chinablues;302211 Wrote: > About 40 years ago as a 'summer student' I did some high voltage cable > connector testing at the CEGB in Leatherhead, UK (used to be UK > CEGB..Central Electicity Generating Board). Yeah, it was true > then...the silver soldered high compression guys won out over the > compressed only ones. Mind you this was with short circuit currents of > about 10k Amp. We stood behind a 2" thick glass plate window to watch > the action in case the cables blew out of their holders. If I recall, > the cables were about 1.5" in diameter. Ohms Law wins every time in > speaker cables, unless of course physics has altered significatly in > the intervening years! (IMHO of course) > > Dan
Hey Dan. Would have liked to have been there for that. Actually the very best connection for audio IMHO is high compression mechanical only. The only problem is that the connection degrades a little more every day as far as audio is concerned because of the materials involved in high-end audio (namely copper and silver). Just cant squeeze out all the air or get all the metal to blend no matter how much pressure is used (within reason and without destroying the spade). So in the end, bi-metal corrosion and oxidation start taking their toll on the connection audio wise. The best compromise has been to finish the high compression mechanical connection by soldering it with high-grade silver solder. And when it comes to soldering, Metcal is my preferred tool of choice. But in the end isnt all about compromise. We are compromising the fact that we dont have time to go see a live performance. We then try to recreate a three dimensional living event with a compromised copy of the event played on equipment that can never recreate the live event. Not as bad a starting place with a studio recording, but still trying to recreate the impossible. So for me the idea is to get as close as I can with the money I am willing to throw at it with an end result of a sound that is very real and pleasing to me (and still have money left over for 6 symphony and 2 popular concerts a month). -- iPhone iPhone Last.FM http://www.lastfm.com/user/mePhone Media Room: Transporter, Vandersteen Quatro Signature, Ayre MX-R Mono Blocks, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center Channel, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco 710, RAM Oppo DV970HD, VeraStarr 6.4SE Living Room: SqueezeBox Duet, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold Bedroom: Squeezebox 3, Thiel 2.3, NAD C370 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47613
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