[sdiy] can you really *not* hear the difference? (was: Frequency Counter Software)

[cheater cheater]

On 10/12/05, Grant Richter <grichter at asapnet.net> wrote:
>
> You and Rex would get along great.
>

who's rex...?

>
>> I'm talking about good cable vs. run of the mill radioshack cable, or
>> *cringe* ribbon cable.
>
> You can easily put 100 MHz through a piece of ribbon cable.
> It is not really bandwidth limited in any sense meaningful to audio
> frequencies.
>

Then tell me why people don't connect their thule cd-audio and avr amp
with ribbon cable.*


>
>> I'm talking about crappy EL caps in audio paths.
>
> Most synth modules are DC coupled and do not use audio coupling caps at all.
>
>
>> I'm talking about $.25 jacks in patch cables.
>
> Also will handle 100 MHz signals.
> They do not really make time domain reflectometers for audio CABLES, since
> audio frequencies are VERY
> long at light speed.

then tell me why there's a demand for gold-plated connectors* :P

>
> The reason "audiophile" gear sounds good is because some engineer lovingly
> tweaked the design until it did.

and because it's not made out of junk parts :)

> People in SDIY do it all the time to much more complex circuits.
> No matter how much test equipment or fancy parts you have, the ear must be
> the final judge.
>
>

indeed!

my ears judge ribbon cables as unusable. never, ever. :p


*answers like "they don't know what they're doing" will not be honored ;-)

Cheers!
D. 8)