus 21 CD player from him. He said it is very good for the price and he was right
There was a cheap line of US cables popular among Audiokarma crowd. On a wave of popular demand they ( he actually ) came up with $1k upscale interconnect model. It got great reviews because what doesnt ? I bought it used . Didn't like it because it had recessed midrange and was sounding " German " My friend was looking for an upscale interconnect and since he is a janitor making $18 per hour I though the " bling " of the price and reviews will make for an easy sale . NOPE , He returned it saying that it has recessed midrange and is sounding " German " Here you have your " theories " and scientific proofs .
There was a cheap line of US cables popular among Audiokarma crowd. On a wave of popular demand they ( he actually ) came up with $1k upscale interconnect model. It got great reviews because what doesnt ? I bought it used . Didn't like it because it had recessed midrange and was sounding " German " My friend was looking for an upscale interconnect and since he is a janitor making $18 per hour I though the " bling " of the price and reviews will make for an easy sale . NOPE , He returned it saying that it has recessed midrange and is sounding " German " Here you have your " theories " and scientific proofs .
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Cat 5 and 6 have all the pairs with different twist pitch by design. The reason is two pairs with the same twist pitch can couple magnetically. The four pitches guarantee that all four pair are magnetically orthogonal.
I have never seen foamed dielectric with variability in density. Any variation in density that changes the capacitance will also change the characteristic impedance causing reflections as well as variation in propagation velocity.
I have made and used a 4 ohm impedance cable to drive a 4 ohm resistive load in liquid helium, I needed a 40 volt 50 uSec pulse driven by an old tigersaurus amplifier and it had a real sweet 10 uSec risetime and no ringing. The amp didn't oscillate because the load was completely resistive well out to several hundred khz so never unloaded within the amp unity gain bw.
Because tweeters will unload below some amp unity gain bw, loading the amp with higher capacity cables could run you into trouble.
Due to the load variation, I would recommend going with a 25 ohm cable z. as it wont have so much capacitance.
John