Here's a site that has some interesting analyses of some of the various topics covered in this wonderful thread:
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/audio/Analog.html In particular, the advanced topics about halfway down the page have a detailed analysis of the real impact of skin effect. It's actually more that I thought it would be. Of course, it's still insignificant. Bill Ezell ---------- They said 'Windows or better' so I used Linux. Mark Sims wrote: > Oh, dear... now you have me thinking... I have that nifty little > Symmetricom X72 rubidium oscillator... I have a rather old and frumpy > cassette player... I have the technology... I can rebuild it... rubidium > locked CD players are just so last year... rubidium locked turn tables are > just so last week... I'm gonna be the first kid on the block with a rubidium > locked cassette player (patent pending). And remember, rubidium oscillators > have that number one audiosnobio requirement of the glowing vacuum tubey > thingie. Unfortunately no little window to watch it flicker and glow. But > trust me... it's in there. > > I am taking initial orders now. Deposit (non-refundable) of $100,000 or one > active H-maser. Final price to be determined (if you have to ask, your > sorry tin ears can't afford it). For maximum organic audio enjoyment it will > require my DCC (double cotton covered) audio patch cables with the 25 karat > pure unobtainium-235 RCA plugs. A steal at $50,000 per meter. > ---------------------------------------- > > _________________________________________________________________ > Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger. > http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_video_072008 > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
