Re: [ARSCLIST] Cables- was Can 78s sound better than LPs?

[Mike Richter <mrichter@xxxxxxx>]

Richard L. Hess wrote:
> At 11:06 PM 8/28/2006, Mike Richter wrote:
>
> > Jerome Hartke wrote:
> >
> > > Cable impedance only becomes significant if their length approaches a 
> > > tenth
> > > wavelength or more. I doubt that this happens at audio frequencies 
> > > unless
> > > the speakers are in another state.
> > > Jerry
> > > Media Sciences, Inc.
> >
> >
> > I rarely disagree with Jerry, but here I must. 1 KHz has a wavelength 
> > of about twelve inches. An unstopped 30-foot organ pipe produces a 32 
> > Hz fundamental. And so on.
> >
> > A tenth of a wavelength is very much realized even in Rhode Island 
> > <G>. Cable resistance is important in almost any setup, but complex 
> > components are not.
>
> Ummmm, Mike, I think you're thinking acoustic waves vs. electrical waves.

I was, indeed, thinking of acoustic waves. I'm afraid that I had gotten 
tied up in the knots on this thread.

Mike
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