opaqueice Wrote: > From that article: > > > > Sorry, but this guy is a total nutjob...
It seems to have escaped you that the guy contradicting him was equaly convinced about wire directionality, as are many others in the high-end industry. I agree, however, that particular guy wasn't the most well-rounded character (most free-thinkers seem to be a bit abrasive). Feel free to do your own research on the net. Another interesting aspect is the non-linearity of air itself, as touched briefly on in this article: http://cygnus.ipal.org/mirror/www.passlabs.com/a2proaud.htm "Mr. Pass uses a characteristic of air as a model for designing his amplifiers, in that air is single ended in nature. He says, "We can push on air and raise the pressure an arbitrary amount, but we cannot pull on it. We can only let it relax and fill the space as it will, and the pressure will never go below 0. As we push on air the increase in pressure is greater than the corresponding decrease when we allow air to expand. This means that for a given motion of diaphragm acting on air, the positive pressure perturbations will be slightly greater than the negative. From this, we see air is phase sensitive."" I read a much fuller report on this fenomenon somewhere, but I'm unable to find the link now. Perhaps someone here can help out? -- P Floding ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22118 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
