This thread is showing its bright side again, ahem.. may I consult with the placebo peddlers whether it would be good to skip the whole PCB* stuff altogether and going components wired on p2p-turrets with silvery byBuzz, air is after all a good dielectric though am already envisioning a gas tight case filled with Argon, good stuff huh?
Ok I'm peddling back into my comfy chair turning up the volume to Ennio Morricone...
ps. * etymology quiz for tonight on PCB, ie. Printed Copper Board VS. Printed Circuit Board, which one came first?
Ok I'm peddling back into my comfy chair turning up the volume to Ennio Morricone...
ps. * etymology quiz for tonight on PCB, ie. Printed Copper Board VS. Printed Circuit Board, which one came first?
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I was hoping to slow down interest in silver wire, rather that promote it in my earlier input, today.
If you think that there is very very little or no practical difference in different hookup wire, be my guest to use what is available to you.
If you think that there is very very little or no practical difference in different hookup wire, be my guest to use what is available to you.
Maybe I should use a thesaurus to mix up word choices a little?
Or maybe choose an easier, more cut and dried, subject to talk about? But, those things are so boring!
That should be obvious, I wonder how KBK's galinstan cables are doing? Oh for that liquid midrange.
You were worried about dissipation? even 2 in series could help that situation.
-RM
Not quite. One of John's business partners ( it was called the CTC Blowtorch due to the initials of the 3), now sadly departed was the component selector. He hand picked (or is that ear picked) the parts that went into the Blowtorch, John did the circuit design and Mr Thompson did the PCB layout.
Occam and his shaving accessory would suggest that this is unlikely to be the case and far more likely that some magazine monkey wrote that silver was bright and it entered the collective conscience of audiophiles.
Thanks for your welcome
I did. Silently. Enough to make-me an idea of the level of competence, openness and certainties of the regulars of the forum.
I had read various and redundant J.C. posts about silver wires, Bybee magic plugs etc...
It made me smile, nothing more.
Unique thinking and politically correct is soooo boring, at least it makes a change.
On my side, I'm not in charge of any crusade and think everybody is free of its opinions and preferences as long it does not hurt somebody else or contradicts the laws of physics ... for what we know.
And that kindness and indulgence is more important than anything else.
Oh, BTW, i used a LOT of "8 legs" in my life, and I will continue because it worked *for me*. I don't see why i should impose op-amps to somebody who prefer discrete.
Do Bybee's magic plugs contradict the laws of physics ?
How to answer, I have no idea what they are made of. All I can say is that it has the color of snake oil and the smell of snake oil. And expensive enough to not risk my money on what looks like a placebo.
But i don't see any reason *to be agressive* or to believe J.C. is not sincère. At least he is faithful to his friend.
I guess that's a loaded question, the claims certainly do explicitly but if they don't actually do anything no laws are violated.
Anyway, we can try to violate the laws of physics as much as we can, they will not make us a baby ;-)
I was on the Bybee web site. Spend a good moment in the marvelous world of magic and literature:
"The Plug-In Speaker Bullets deliver stunning improvements in detail retrieval, ambience and spatial presentation, vocal and instrumental color, transient and dynamic impact, and harmonic completeness."
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It's an anomaly on the cell structure level called Spirito Effect or Electro-Thermal Instability Boundary, here's a condensed fact sheet from various sources on the matter.
BTW, if anyone can find the following paper it would be great!
A. Kwan, K. Teasdale, N. Nguyen, J. Ambrus, & T. McDonald,
“Improved SOA analysis for trench MOSFETs using the Spirito
approach”,
9th Annual Automotive Electronics Reliability Workshop,
Nashville, TN, April 21, 2004
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Even placebos often play a role in healing.
They will buy-it.
- Find the expected improvement ? They get what they had expected ;-)
- Not ? I imagine the lesson is worth the money. Do-you buy an audio gear without listening to it before ?
Yes, but the operative words are "audio gear" they were things that I knew would make a sound and after much research concluded were a minimal gamble and not excessive cost.
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