Speaker Wire Secret
I only use 40 gauge Manganin wire for my speakers. The sound is bold, strong, heroic, and wabble-free. Once you break in a good power cord and connect Manganin speaker wire it's like you're right there!
I only use 40 gauge Manganin wire for my speakers. The sound is bold, strong, heroic, and wabble-free. Once you break in a good power cord and connect Manganin speaker wire it's like you're right there!
Hi,
Strange...I had the exact same feeling when I swapped all I/Cs ans L/SC for high purity silver.
Powercords, I don't care all that much though as long as they're solid core copper of reasonable gauge for starters.
Funny eh? 😉
Strange...I had the exact same feeling when I swapped all I/Cs ans L/SC for high purity silver.
Powercords, I don't care all that much though as long as they're solid core copper of reasonable gauge for starters.
Funny eh? 😉
fdegrove said:
The folks at Sound Connections (the folks behind Vampire) tell me it's the same high purity, Ohno Continuous Cast wire that's used by the likes of Harmonic Tech (who have some commercial tie to Ohno).
Works for me. Like I said, I'm lazy. 🙂
Hehehe. Go ahead and keep it. Not like I'll be out much. The stuff's quite inexpensive. The 200 feet I purchased for our tests was only $18.
se
To get really strong and heroic sound I recommend glueing Superman logos on woofers' dustcap 😀
PD: Superman works also for midrange drivers but Catwoman is better for tweeters [meaow....]
PD: Superman works also for midrange drivers but Catwoman is better for tweeters [meaow....]
How about attaching tweeters directly to your ears? Maybe you could have a chance to experience that 'high-end auditive trance' as well?
"A Reference"........
At least the Vampire wire is a known and easily available wire to use as a reference.
When I get to hear I will say if I like it (subjective sonics) or not also.
I have some Kimber interconnect that I hate, and and hate is a strong term coming from me.
For now I am blaming this sound that I do not like on the Teflon insulation.
Eric.
At least the Vampire wire is a known and easily available wire to use as a reference.
When I get to hear I will say if I like it (subjective sonics) or not also.
I have some Kimber interconnect that I hate, and and hate is a strong term coming from me.
For now I am blaming this sound that I do not like on the Teflon insulation.
Eric.
You probably know that headphones are usually full range transducers and tweeeters are not, so the effect is different. You should try it.
Coupling the diaphragm of a tweeter to a small closed cavity [like the one found on the ear] extends the low frequency response inside te cavity down to almost where you want
Inside a closed cavity LF is bossted at +12dB/oct [from Fc down to LF] while the diaphraghm with the mechanical compliance provided by the suspension rolls-off at -12dB/oct [from Fs down to LF]
The ear also has some LF boost when sound waves reach it in this way but I have not enough english skill to explain this
I suggest triying to hear headphones 1 meter away from the ear, don't they sound like a super-tweeter?, actually they are customised tweeters to be loaded with the external cavity of the ear
The only problem with normal tweeters is the other closed chamber behind the diaphragm that will be also loading it and will limit LF boost, making this cavity huge or opening it to free air [as done in headphones] solves the problem
Even placing a huge horn on top of a 1" tweeter could extend its frequency response down to 100Hz [try to hear a 3" diaphragm mid-tweeter compression driver without its horn, it sounds like a super-tweeter]
Inside a closed cavity LF is bossted at +12dB/oct [from Fc down to LF] while the diaphraghm with the mechanical compliance provided by the suspension rolls-off at -12dB/oct [from Fs down to LF]
The ear also has some LF boost when sound waves reach it in this way but I have not enough english skill to explain this
I suggest triying to hear headphones 1 meter away from the ear, don't they sound like a super-tweeter?, actually they are customised tweeters to be loaded with the external cavity of the ear
The only problem with normal tweeters is the other closed chamber behind the diaphragm that will be also loading it and will limit LF boost, making this cavity huge or opening it to free air [as done in headphones] solves the problem
Even placing a huge horn on top of a 1" tweeter could extend its frequency response down to 100Hz [try to hear a 3" diaphragm mid-tweeter compression driver without its horn, it sounds like a super-tweeter]
re Speaker Wire Secret
Thanks Mark, that explains quite a lot.
Eric.
So on a cold day you can't hear anything, and even less on a hot day.EE_Mark said:
Thanks Mark, that explains quite a lot.
Eric.
Eva said:
Eva,
Thanks for trying to humor us. I thought your answer was stupid, then I re-read the question (you did the best with what you had to work with).
JF
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