MakeMineVinyl
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The picture below is from a YouTube video which shows what's inside the 'mystery wart' on an expensive audio cable: Thomas & Stereo
The purpose of this post is not to address the efficacy of this cable or the views of the author, but rather the workmanship or lack thereof and what the heck is going on with what this manufacturer did.
First of all, its not totally clear whether this is a speaker cable or a line level one. At first blush, it seems like a simple series RC network connected from one conductor to the other - but is that really the case? The more I stare at the picture, it seems the more I question what's going on. The parts quality is not in question: the resistor is top quality and polystryene capacitors are among the best, most stable types made (unfortunately they are not being made anymore due to the lack of polystryene film availability - I have my own NOS stash). But aside from what I consider very poor workmanship, the lower lead of the polystryene cap seems to be broken off or bent in a way which obscures where its going and its generally difficult to determine what this circuit is supposedly doing.
Can anybody here make out what's going on with any certainty?
Either way, its hard to imagine that this 'circuit' is doing much of anything measurable, let alone audible!
The purpose of this post is not to address the efficacy of this cable or the views of the author, but rather the workmanship or lack thereof and what the heck is going on with what this manufacturer did.
First of all, its not totally clear whether this is a speaker cable or a line level one. At first blush, it seems like a simple series RC network connected from one conductor to the other - but is that really the case? The more I stare at the picture, it seems the more I question what's going on. The parts quality is not in question: the resistor is top quality and polystryene capacitors are among the best, most stable types made (unfortunately they are not being made anymore due to the lack of polystryene film availability - I have my own NOS stash). But aside from what I consider very poor workmanship, the lower lead of the polystryene cap seems to be broken off or bent in a way which obscures where its going and its generally difficult to determine what this circuit is supposedly doing.
Can anybody here make out what's going on with any certainty?
Either way, its hard to imagine that this 'circuit' is doing much of anything measurable, let alone audible!
