Most wires have a "grain structure" where there are discontinuities in the crystal matrix. The impurities in the metal tend to congregate at the grain boundaries. These impurities cause a very weak semiconductor effect which does "VERY SLIGHTLY" effect the signal traveling through the cable. These impurity atoms do migrate through the metal very slowly, due to both basic thermal action and under the influence of electrical currents, thuse slowly changing the concentrations of impurity atoms at the grain boundaries over time.
These processes work very slowly at room temperatures so if these effects are audible it would more likely be in the timeframe of years not hours. Whether this is audible is whole different can of worms. John S. -- JohnSwenson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86359 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
