2002-11-25 What is the name of this high-priced outfit? Does their catalogue list a web page?
Is it Crutchfield? (http://www.crutchfield.com) I too get this catalogue once in awhile. On page 53 of the Fall Supplement 2002 are the cables and they are described in metres as you show for everything but the speaker cables, which is in feet. It would be nice to know if the cable that is in rational metre lengths is also in ISO wire sizes instead of AWG. http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-bDvi5Nf9Izz/ProdGroup.asp?c=9&s=0&g=231 13 Funny, if you go tot he website, and go to the cables section, you get the cable lengths in feet, but to those obvious, they are conversions from metres. It just goes to show you what ignorant luddites run some of these businesses. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "James R. Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2002-11-25 09:46 Subject: [USMA:23569] cables > My son received a catalog from some high-priced outfit selling high-end > audio equipment. I noticed in there that they had a section devoted to > cables of various sorts: coax, optical, twisted pair, etc. Except for > the speaker wire sets, all cable lengths were described in meters only > (and usually in whole numbers), no equivalents given in feet. The > speaker wire sets were described in feet only. > > My impression is that the optical/electrical cable industry (at least > the portion aimed at computers and multimedia) is shifting to rational > metric or metric only labeling. > > Jim > > -- > James R. Frysinger > Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist > Senior Member, IEEE > > http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Office: > Physics Lab Manager, Lecturer > Dept. of Physics and Astronomy > University/College of Charleston > 66 George Street > Charleston, SC 29424 > 843.953.7644 (phone) > 843.953.4824 (FAX) > > Home: > 10 Captiva Row > Charleston, SC 29407 > 843.225.0805 >
