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Connection Tips 101 - Cabling Your System Connection Tips 101 - Cabling Your System I am often called on to provide calibration services for the budding audiophile and even the professional installer to try to maximize the performance of their systems. I am always shocked to see the…
Eliminating RFI/EMI Interference from your Audio System Eliminating RFI/EMI Interference from your Audio System Eliminate RFI/EMI noise ingress into your hifi audio system by using proper cabling, shielding, and grounding techniques.
Audio Cable "Break In" Science or Psychological? Audio Cable "Break In" Science or Psychological? 'Breaking in' a cable has everything to do with the insulation - not the wire itself. The insulation (or dielectric) will absorb energy from the conductor when a current is flowing (i.e. when music…
Calculating Inductance of Speaker Cables Calculating Inductance of Speaker Cables How to calculate Inductance of Zip Cord Speaker Cable and how skin effect changes internal inducatance at various frequencies.
High Fidelity, The Miraculous Invention High Fidelity, The Miraculous Invention Audio or high fidelity has been a miraculous invention. If you need to understand why, read Steppenwolf. We audiophiles are at the forefront of a revolution written about by Larry Klein, in Stereo…
Physics Tutorial 1: Coulomb's Law & Electrostatics Physics Tutorial 1: Coulomb's Law & Electrostatics Atoms are composed of three particles with an electric charge: electrons, protons and uncharged neutrons. Electrons have a negative charge, and protons have a positive charge. The negative charge of…
Rubbing the Snake Oil Out of Speaker Cables Rubbing the Snake Oil Out of Speaker Cables If we purchase expensive and more sophisticated speaker cables, we should expect improve audio reproduction, right? Digital audio, amplifier and speaker technology is now very sophisticated, and just…
Skin Effect Relevance in Speaker Cables Skin Effect Relevance in Speaker Cables Skin Effect is a real problem in high frequency E&M; transmission but does it matter in speaker cables at audio frequencies? This article explores that very topic.
The Truth About Spiral Shield Cables The Truth About Spiral Shield Cables Normally when a spiral shield is used on a cable it is for one of three reasons, increased flexibility, ease of termination, or reduced manufacturing costs...
Top Ten Signs an Audio Cable Vendor is Selling You Snake Oil Top Ten Signs an Audio Cable Vendor is Selling You Snake Oil this is a top 10 list of snake oil scams often seen with consumer audio speaker and interconnect cables. Update includes testing of Audioquest 72VDC DBS system.