ODP: copper cable

[Tom Baldwin]

I'm no audiophile nor an EE but I read an article in audio amature <sp> that
deals with some of the things you are speaking of. The person that wrote the
article used computer ribbon cable. Every odd wire is < + > and every even
wire is < - >. strip off one wire from a 25 wire cable to have 12 per side.
It lays flat under carpet too. the bottom line was, it's cheap, and it has
the so called needed electrical characteristics of the esoteric wires.

Tom B.

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Czech <martin.czech at intermetall.de>
To: synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl <synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl>
Date: Thursday, June 10, 1999 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: ODP: copper cable


>
>> >Advisor that has cables for prices as high as $12,000 (that's 12
>> >thousand US dollars for a speaker cable that reaches across the
>> >room).
>>
>> I tried to stay out of this.. but, I've seen a MAINS CABLE of
>> oxygen-free copper with 'hospital grade plug' for $700 ;-)
>>
>> paul 'zip cord' perry in cold wet melbourne Australia
>>
>
>So far I heard only jokes.
>
>I also think that there is a lot of weird stuff going on, just making $
>from the ignorant.
>
>But my original mail was no joke, I just wanted to know what physics
>says about crystals, grains and impurities in conductive material.
>
>I do not think that there are audible effects, but are there any
>measurable effects?
>
>Skin effect: I have to check back at home, how deep is the conducting
>"skin" at 20kHz. I'm not shure if the decrease in conductor area is
>neglegible, but I think this would not be audible.
>
>If those people who buy "audio" cables for 10k $ and more could
>see that the power transistors of the amplifier are bonded with 30-50
>um gold wire....
>
>m.c.
>