Can you elaborate - pburant

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Can you elaborate

Posted by pburant (A) on March 9, 2005 at 13:46:08

In Reply to: Re: Bare wire vs spades posted by Dave Pogue on March 9, 2005 at 08:51:04:

Re: your recommendation not to tin?

Do you feel the sonic effects of tinning outweigh the benefits of avoiding oxidation?

Just curious....

-Pete

BTW - the HD-14 I've been using for speaker cables is now naked. The jacket was actually pretty easy to peel off, but I learned something in the process - the first cord I bought was a 25 footer, and the second a 50 footer. The jacket on the 50' was much softer and more pliable than the jacket on the 25'. Given the cost of the cords, I wouldn't be surprised if the materials change all the time (these cords looked identical). Anyhoo, if you ever get the urge to strip the jacket off these cords, it may be worth stopping by HD to determine if your jacket is the soft variety - the soft jacket is significantly easier to peel than the stiffer one. With the softer jacket, once you start peeling it, you can peel all if it in your bare hands just by pulling on the wires. Does it sound any different w/o the jacket? It's impossible for me to say, because peeling the jacket also allowed me to use a more appropriate geometry (two separate twisted pairs in a biwire config). I'm still not convinced this wire beats the Monster (ugh) cable it replaced (M1.4 if I remember right). When I finish with some other tweaks, I'll concentrate on swapping the Monster in/out to see who the winner is to my ears (they do seem to sound different).

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Topic - Bare wire vs spades - Markhh2 08:26:31 03/09/05 (14)

Re: Bare wire vs spades - clang 08:02:27 03/10/05 (6)

Teflon tape is gas permeable except as a thread wrap - Auricle 10:29:28 03/12/05 (2)

Re: Teflon tape is gas permeable except as a thread wrap - clang 14:09:37 03/12/05 (1)

Clamping - Auricle 09:20:55 03/13/05 (0)

Re: Bare wire vs spades - Dawnrazor 10:54:00 03/10/05 (2)

Teflon tape over wire - clang 16:28:22 03/11/05 (1)

Re: Teflon tape over wire - Dawnrazor 23:28:07 03/11/05 (0)

Without taking sides - Auricle 15:47:40 03/09/05 (0)

My dynamic loading experience. - Al Sekela 15:43:44 03/09/05 (0)

Re: Bare wire vs spades - Dave Pogue 08:51:04 03/09/05 (4)

Can you elaborate - pburant 13:46:08 03/09/05 (3)

Re: Can you elaborate - Dave Pogue 14:11:11 03/09/05 (2)

Good points - pburant 18:44:02 03/10/05 (1)

Re: Good points - Dave Pogue 03:35:56 03/11/05 (0)

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Can you elaborate - pburant 13:46:08 03/09/05 (3)

Re: Can you elaborate - Dave Pogue 14:11:11 03/09/05 (2)

Good points - pburant 18:44:02 03/10/05 (1)

Re: Good points - Dave Pogue 03:35:56 03/11/05 (0)

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