sasaki@harvard.ARPA (Marty Sasaki) (03/08/85)
At the risk of flames about speaker cables again, I have a few
questions.
The Audio Amateur published a letter from a guy that recommended using
25 pair telephone cable as speaker wire. You get lots of individually
insulated strands spiral wrapped and sheathed in a sturdy jacket. Has
anyone tried this?
I've noticed some things in the British audio press and that have caused
confusion on my part...
Apparently it matters which way the wire goes, ie, which end is
connected to the amp and which end is attached to the speakers. When you
change the "direction" you change the sound. Is there any truth to this?
If there is truth, why?
The British are also moving towards single strand, "oxygen-free",
"large-crystal" coper for cables. Just when I was convinced that
multi-strand, preferably separately insulated, wire is the best this
pops up. Again, any truth here?
--
Marty Sasaki
Havard University Science Center
sasaki@harvard.{arpa,uucp}
617-495-1270ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) (03/15/85)
> Apparently it matters which way the wire goes, ie, which end is > connected to the amp and which end is attached to the speakers. When you > change the "direction" you change the sound. Is there any truth to this? > If there is truth, why? > -- > Marty Sasaki I've seen low-level cables (e.g., shielded cables with RCA plugs on each end) that are direction-marked. As far as I know, this is because the shields are connected at only one end of the cable to prevent ground loops. I can't imagine any sensitivity in an ungrounded loop. Of course, if one side of the high-level output is ground and the speakers are separately grounded, there may be a problem. -- Ed Gould mt Xinu, 739 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94710 USA {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed +1 415 644 0146