No I was asking you why you would suggest this is the main distinguisher within the capacitance values.
What does it mean to "recover" headroom? Was information lost that somehow defines headroom? If information is lost, how can it be recovered? Is it somehow redundantly encoded or something?
To put my inquiry another way: Isn't the term "headroom" meant to describe a difference between a signal's maximum amplitude, and the maximum possible amplitude before clipping? If so, then how can a cable limit headroom, it is by arcing breakdown in the dielectric or something like that?
Then if information is lost then how can that lost information be "recovered?"
Seems to me there are two possibilities.
1. Silver strands merely change EQ so it changes the level of HF like a filter would.
2. Silver strands mixed with copper strands generates some kind of possibly frequency dependent harmonic distortion which is used to simulate recovery of lost HF information.
Is there some third possibility? If not, then it seems to me that claiming some kind of "recovery of headroom" is a purely marketing term with no exact physical meaning?
Just to be clear: IME cable can affect sound. I just don't get the validity of the particular claim I am asking about
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Final question before I have to assume just more interconnect Snake Oil: do you have any quantifiable data you can share or link to supporting your claim that dynamic range is improved by using silver plated copper in any amount compared with pure copper?
Who made this claim? I don't think it was me. Maybe read back the thread to make sure you haven't mis-interpreted or misconstrued something.
I state that replacing part of an overall signal path with an SPC cable can lower capacitance in that overall signal path which can facilitate recovery of headroom in the higher frequency range.
This thread is becoming somewhat unfriendly/unhelpful when accusations of snake-oil are being made. It's your perogative to do that of course but I suggest do your own research into how lowering signal path capacitance can affect audible FR.
It's easy enough if you have the cable-types and measuring equipment. There's also plenty of verified data available elsewhere.
I'm not pandering to your skepticism as I don't have the time - I'm busy making SPC cables for TT users 😛
I would not dispute the effects of capacitance on sound. It was you who stated that SPC can 'recover headroom', which I asked was the same as increasing dynamic range, and you did not correct me.
Perhaps your specific definition of the term would be helpful so there can be no confusion, and the measured difference in headroom you have measured. Your replies focus on capacitance, not material...
Awaiting email clarification from Van Damme.
Perhaps your specific definition of the term would be helpful so there can be no confusion, and the measured difference in headroom you have measured. Your replies focus on capacitance, not material...
Awaiting email clarification from Van Damme.
What cable you suggest to use for interconnect XLR/RCA that is sold by meter? I am looking for high quality interconnect cable that also some companies like Purist Audio Design, ZenWave Audio etc use.
It's more about the XLR to RCA adapter than the cable.
There are 3½ types of XLR outputs, No one adapter will work in all cases.
There are 3½ types of XLR outputs, No one adapter will work in all cases.
I am planning to make my own cable I need some suggestions what bulk cable to buy. What people here think about Kimber Kable PBJ or Kimber Kable Timbre or Neotech NEI-3004 bulk cable?
Sommer Stage 22 - There's nothing not to like about this cable, especially at the price point.
Sommer Carbocab 225 or Sommer Galileo 238+ for something a bit more exotic.
vanDamme XKE is also nice, has silver shares and measures in at 46pF/m.
All are twin-conductor which you can use for pins 2 and 3, while using the shield for pin 1 for XLR-XLR config.
For XLR-RCA config combine the conductors into a single conductor wire for pin 2 and bridge pins 1 and 3 at the XLR connector using the shield layer.