Wally wrote:

Andy Hewitt wrote:

To which the counterpoint is: This is an unmoderated public
newsgroup, which means that the flak comes with the turf.

Indeed.

Not much point in complaining about it, then, is there?

Obviously not. However, common courtesy costs nowt.

I don't believe we can disregard the fact that *in theory* the sound
*could* be affected in such a way. However, I have never attempted to
suggest any significance to the magnitude.

That's where the cable snake oil stems from - in theory, there could be a
difference. The problem is, most of the theory applies to very long lengths
of cable (like capacitance), or to very high frequencies (like skin effect).
At AF in domestic setups, this sort of thing is insignificant, and it's
positively disingenious that the cable makers and mags tout it as
'improving' something. In other words, there comes a point where some things
perhaps *should* be disregarded due to their magnitude being insignificant
(ie, inaudible).

Yup, that makes sense, although it does seem to make a difference for
some.

Look, so do I - unless it doesn't cost anything to do, which in my
case it didn't (I bought the rolls of cable at a good price, so would
have had the cable available anyway). The result being, no harm done,
I basically have very thick cables to my speakers in the worst case.

No, you haven't. By splitting them, you've got a single run's worth going to
each 8ohm driver. Assume each run is 1ohm - you've got 1ohm between amp and
each driver. If you put straps on the speakers and leave the cables in
place, you have two 1ohm resistors in parallel, giving 0.5ohms. If you're
going to have two runs of cable to each speaker, it may well be the case
that shorting at both ends is better than bi-wiring.

Well, yes, although that's no more or less 'scientific' than the rest of
the theory, I'll just end up with 10mm/sq of cable to each speaker.
Again, something that'll make insignificant difference ;-)

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