More 'Audiophile' bullsh*t

More 'Audiophile' bullsh*t

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911hope

2,679 posts

25 months

Friday 3rd March 2023
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Sporky said:
In normal use it would mean that the signal propogates at 98% of the speed if light in a vacuum.

This would be quite an achievement. Normally I think 50% is possible in copper.

In practice, if they have managed it, it would mean that you'd hear you music very slightly sooner. Maybe 30 nanoseconds or so sooner at a guess.
Electricity close to the speed of light?

Now we really are talking BS.

Harry Flashman

19,283 posts

241 months

Friday 3rd March 2023
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Harry Flashman

19,283 posts

241 months

Friday 3rd March 2023
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Some more bargains.

https://www.lessloss.com/

Sporky

6,089 posts

63 months

Friday 3rd March 2023
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Some googling suggests that ladder line can achieve 95-99%. Best coax is 93%. I think that's all at RF though, I don't know if it's different for audio frequencies.

[edit] typically 50% at 20kHz, so most likely they've measured their cable at RF. Not that it'd matter anyway, over 10m the difference is, I think, 15 nanoseconds.

Edited by Sporky on Friday 3rd March 09:52

Miserablegit

4,013 posts

108 months

Friday 3rd March 2023
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911hope said:
Electricity close to the speed of light?

Now we really are talking BS.
It’s all nonsense- the only way to allow for the delay in the speaker cable is to speed up the cd. I’ve had all my players adjusted to spin slightly quicker so that the digital data arrives more quickly into the DAC and, as a result, it outputs more quickly. It’s the only way. It’s a very simple concept- like turning the tap on the hose a bit more to get a better flow…


Harry Flashman

19,283 posts

241 months

Friday 3rd March 2023
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smile

legzr1

3,843 posts

138 months

Friday 3rd March 2023
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I’m using it in bi-wire config.

Not cheap but running at 115%.

It’s a neat trick - the music starts playing before pressing play.

mac96

3,715 posts

142 months

Friday 3rd March 2023
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legzr1 said:
I’m using it in bi-wire config.

Not cheap but running at 115%.

It’s a neat trick - the music starts playing before pressing play.
How does that work with vinyl? Does it start to play when you think of getting the record out? This is brilliant, no more dust getting on the playing surface!

Spleen

5,453 posts

120 months

Wednesday 8th March 2023
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Fuse discussion in Naim group on Faceache:



Cliches ahoy!

legzr1

3,843 posts

138 months

Wednesday 8th March 2023
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mac96 said:
legzr1 said:
I’m using it in bi-wire config.

Not cheap but running at 115%.

It’s a neat trick - the music starts playing before pressing play.
How does that work with vinyl? Does it start to play when you think of getting the record out? This is brilliant, no more dust getting on the playing surface!
Only works with digital I’m afraid.

No room for time dilation in analogue systems.

anonymoususer

5,720 posts

47 months

Thursday 9th March 2023
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Polishing the pins on your plug.
My good friend wild eyed roger noticed that if he polished the pins on the various plugs of his Hinari hi fi system it seemed to add more depth to the sound. I was cynical but it may make a difference,

anonymoususer

5,720 posts

47 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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https://ifi-audio.com/products/lan-isilencer/

Modestly priced upgrade and perhaps rather stylish too
As the name suggests it silences your Lan gets rid of all that pesky interference and stuff




TonyRPH

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12,963 posts

167 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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anonymoususer said:
https://ifi-audio.com/products/lan-isilencer/

Modestly priced upgrade and perhaps rather stylish too
As the name suggests it silences your Lan gets rid of all that pesky interference and stuff



Modestly priced at £89 but still a waste of £89. Would rather spend that on more music.

Still, it's nice to see they have gone to the trouble of fitting an isolation transformer, to isolate the already isolated network.


anonymoususer

5,720 posts

47 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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TonyRPH said:
Modestly priced at £89 but still a waste of £89. Would rather spend that on more music.

Still, it's nice to see they have gone to the trouble of fitting an isolation transformer, to isolate the already isolated network.
You can never be too careful

robinessex

11,046 posts

180 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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I've just turned my central heating thermostat down by 0.5 deg. I'm having a listening session to see if it's affected my sound stage.

TonyRPH

Original Poster:

12,963 posts

167 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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robinessex said:
I've just turned my central heating thermostat down by 0.5 deg. I'm having a listening session to see if it's affected my sound stage.
Play it loud enough, and you'll regain that lost 0.5 deg. from the heat of the amp and the speaker voice coils.

HTH.

robinessex

11,046 posts

180 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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TonyRPH said:
robinessex said:
I've just turned my central heating thermostat down by 0.5 deg. I'm having a listening session to see if it's affected my sound stage.
Play it loud enough, and you'll regain that lost 0.5 deg. from the heat of the amp and the speaker voice coils.

HTH.
Worth trying, and at least it'll drown out SWMBO

crmcatee

5,691 posts

226 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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TonyRPH said:
Play it loud enough, and you'll regain that lost 0.5 deg. from the heat of the amp and the speaker voice coils.

HTH.
Funny you should say that; I was fixing a FLIR camera for a neighbour and during my testing I turned it on the amps.

Yes; 31 deg; toasty toasty.



robinessex

11,046 posts

180 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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In an attempt to get more realistic bass, I was thinking of a couple of these, each housed in a spherical cabinet.


Sporky

6,089 posts

63 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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If you're going daft on subs, it has to be rotary.