Skip, when I lived in England 14 years ago, the audiophile discussions were centred around whether CDs sounded better when they had been stored overnight in the freezer. Now you wouldn't want to contradict that, would you? After all I heard it on the BBC!
We banned audiophiles from our VE3RPT shack when we found that all the sudden QRM was caused because one of them had been in there to tidy up, and tie-wrapped all those untidy coax cables together with power and audio signal cables to make them look nice! I think they live in another world! 73 Nigel ve3id,g4ajq wb6ymh wrote: > > --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com>, "skipp025" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > My circa early 80's audio friend Rick collected a series of > > audiophile articles about how braided strands of larger solid > > enamel coated wire is better for audio. He set about installing > > replacement hand-made cables on his stereo system and measuring > > the results, which were actually better than the fine-wire leads > > he started out with. But he had to use some very high end > > audio gear to measure the difference and I couldn't tell much > > of a sonic difference. > > > > A Class-A Krell and Threshold type amplifier generates more in- > > room heat than usable audio. I'm more concerned about the 300 > > watt space heater built into the amplifier operation vs distortion > > values less than 1% the average human hear can't even hear. > > > > cheers, > > s. > > Audiophile and measure, that's an interesting combination. The last > Audiophile I talked to was telling me about the audio qualities of the > paint on the front panel of his preamp (no paint sounds best). > > If you really need a good chuckle (unless you threw out your tube > stock recently) go to ebay and search for a 12ax7. For example > http://cgi.ebay.com/Matched-New-Pair-of-Rare-Philips-mC-12AX7-Tubes_W0QQitemZ330162061283QQihZ014QQcategoryZ50598QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > <http://cgi.ebay.com/Matched-New-Pair-of-Rare-Philips-mC-12AX7-Tubes_W0QQitemZ330162061283QQihZ014QQcategoryZ50598QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem> > > I sure hope he packs them well! > > 73's Skip WB6YMH > > > Messages in this topic > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/message/74489;_ylc=X3oDMTM1MDl2cnJxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwNDE2OARncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNjMxMDgEbXNnSWQDNzQ4NzYEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDdnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMTg4ODU1MjgzBHRwY0lkAzc0NDg5> > > (0) > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJwNW43MG5jBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwNDE2OARncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNjMxMDgEbXNnSWQDNzQ4NzYEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDcnBseQRzdGltZQMxMTg4ODU1Mjgz?act=reply&messageNum=74876> -- Nigel Johnson MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU http://nigel.homelinux.net http://va3mcu.ham-radio-op.net You can reach me by voice on Skype: TILBURY2591 If time travel ever will be possible, it already is. Ask me again yesterday This e-mail is not and cannot, by its nature, be confidential. En route from me to you, it will pass across the public Internet, easily readable by any number of system administrators along the way. Nigel Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
