[Vintage-Audio] Audiophool Cables

Wed Mar 5 17:12:43 EST 2008

Robert,

There is a place in Flushing, MI that sells custom audio cable. One is 
called "Oval Clear'. It is 14 guage multiple strand Copper wire and? It is 
supposed to allow the "full signal" from the amplifier to get to the 
speakers without any "alterations". I think this means with no resistance 
and capacitance reducing the signal.

It sells for $5 per foot!

Maybe one of you wizards of vintage audio can find the name of this place 
using one of the search engines?

Now gentlemen, I have some very good ears and know good audio when I hear 
it. I can hear a flea fart at a thousand yards during a rock concert! I am 
good enough that I have split a note at the end of one song and blended it 
into the first note of another song. I did this to use with a Magical 
illusion I called Cutting A Lady In Sixths. The one song was in instrumental 
version of Exodus and the other was the theme for 2001 A Space Odyssey. So 
the old blind due can hear both the highs and them lows, yet!

Let us all know what you can find out about this wonder wire in Flushing, 
Michigan!

Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
http://www.w9wze.net
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
hhrp.w9wze.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Nickels" <w9ran at oneradio.net>
To: "Vintage home and professional audio equipment from 1975 back" 
<vintage-audio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 11:02 AM
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Audiophool Cables

> You've seen the fancy expensive cables and other crap the audiophooles 
> claim makes all the difference in the world.   Of course we know this is 
> silly, but try to convince THEM of that!   This guy ( Dr. Bob Dean) who 
> has a pretty serious home theater and a brother who is an audio guru 
> decided to do just that.  Results are as expected.
>
> 73,  Bob W9RAN
>
> I'm so sorry, but I do not buy into 90% of the hype brought to us 
> audiophiles by the commercial sector of our hobby and the home 
> entertainment industry at large. My brother, an audio engineering whiz kid 
> has proven to me what is real and what is not. Let me rehearse with you an 
> example of how he does this.
>
> We gathered up a 5 of our audio buddies. We took my "old" Martin Logan 
> SL-3 (not a bad speaker for accurate noise making) and hooked them up with 
> Monster 1000 speaker cables (decent cables according to the audio press). 
> We also rigged up 14 gauge, oxygen free Belden stranded copper wire with a 
> simple PVC jacket. Both were 2 meters long. They were connected to an ABX 
> switch box allowing blind fold testing. Volume levels were set at 75 Db at 
> 1000K Hz. A high quality recording of smooth, trio, easy listening jazz 
> was played (Piano, drums, bass). None of us had heard this group or CD 
> before, therefore eliminating biases. The music was played. Of the 5 blind 
> folded, only 2 guessed correctly which was the monster cable. (I was not 
> one of them). This was done 7 times in a row! Keeping us blind folded, my 
> brother switched out the Belden wire (are you ready for this) with simple 
> coat hanger wire! Unknown to me and our 12 audiophile buddies, prior to 
> the ABX blind test, he took apart four coat hangers, reconnected them and 
> twisted them into a pair of speaker cables. Connections were soldered. He 
> stashed them in a closet within the testing room so we were not privy to 
> what he was up to. This made for a pair of 2 meter cables, the exact 
> length of the other wires. The test was conducted. After 5 tests, none 
> could determine which was the Monster 1000 cable or the coat hanger wire. 
> Further, when music was played through the coat hanger wire, we were asked 
> if what we heard sounded good to us. All agreed that what was heard 
> sounded excellent, however, when A-B tests occurred, it was impossible to 
> determine which sounded best the majority of the time and which wire was 
> in use. Needless to say, after the blind folds came off and we saw what my 
> brother did, we learned he was right...most of what manufactures have to 
> say about their products is pure hype. It seems the more they charge, the 
> more hyped it is.
>
> So you see, my friend, that is why I have joined up with this site 
> (audioholics) because their approach to good sound and education to 
> acquire good sound and video is based on science, not hype, hypnotics, 
> placebo effects or wishful thinking.
>
> Excerpted from: 
> http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showpost.php?s=97d4a3c39d247bf955a57b3953326a34&p=15412&postcount=28
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