[sdiy] "Time Winding" in Audio Cables ???

[Ian Fritz]

At 09:16 AM 7/11/05, Richard Wentk wrote:

>You can check the claim audibly with a click test. Put in a click, and see 
>what you hear. If it sounds like a chirp - which it won't - you know you 
>have dispersive problems. But I'll bet anything that the most distorted 
>sound you'll ever hear, even from a cheap system, is a slightly smoother 
>click that lacks transient attack.

Also, you can check specifically for cable effects by comparing a very 
short cable with a very long one.  That way, everything else in the system 
is the same and you know that any differences would be due to the extra 
cable length.