In article , Roderick
Stewart wrote:
In article , Mark R Penn wrote:
Why so aggressive Roderick - I'm agreeing with you, not arguing.


I would have thought that in a typical domestic hi-fi setup, the only
meaningful physical property of the loudspeaker cables would be their
electrical resistance.

The series inductance may also be relevant unless reasonably low.

In some cases the shunt capacitance may also have an effect.

However for R,L,C, with a reasonable cable, the effects should be somewhere
between 'small' and 'inaudible'.

[snip]

Well, it appears that you are talking about resistance, and talking
sense, but I wouldn't be surprised if somebody tries to convince us
that there is something more, some mysterious property of copper wire
that every scientist and engineer for the past century and a half has
missed.

Many such 'amazing properties' tend to feature in the publicity material
for expensive cables. Sometimes based on vacuous twaddle, but more often on
taking something wildly out of context and making a mountain out of a
molehill. The result is technobabble...

Slainte,

Jim

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