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-----Original Message----- From: The Smiths <notforc...@hotmail.com> Sender: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:15:28 To: <d...@w3fpr.com>; Elecraft Reflector<elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Nearfield monitors 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
