John Dunlavy On "Cable Nonsense"

The meter was fixed on a tripod. My position varied, it was behind the meter, but I made no attempt to position myslef in one place.

The Monster was Zip cord, while the Argent cable was a shielded design (not sure of exactly what was inside). The speakers were a set of Legacy Classics, the amplifier was a Denon AVC-3030. No idea of the impedance and phase plots for the speakers.

I have made some major changes in my system since then. The Classics are now being driven in a vertical biamp configuration with a Sunfire Cinema Grand, which really flattened the bass.

I will be getting some JPS Ultraconductors as soon as the person I bought them from ships them (They've been very delayed). I can post some new results then.

Bear -> I don't have a DVM. Can you recommend one of reasonable quality and price for a hobbyist? I no longer have the Argent cable (returned it to the person who loaned it to me), but it would be interesting to have one around for occasional use.

Gpalmer , the DVM to own, is made by FLUKE. The industry standard

Apparently the way to measure these things is with a nice high end digital oscilliscope with storage and analsysis capabilities.

Heh, the oscilliscope sounds great but isn't in my budget :-) Frap, how good is the model 8010a of the Fluke dvm? Found a used one which fits my budget (El Cheapo!)

Greg

Every human voice has a different sound signature. I seriously doubt that any of the tenors mentionned would "measure" the same. I am not quite sure what type of measurement is implied or suggested though. Whatever note they sing (assuming they hit it just right, which they should on any given day)would have the same fundamental, but the harmonics would be different The harmonics are what gives each voice its character, its timbre. The harmonics would not measure the same. How this would help any of these fine singers perform is highly dubious. How any such measurement would increase the appreciation of their art by the listener is equally suspect. I hesitate to say the "tenor" argument is specious in this context, and leave it up to others to decide. If the example was between two guitars, at least the makers could attempt to duplicate the sound of a highly prized instrument on the basis of their findings, but since we can't manufacture singers the example is a bit wonky. No two guitars of the same maker would, if properly scrutinized, measure exactly the same anyway. Audiophiles might learn something by hearing the new modeling amps though. Ne less a guitar player than Buddy Guy felt that the new Fender could reproduce the tone of a vintage Fender Bassman. I wonder how Fender found the way to have digital circuitry mimic one of its own icons?