Maybe they weren't just straight wire...
https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-Transparent-Audio-Reference-XL-Speak/
The comments were unintentionally hilarious.
Maybe they weren't just straight wire...
https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-Transparent-Audio-Reference-XL-Speak/
Thank god Bob was around to defend Transparent's honor.The comments were unintentionally hilarious.
I'm not a tech expert but I do have questions running around in my head.I dont want to believe it and I wont. I'm blaming it on my mood. So ill just leave these speaker cables in and forget about it. Ill change back to the old 4mm2 twin copper cables in a month if i remember and listen what happens. But im asking myself "is the treble louder around the 4-6k region" with these cables.
Make sound transparent by......well not being transparent. So it must be undoing something that something does to the sound on the way. Reverse filterfication of bad filtering you know.What would that do to the sound?
I was wondering technically what it does. Act as a low pass filter at some frequency? Good for the class D paranoid user?Make sound transparent by......well not being transparent. So it must be undoing something that something does to the sound on the way. Reverse filterfication of bad filtering you know.
I always like showing this when the subject comes up. MIT digital cable with their patented network inside the RCA plug. Consists of a 1 ohm metal film resistor. Patented technology I remind you.
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What would that do to the sound?
Should be very nice cables without any worry over LCR issues. If I was going to this extent I think I would use a good spade lug over the banana's. In theroy they offer better long tern connections.if you prescribe to "reference grade" cables here is a video for them. I must say they do look nice
Make sound transparent by......well not being transparent. So it must be undoing something that something does to the sound on the way. Reverse filterfication of bad filtering you know.
I always like showing this when the subject comes up. MIT digital cable with their patented network inside the RCA plug. Consists of a 1 ohm metal film resistor. Patented technology I remind you.
Very nice enthusiast DIY video - a rarity on YouTube. Just clear step-by-step instructions with out all of the overbearing audiophool hype. I am not interested in such massive, overkill cables, but can appreciate the availability of such great instructions for those who do.if you prescribe to "reference grade" cables here is a video for them. I must say they do look nice.
I was wondering technically what it does. Act as a low pass filter at some frequency? Good for the class D paranoid user?
I got tired of using my long RCA cables to interconnect small DACs and Amps so decided to get a short one. Saw one on Amazon (by "World's Best Cables') that used Canare Star-Quad cable and Amphenol connectors for just $22 shipped. My time was worth much more than that to make one so I ordered it. It came promptly. When I opened though, I was shocked to see this massive sign in there:
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Are you kidding me? Even a low-cost cable using proper material spreads such a myth?
It is one thing to see this on multi-thousand dollar cables but on a $22 one?
Inside there is an instruction sheet and it says that again. To their credit they acknowledge that such burn-in will take out of Amazon's 30 day return window so they provide instructions on how to still get a return.
The danger here is that such practices will spread to the general public, not just high-end audiophiles.
Yes, it is also "directional" although here, it is due to the way they utilize the shield at one end so that bit is fine.
How interesting. Of course I've read about the benefits of star quad but still find it amazing how the simple act of physically locating four conductors inside the jacket in this manner can make such a extreme difference in its reaction to magnetic field radiation.monstrating the benefits of the star-quad cable vs standard microphone cable with respect to rejecting magnetic interference. Truly excellent video filmed in what looks like a great electronics lab.. And I learned a lot.
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So why isn't star quad design normally used for analog interconnects?
Or maybe it is by someone?
Wouldn't it be of value in that application?
The connection is twisted pair plus a shield. The shield is connected at one end but not the other.How did they utilize the shield so as to make it directional?
Yep. In the video the cables were connected to a microphone preamp and I suspect that its gain was quite high, maybe 50-60 dB. In home use the signal is much higher and then the inducted noise is too low to be audible.Some people make and sell star quad, but it's not common because the problems it solves are not common in home setups.
edit: Or in most studio setups. Note how well a small distance between the radiating source and the cable worked to reduce the noise.
The connection is twisted pair plus a shield. The shield is connected at one end but not the other.