Ahem, this debate seems to have been going on for more years than I care to
remember. To me, the main reason why some cables do sound different is bad
design of output stages themselves. After all, speakers are very weird loads
and if an amp is going to sound different just due to cables then it does
not bode well for how it will drive real speakers.

Ducks behind potted plant.

Brian

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"John" wrote in message
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On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:10:40 +0100, Jim Lesurf wrote:

Hi,

I've just put up a new webpage that provides some measurements on the
properties of a variety of loudspeaker cables. The page is at

http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/HFN/Cables3/TakeTheLead.html

It is an expanded version of the article published in 'Hi Fi News' a few
months ago.

Slainte,

Jim

Skin effect at audio frequencies?? Haven't you described this as resulting
in about 0.02dB loss at 25kHz over near dc? hardly noticeable unless
you're a Vulcan :-)
At my age (50's) my auditory system is so shot I'm glad I can still hear
sounds above the tinnitus.