14 Aug
2014
14 Aug
'14
8:10 p.m.
Kind of like the wine business..
But here's the thing with audio cables: The problem is that cables of
various composition, length and construction have a tendency to sound
+different+, each from the other. This inevitably leads to the (actually
reasonable, at this point) belief that one must be "better" than another.
Obviously, if two cables each produce a notably different sonic signature,
then one must be more "correct" and thus "better" than the
competitor.
Since we're working along an effectively infinite continuum, once must
introduce at least a little less error than the other..
And so it all goes mad after this. Cable A costs $100, but Cable B is
judged "better" than cable A - therefore, Cable B is sold at a higher price
than cable A.. and on.. and on.. until it turns out that Cable Z isn't all
that much better than Cable H, and the whole thing is re-shuffled, creating
the next group of winners and losers.
BTW, here's a little hi-end audio speak decoder: If they say this piece of
equipment "Has become our new reference" what they mean is that "We're
keeping this, but we're not going to pay for it".
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 08/14/2014 05:06 PM, David Riley wrote:
But yes, my favorite aspect of carbon composition resistors is
what happens to them when you try to dissipate
too much power
through them. It's quite impressive. Beyond that, they're just
big, noisy and expensive.
I recently was offered to taste a cup of gourmet coffee. I sniffed it and
immediately, the odor of burning comp resistor pinged on my olfactory radar.
I suspect that much of the gourmet coffee business shares a lot with
gourmet audio.
--Chuck