Actually to some extent you could. At least from the pole pig down. And possibly the pole pig if it’s a new install. When you get new electric service run to a place which has none, guess who pays for it. If the sky is the limit on 15 amp power cords it could be here too. You want 1000 amp copper instead of 2/0 aluminum? Sure you can have it.... it if you want to spend the money. You want a 50kVa pole pig? Sure, we’ll add that to the bill. And charge you industrial rates, and power factor surcharge....
I wonder how many audiophools actually do this. I have heard of rural customers getting 3 phase. Costs more, and they’ll go it if you have a 3 phase secondary distribution line on your street/highway. Not if they only have a single phase line the last 10 miles....
I wonder how many audiophools actually do this. I have heard of rural customers getting 3 phase. Costs more, and they’ll go it if you have a 3 phase secondary distribution line on your street/highway. Not if they only have a single phase line the last 10 miles....
Well, THIS is the example you should have presented when you started this thread, not the reasonably priced EAR 834P!
If you squeeze hard on the brakes, the music will slow down.
They act like a bunch of drunks at a rave causing friction and bruising each other......bruised electrons contribute to poor sound.
It is a real issue at the high frequencies used in ham radio, and is the reason for silver plated tank coils in HF radio gear (2 to 30 MHz), and the reason for Copperweld antenna wire.
It can be measured at the high end of the audio band, but it's effects at 20 KHz are inconsequential even at 4 ohms, nevertheless many audiophiles want silver plated Teflon insulated wire. OPT's with solid silver windings exist, and as surmised are stupid expensive for a 2 to 5% reduction in winding resistance.
Not to be confused with a popular Glaswegian term of endearment! 😉That would be called "FUD effect".
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Thanks for the bicycle break wire for speakers.
This raises a new controversy.
Does it sounds better than coat hanger wire ?
How it ranks versus barbel wire.
This raises a new controversy.
Does it sounds better than coat hanger wire ?
How it ranks versus barbel wire.
@ WOT - nice job on Bob's picture - I was going to do the same, but you beat me to it!
Bob - I'd replace your avatar with the picture WOT spruced up; you're not so in shadow.
It's all a matter of delusion. I think what WOT is saying is "I'm not so easily deluded into thinking... And I'm surprised so many others are. How can this be?"
The saying "a fool and his money are soon parted" is based on that. The fool part simply means easily deluded into thinking... In certain situations, that can cost you your life. At least as depicted in particular scenes in the PBS "World on Fire", which I wont further describe here out of good manners / taste.
The affinity for delusion is something we all have, it's in our nature, just varying degrees of it; WOT would never buy such a cable, others would - else we wouldnt be able to see pictures of the products.
Being snapped back into reality after a period of delusion is a heartbreaking experience. So I've read right here in another thread - and felt myself, for sure, many times in this life. You get "wise" to it after a while; quite possibly what is meant by the "W" in WOT -
Bob - I'd replace your avatar with the picture WOT spruced up; you're not so in shadow.
It's all a matter of delusion. I think what WOT is saying is "I'm not so easily deluded into thinking... And I'm surprised so many others are. How can this be?"
The saying "a fool and his money are soon parted" is based on that. The fool part simply means easily deluded into thinking... In certain situations, that can cost you your life. At least as depicted in particular scenes in the PBS "World on Fire", which I wont further describe here out of good manners / taste.
The affinity for delusion is something we all have, it's in our nature, just varying degrees of it; WOT would never buy such a cable, others would - else we wouldnt be able to see pictures of the products.
Being snapped back into reality after a period of delusion is a heartbreaking experience. So I've read right here in another thread - and felt myself, for sure, many times in this life. You get "wise" to it after a while; quite possibly what is meant by the "W" in WOT -
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Joe, you pretty much got it right on the nose.....
Facts, science, physics, experience, all amount to knowing better what's BS, what's a scam, and what's not.
All the arguments against those things mean nothing to me - it's pure nonsense.
I've had people come into the shop at times, bringing in their sickly amps, etc., and could immediately tell they were bitten by the "hype bug", likely driven by getting on the internet.
-- An amp, with stressed out and damaged speaker connectors - due to using enormous gauge wires (10+ gauge?) not meant for those connectors.
-- A CD player with massive garden hose sized audio cables with monsterous connectors - the poor RCA jacks are all loose or broken from the strain.
And when I ask them WHY...... I get all kinds of jibberish to justify their choices.
"They heard" or were "told" to.....because.
I file it under the massive Dumbing Down of society thing.
I recall that a company offers to upgrade your system purely by them speaking to you on the phone, they saying that the call itself gives an upgrade.
Of course there is always the glass jar of polished pebbles.
Of course there is always the glass jar of polished pebbles.
That company (who does the phone thing) etc, does make me nervous, and that the guy might not be all that he could be. I used to be a contact of his, but no more. Not enough 'proof' both with listening and in theory from his products.
I googled that guy up....
He sounds like some kinda critter I wouldn't like to be bothered with.
Scammer?
I deal in "real" stuff!
Lets see, there's at least one person in the world who can flap his / her arms fast enough to fly. You would be open minded, until proven otherwise, right?
I haven't seen anyone levitate, but I will keep an open mind about it. I just don't operate from a closed mind, like many do here.
As a sensible and clever person in the audience at one of James Randi's talks once said, "We can be so open-minded that our brains fall out." 😀
New Scientist - Google Books
There is absolutely no virtue in "keeping an open mind" regarding things that are obviously utter nonsense, ranging from horoscopes and astrology to uni-directional electrical cables and Mpungi discs. On the contrary, it furthers the cause of civilization when people firmly reject utter nonsense. Using your intellect is better than not using it, and allowing yourself to be manipulated by your emotions.
A superstitious population will be manipulated and taken advantage of much more than a population that actively seeks verified scientific facts, and rejects that which is known to be nonsense.
The currently ongoing novel Coronavirus pandemic offers plenty of examples of both approaches. The "open minded to everything" approach leads to fear, anxiety, xenophobia, and many other extremely negative things; not one good thing will come from it. By contrast, the well-informed approach, rejecting superstitious garbage, leads to reduced spread of disease, allows one to retain some measure of sanity, and will eventually lead to a cure.
Our emotions are no more sophisticated or accurate than those of a monkey. But our intellect is; it is the one advantage our species has over the other creatures that share our world. Don't allow yourself to operate at monkey-brain level!
-Gnobuddy
New Scientist - Google Books
There is absolutely no virtue in "keeping an open mind" regarding things that are obviously utter nonsense, ranging from horoscopes and astrology to uni-directional electrical cables and Mpungi discs. On the contrary, it furthers the cause of civilization when people firmly reject utter nonsense. Using your intellect is better than not using it, and allowing yourself to be manipulated by your emotions.
A superstitious population will be manipulated and taken advantage of much more than a population that actively seeks verified scientific facts, and rejects that which is known to be nonsense.
The currently ongoing novel Coronavirus pandemic offers plenty of examples of both approaches. The "open minded to everything" approach leads to fear, anxiety, xenophobia, and many other extremely negative things; not one good thing will come from it. By contrast, the well-informed approach, rejecting superstitious garbage, leads to reduced spread of disease, allows one to retain some measure of sanity, and will eventually lead to a cure.
Our emotions are no more sophisticated or accurate than those of a monkey. But our intellect is; it is the one advantage our species has over the other creatures that share our world. Don't allow yourself to operate at monkey-brain level!
-Gnobuddy