"harrogate3"

If you now put cables of significant resistance in series between the
amp and the loudspeaker-generator the load imposed on the generator
will be reduced and it will take longer to come to rest. The effect of
this is quite audible - the bass tends to sound indistinct and a tad
unreal - 'flappy' or 'flabby' are the usual words. It is thus fairly
safe to say that the larger the loudspeaker cone and the louder you
want to play it, the thicker the cables should be.


** What ******** - amplifier damping does not relate to cone size or
playing level.

It relates only to the DC resistance of the speaker in use.

The FACT is that connecting cable resistance has barely ANY effect on
speaker damping - since it is in SERIES with the resistance of the
voice coil of the speaker.

The resistance of typical bass speakers is 7 ohms - which INCREASES at
high power levels to possibly 12 ohms or more !!

This increase has the SAME EFFECT on damping as using speaker cables with
** 5 ohms ** resistance !!

Purely due to the temperature coefficient of resistance of copper wire.

Not a single thing you can do about that, short of going to planar or full
range electrostatic designs.


Incidently the ratio of the amp output design load - typically 8R - to
the amp output impedence is known as the damping factor.


** But has NOTHING to do with **electrical damping** as experienced by a
woofer.

Because its own *temperature dependant* resistance IS the DOMINANT factor
in the damping equation.


( Snip even more and worse drivel that must have come from some crackpot's
web site or audiophool rag.)



........ Phil