On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 20:30:02 GMT, "Harry Lavo"
wrote:

"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
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On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 00:15:29 GMT, Lawrence Leung
wrote:

As a matter of fact, when we compared between copper and silver/copper,
we
not only compared the high frequency, we compared the bass as well. Sure,
the copper interconnect gave much more bass than the hybrid, while the
hybrid gave more detail on mid and high range.

And yet, if you don't *know* which one is connected, you'll find that
they both sound the same................

Theortically, it is supposed to be that way,

Absolute nonsense! No such theory exists.

But that doesn't keep you from using silver-coated copper cables in your own
system, does it Stewart?

Sure, it's just standard MIL-spec hookup wire, of which I have a
couple of 100 foot reels, Why would I pay money for anything else?

Clearly, you fail to understand the *joke* of describing that cable in
'audiophile' terms, when it's just standard hookup wire.

From Stewart's system web site:
http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/stewart_p/stewart_p.htm

"Interconnects are home-brewed unshielded twisted pair made from 0.6mm
solid-core Teflon-coated silver-clad OFHC copper (just standard MIL-spec
hookup wire), while connectors are either Neutrik XLR or Deltron
Teflon/alloy RCA jacks. The treble ribbons on the speakers are wired with
the same twisted-pair, the resistance of this skinny wire is used to bypass
an internal switch and resistor which are normally used to set the treble
level. The bass panels are wired with Naim NACA5, no reason other than the
dealer offered it free with my previous Magnepan MG1C speakers."

So here's the primary disparager of anything other than Home Depot wire on
RAHE building his own interconnects of silver-clad copper, and using
expensive NAIM cables for the bass panels of his speakers.

How desperate are you, Harry? The Naim was free of charge, and so was
the other wire, since it's just standard hookup wire that I used
professionally. As noted ad nauseam in previous posts, it's used for
basic EE reasons, nothing to do with the bull**** that gets spewed
about MIT, Siltech, Transparent, Tara Labs, Cardas etc etc.

Tell me Stewart, why don't you sell those expensive cables and
interconnects, and simply replace them with Home Depot 12 gauge, and Rat
Shack interconnects. You'd have money in your pocket, perhaps enough to buy
a "universal" hi-rez player.

That's pretty frickin' stoopid, considering that I already *have* the
cables I use, now isn't it? I can't sell homebrew cables. BTW, I *do*
use 'freeby' interconnects and speaker cable in the kitchen and PC
systems, which don't have the peculiar hardwired cabling associated
with the TV and main music systems.

In that case, you would then be "living" your
oft-professed standards, and you'd have a better base on which to disparage
high-rez.

What the heck has any of this to do with 'high-rez'?

Until then, it is indeed difficult to take some of your
protestations seriously.

What you *really* mean is that you're desperately reaching, because
you have no rational rebuttal to my 'high-rez' arguments.............
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering