[Elecraft] Re: tube amplifiers and polyproplene capacitors

Richard haendel rhaendel1030 at inabc.net
Thu May 25 16:40:53 EDT 2006


Those who get sold by high end audio salesmen seem to believe the garbage
they tell you after a while.  I was told once at a high end stereo shop that
I should buy this special speaker wire.  It was stranded copper and each
strand was individually gold plated to avoid corrosion that caused
distortion. What was so special was each wire of the pair had the twists in
opposite directions so that earths magnetic field would not couple into the
wires and distort the audio on its way to the speakers.  The salesman was
very emphatic !!  What else do you want to believe??.  IMHO some people are
gullible and will believe most anything.  Inferred perception and a
convincing salesman can sell most anything. Just my $.02 worth.

Rich W3ACO K2 4023



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