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Absolutely stunning, maybe you could find the next particle after the Higgs boson with your speaker cables as a side effect.
Because so many audiophiles mistakenly accept these jokes for their hobby.And audiophiles wonder why normal people dismiss the hobby as a joke.
Because so many audiophiles mistakenly accept these jokes for their hobby.
I'd feel so much better if I knew my signals were traveling in that tight, organized stream.
I have a serious concern that I didn't see addressed there.
Indeed. Better magnetize the wire all the way to the driver magnets...ohI have a serious concern that I didn't see addressed there.
What happens immediately after the electron stream passes out of the control of the magnetic fields? Isn't it extremely likely that the sudden chaos going into the speaker connectors, for example, would cause an electrical equivalent of cavitation?
If we can't maintain that perfect, focused electron flow from source to speaker transducer, it seems to me it might be less disruptive overall to the musical signal to simply allow the normal semi-chaotic flow all the way through, using conventional wire/cables.
IME PhDs tend to be worse at "knowing everything" but OTOH I have been accused of the same attitude. Sometimes I get tired of defending engineering 101 and say to just look it up, or of trying to figure out how to explain something it took years to learn in a sentence somebody with no background can understand when they've made up their mind the science is wrong. And I have known some really great PhDs, and engineers, and grocery clerks -- but some people just seem to live mad all the time.
That said there are know-it-alls in every profession; about the worst I knew was an uncle who was a great guy but quite prepared to expound upon anything and everything, including engineering. He was a realtor, and a very successful one, but his understanding of thermodynamics was more limited than he would lead you to believe. He was absolutely convinced 300 mpg carburetors were readily available and the oil companies were suppressing the technology. Trying to explain why it was not physically practical, let alone that any car manufacturer who had such a thing would have a huge jump on the competition and not hesitate to release it, fell on deaf ears because he "knew" how it worked.
Well that one may be truthful and get past the litigation team.
Tapping was taught in junior high metal shop class. Did you use a different process for yours?
I learned about Swiss screw machines (external threads) almost by accident. The shop next door to my company ran several of them and showed me how the process worked. Very cool technology.
From my AXPONA review a couple years ago:
At High Fidelity Cables, the inventor of their special magnetic cables put on an entire show with explanations of how conductivity works that would come as a surprise to anyone with a physics background. The talk and Q&A afterward emphasized that the investors were aggressive litigation attorneys, so I'll merely quote from my conversation about the MC-0.5. "We call this 'the Skepticism Eliminator.' Plug it into the wall socket and it reduces noise in all of the other circuits in the room." I asked the obvious question, "OK, so if I attach a spectrum analyzer to this wall socket, then plug the MC-0.5 into another socket, I'll see the noise spectrum reduce in amplitude?" This was also not the right question to ask, apparently, because there's noise that we can hear but not measure. I was told again about their investors being litigation attorneys.
Translation: "you aren't a believer"... Let them believe hearing something that doesn't exist.
A new interesting topic on Audioholics:
I do value a lot of what the Audioholics produce.
But it always amazes me how these guys who are not only audiophiles but engineers, continue to produce some of the worst quality video and audio on youtube! I mean, the average no-nothing blogger with a cell phone seems to produce good video and audio quality more often than this crew.
I grew up in a cult...no interest in anything that tries to prevent me from using my own internal ability to reason, while requiring a ludicrous amount of money to be a part of.
I work with a PhD in physics from Perdue - Dr. Rob Rice. He's quoted on my marketturd "Mama, I Wanna Be a Maker" rant...
His favorite thing to say is, "I don't know..."
The guy's sharp as hell; will give you incredible details of what you asked, but will always preface with an "I don't know..."
I asked if the whole quantum mechanics thing is the reason he's intrepid to give answers off the cuff (he's a particle physicist-turned low-level coder) ...
"Well, maybe..."
As I said, plenty of great ones out there... I find it true in engineering/science and musicians, probably carries over to every field, that those who really know what they know also understand what they do not. It seems to be the layer below the top and often fresh out of school crowd where the "I know more than you about everything" types congregate. I am certainly guilty of that now and then.
Bob Widlar was quite a character and he was not shy about speaking his mind in the most colorful (just to avoid the word "crass") way. And, losing Bob P and Jim W so close together was a huge blow to analog guys everywhere. I met but never worked with Widlar, only ran into Bob Pease a few times, and spent just a little time with Jim Williams when we worked at the same company (but in different parts of the country). It was pretty intimidating having them sit in on a design review! My career took a different (higher-speed) path but I ran into them at the annual Dinosaur's Meeting at ISSCC and such. Didn't really know me from Adam but were always funny and inclusive guys.
I do value a lot of what the Audioholics produce.
But it always amazes me how these guys who are not only audiophiles but engineers, continue to produce some of the worst quality video and audio on youtube! I mean, the average no-nothing blogger with a cell phone seems to produce good video and audio quality more often than this crew.
only ran into Bob Pease a few times, and spent just a little time with Jim Williams
Recent research into Duning Kruger Syndrome reveals that people of average or lower intelligence are less likely to be able to recognize their own intellectual weaknesses and limitations as compared to those of higher intelligence.I find it true in engineering/science and musicians, probably carries over to every field, that those who really know what they know also understand what they do not.
Without going into poltics, I find it fascinating that Donald trump claims to be very, very smart, and more knowledgeable than the real experts in many fields. I have no clue as to whether or not that is related to his narcissism, or whether it is a manifestation of Duning Kruger Syndrome.