pfarrell;342374 Wrote: > Phil Leigh wrote: > > pfarrell Wrote: > >> Phil Leigh wrote: > >>> I really can't help thinking that a lot of these debates are > driven > >>> rational thinking overtaking practical reality. We "know" that the > >>> transmission qualities of glass can exceed those of plastic so we > >>> assume that a glass cable should sound better. > > >> "can exceed" doesn't lead to "does exceed". The plastic in the > >> tupperware containers in my fridge is exceeded by the quality of > most > >> glass, expect the stained glass in my church. > > > > Ya' know Pat...sometimes I just don't know if you are agreeing with > me > > or not! > > i was an engineer before I became an audiophile. > > I agree that many audiophiles will "assume that glass ... sound > better" > but I don't know if you are claiming that or not. I do claim that the > assumption is not justified. > > Assume there exists a perfect glass fiber cable (I will claim that no > such thing exists, but we can assume it). > > What we really have is an ordered list, something like: > > 1) perfect glass fiber cable > 2) really good glass fiber cable > 3) fine glass fiber cable > 4) acceptable glass fiber cable > 5) crappy and unacceptable glass fiber cable. > > I will posit that cables #2 through #5 exist. > And in parallel, we can have a similar ordered list of plastic cables: > > 1) perfect plastic cable > 2) really good plastic cable > 3) fine plastic cable > 4) acceptable plastic cable > 5) tupperware plastic made into cable. > 6) Melmac plastic made into cable. > > What I don't know is how you would order the two lists as one. Clearly > the opaque melmac plastic cable would be last, and the perfect glass > cable would still be number one. > > And assuming a miracle, and the combined ordered list is made, I have > no > idea where the "audible" characteristic would come in. > > Or whether or not the "audible" characteristic would be a function of > something else, say cable length. > > What I know is that I used both plastic and glass and coax between my > SqueezeBox and my Benchmark DAC-1, and could not hear any differences > at > all. None. Your ears may be different. > > > -- > Pat Farrell > http://www.pfarrell.com/
Thanks Pat - we are agreeing! regards Phil -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods)- Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber & Chord cables Outdoors: Boombox+Creative Sub (If I remember to turn it on...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52817 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
