In Reply to: Passing on some old news, but.... posted by Sean on July 30, 1999 at 01:29:33:
The rest of the IAR story was that Polk Soundcable (aka Cobra Cable) had the lowest inductance and was therefore the best high frequency cable available and a killer combo with the Romex. This stuff was imported from Japan by Polk and had enameled Litz wires of opposite polarity woven over each other at near right angles to form a tube looking like a Chinese finger trap. This cable, like other low inductance wires I've heard (Goertz), sounded very quiet (low noise) and fast, but also sounded lightweight in the bass. After my Quatre amp blew up with this wire, I got a pair of PS Audio monoblocks and cut-up and reterminated the Polk wire to make two 2.5 foot long bundle of eight parallel sections each into my Vandy 2As. Back in 1983, this was the best cable I'd ever heard, clobbering my Fulton Golds and Monster Powerlines.
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- The "genius" of Matthew Polk? - TAFKA Steve 19:42:52 07/30/99 (0)