Not exactly - for instance, I did not purchase Monster Cable because it was exorbitantly priced, but I found a less expensive alternative that was just as flexible.
Everything has its value to those of us who make the choices of what to purchase. Prior to purchasing my audio gear, I have done exhaustive comparative listening tests to select the gear that would suit my ears and my budget at the time. There is advertising hype, and then there is good science, and then there is what I can perceive with my ears, and then there is my budget for such things - all have to balance before I make a purchase decision. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/28/2010 7:15 PM, The Smiths wrote: > After reading what you wrote about the expensive hi-fi speakers you (own) and > tested on your K3 I new you were one of those guys easily fooled into buying > those expensive "home theater cables", and you just confirmed it! I'm a > Monster wire dealer, and I have to tell you Don, we have a 400% mark up on > that wire. I laugh every time I sell a cable to someone and make $60 on a > 12' piece of wire stuffed into a over sized plastic jacket. Thank god for > people like you... I can still make a living during "home" installs.. LOL > Wire is wire, 12 awg is 12 awg, no matter what kind of plastic casing is > melted around it... Ohms law... LOL. > > >> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:21:11 -0400 >> From: w3...@embarqmail.com >> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Nearfield monitors >> >> Yes, it is all about Ohm's law, but there *are* some advantages to the >> "exotic" cables 1) they are usually made with large diameter wires, >> satisfying the Ohm's law requirement even with higher power amplifiers; >> and 2) they are quite flexible which makes running them in tight places >> easier, and they will stand more flexing before the wires break. >> >> Other than for those advantages, any piece of wire of a suitable size >> for the max power involved will do the job - but I do use the lower >> priced "exotic" cables on my home theater system for the reasons stated. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >> On 10/28/2010 4:43 PM, Jim Brown wrote: >>> On 10/28/2010 1:25 PM, Wes Stewart wrote: >>>> He swore that he could hear the difference between different kinds of >>>> speaker wire. >>> Bob Greiner, an EE prof long retired from Univ of Wis at Madison did >>> some excellent science debunking exotic wires 30 years ago, which he >>> published as an AES paper. >>> >>> *"Amplifier-Loudspeaker Interfacing", Greiner, R.A., JAES vol. 28, no. 5 >>> May 80 ** >>> * >>> The executive summary -- for virtually all real loudspeakers, it's all >>> Ohm's law, and nothing else matters. The sole exception would be an >>> exotic type with a tweeter having very low impedance at high audio >>> frequencies. >>> >>> It's worth saving this reference when you encounter RFI to an audio >>> system that uses esoteric cables. :) >>> >>> 73, Jim Brown K9YC >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
