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D said:
The Low Oxygen Monster Cable guy is probably in the sun right now
sipping on sambuca and getting a back massage from some DD bikini
babe.. :)
D from BC

Low oxygen copper is supposed to be extremely flexible. That's about
it. Better sound? Hardly.

Monster just had a layoff. I think they are off-shoring more product.

I don't bash Monster too much since their claims were never as
outlandish as the rest of the wire bandits. Also, the basic Monster
cables (i.e. bottom of the line) are a notch above the cheap-o stuff.
The Monster phono plugs are much tighter than the schlock stuff. The
Monster strain reliefs are better too.

The worse ripoff had to be that Tice power line tweaker. I think it was
just a digital clock. However, it made the electrons sound better. ;-)
 
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Eeyore

Jan 1, 1970
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The worse ripoff had to be that Tice power line tweaker. I think it was
just a digital clock. However, it made the electrons sound better. ;-)

It *was* a digital clock from Radio Shack even perhaps.

You haven't come across the Shakti Stones then ?

Graham
 
Frederic said:
100uF is quite a big value for coupling unless the stage is driving a low
impedance load. You cannot reduce the value otherwise the low frequency
response will suffer.
An alternative is to use 100uF tantalum bypassed by a few uF polypropylene,
that should reduce the nonlinearity produced by the tantalum.

Unless you mean "decoupling" caps, in that case normal electrolytic will do.

Fred

Why would a few uF polyprop in parallel reduce the tantalum distortion?

Like electrolytic capacitors, tantalum capacitors exhibit a large
increase in permitivity below 10Hz. This 'Dielectic Soakage' due to
surface charge accumulation can double the charge storage at DC
compared to 50Hz.

It is quite difficult to get capacitors to treat signals nicely at
low-frequencies. Adding a cap in parallel would be nice but I dont
think its gonna make any difference. I would be pleased if you can
prove me wrong!

Thanks,
Andrew
 
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Eeyore

Jan 1, 1970
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Why would a few uF polyprop in parallel reduce the tantalum distortion?

Tantalum caps are miserable choices for zero bias signal coupling btw.

Like electrolytic capacitors, tantalum capacitors exhibit a large
increase in permitivity below 10Hz. This 'Dielectic Soakage' due to
surface charge accumulation can double the charge storage at DC
compared to 50Hz.

It is quite difficult to get capacitors to treat signals nicely at
low-frequencies. Adding a cap in parallel would be nice but I dont
think its gonna make any difference. I would be pleased if you can
prove me wrong!

I can couple LF signals just fine with aluminium electrolytics.

Graham
 
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John Larkin

Jan 1, 1970
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Low oxygen copper is supposed to be extremely flexible. That's about
it. Better sound? Hardly.

All electrical-grade copper is low-oxygen copper. And it all comes
from the same mills. 12/2 Romex is every bit as good as the most
expensive Monster speaker cable.

John
 
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bobandcarole

Jan 1, 1970
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Homer said:
If you have to ask . . . . . . .
WTF do you know "homer" ..you can't replace the batteries in your dildo
properly....
 
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4s00th

Jan 1, 1970
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WTF do you know "homer" ..you can't replace the batteries in your dildo
properly....
Careful what you say ... before you know it, bo0by&crawler & jimbo0b
riske will be accusing you of molesting CD's and old record albums,
maybe you started off with a cassette or 8-track ....

4s00th
 
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bobandcarole

Jan 1, 1970
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4s00th said:
Careful what you say ... before you know it, bo0by&crawler & jimbo0b
riske will be accusing you of molesting CD's and old record albums,
maybe you started off with a cassette or 8-track ....
Or maybe exposing you for the craven liar and vile pedophile that you
are?

"I am a pedophile -- someone who is sexually attracted to children; I
won't quibble about pre-adolescent or post-adolescent because I like
them all. That does not make me a threat to children"--humiliated
pedophile 4s00th



"Yes, I've thought about giving little boys blow jobs, and the
fantasies have been very thrilling and exciting to me"--humiliated
pedophile 4s00th



http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.boy-lovers/msg/d768e45a1077ee84?&hl=en


"I have on occasion been known to humiliate myself -- but then, I'm
one
of the few people with sufficient intelligence to humiliate me"
--humiliated pedophile 4s00th

..
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.boy-lovers/msg/1139306e6ea99ff3?&hl=en
 
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4s00th

Jan 1, 1970
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Or maybe exposing you for the craven liar and vile pedophile that you
are?

Interesting. It accuses me of being a liar, but it certainly believed
every said:
"I am a pedophile -- someone who is sexually attracted to children; I
won't quibble about pre-adolescent or post-adolescent because I like
them all. That does not make me a threat to children"--humiliated
pedophile 4s00th

"Yes, I've thought about giving little boys blow jobs, and the
fantasies have been very thrilling and exciting to me"--humiliated
pedophile 4s00th

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.boy-lovers/msg/d768e45a1077ee84?&hl=en


"I have on occasion been known to humiliate myself -- but then, I'm one
of the few people with sufficient intelligence to humiliate me"
--humiliated pedophile 4s00th

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.boy-lovers/msg/1139306e6ea99ff3?&hl=en

As to being vile, I guess that's a matter of opinion. I don't claim to
be a saint, just a man who does the best he can given the cards he was
dealt. But I know plenty of people who would say that anyone who is so
prejudiced that he can't even believe the possibility that someone
doesn't fit his stereotype is pretty damn vile. Others would say
accusing people of molesting children without any shed of proof is
pretty damn vile. It's just a shame that some people aren't capable of
seeing the beam in their own eye because they're too busy looking at
the mote in other's eyes.

And even sadder, the alleged Christian probably won't even get the
reference.

4s00th
 
B

bobandcarole kicking pedophile ass daily

Jan 1, 1970
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bobandcarole said:
Or maybe exposing you for the craven liar and vile pedophile that you
are?

"I am a pedophile -- someone who is sexually attracted to children; I
won't quibble about pre-adolescent or post-adolescent because I like
them all. That does not make me a threat to children"--humiliated
pedophile 4s00th



"Yes, I've thought about giving little boys blow jobs, and the
fantasies have been very thrilling and exciting to me"--humiliated
pedophile 4s00th



http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.boy-lovers/msg/d768e45a1077ee84?&hl=en


"I have on occasion been known to humiliate myself -- but then, I'm
one
of the few people with sufficient intelligence to humiliate me"
--humiliated pedophile 4s00th

.
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.boy-lovers/msg/1139306e6ea99ff3?&hl=en
 
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Rich Grise

Jan 1, 1970
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That is the *key* to audiophile contentment.


Shhhh! Howinthehell can we sell him a flux capacitor
if he knows that? Hey - I found a
"Cardas Golden Ratio Cap 1.0 uF" for only $56.75 here:
http://www.diycable.com/main/default.php?cPath=35_46

(It's a bestseller)

I wonder what a 100 uF costs??

I don't know, but you could probably get some Al can caps
gold-anodized, and bump it up about 10X. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich
 
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Rich, but drunk

Jan 1, 1970
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It *was* a digital clock from Radio Shack even perhaps.

You haven't come across the Shakti Stones then ?

Dude, I carry my Shakti Stones with me! ;-P

Cheers!
Rich
 
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Rich Grise

Jan 1, 1970
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All electrical-grade copper is low-oxygen copper. And it all comes
from the same mills. 12/2 Romex is every bit as good as the most
expensive Monster speaker cable.

Well, (1), howcome some people sell "OFHC" wire as if it's something
special? (like, #30 wire-wrap wire)

and (2), mightn't the difference between solid and stranded show
some skin effect in the higher ranges?

Thanks,
Rich
 
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Eeyore

Jan 1, 1970
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Rich said:
Well, (1), howcome some people sell "OFHC" wire as if it's something
special? (like, #30 wire-wrap wire)

and (2), mightn't the difference between solid and stranded show
some skin effect in the higher ranges?

Not without at least some insulation on the strands.

Graham
 
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John Larkin

Jan 1, 1970
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Well, (1), howcome some people sell "OFHC" wire as if it's something
special? (like, #30 wire-wrap wire)

Because they figure that some other people will be dumb enough to be
impressed?

Do you think these boutique 5-nines, OFHC cable people really refine
their own copper?
and (2), mightn't the difference between solid and stranded show
some skin effect in the higher ranges?

Some, but not enough to hear.

John
 
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Don Lancaster

Jan 1, 1970
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Rich said:
Well, (1), howcome some people sell "OFHC" wire as if it's something
special? (like, #30 wire-wrap wire)

and (2), mightn't the difference between solid and stranded show
some skin effect in the higher ranges?

Thanks,
Rich

The real dispute is whether two point or four point barbed wire is best
for speakers. Full discussion at http://www.tinaja.com/glib/marcia.pdf



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Homer J Simpson

Jan 1, 1970
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Well, (1), howcome some people sell "OFHC" wire as if it's something
special? (like, #30 wire-wrap wire)

Because you CAN fool some of the people some of the time.
and (2), mightn't the difference between solid and stranded show
some skin effect in the higher ranges?

Even your dog can't hear 100 KHz.





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