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In Reply to: But what about the house wire? posted by riker1384 on August 25, 2006 at 07:32:38:
the wiring, regardless of the source of the signal, responds accordingly to variances in impedance. This is true regardless of the location of the impedance variation along that signal path.With that in mind, it is pretty much an accepted fact that the power lines typically contain several different signals, all at different frequencies, amplitudes and phases. These signals can vary in levels of purity and spectrum. AS such, isn't it quite possible that many of these signals wouldn't respond in identical fashion to what would appear to be similar stimuli?
When one can understand this simple vantage point, and begin to experiment and learn from this understanding, it is called "the application of science". Knowing that many of the greatest scientific breakthrough's in history have come about by accident, while also flying in the face of the commonly accepted level of conventional knowledge and wisdom, also gives one quite a bit to think about. This is especially true when applied to this type of situation i.e. wide variances in both the aforementioned signal spectrum and / or the design of the components & wiring in question.
Too bad much of what is on the audiophile market, especially wiring and AC related products, are marketed on "snake oil" rather than science and engineering principles. Whereas some "snake oil" based products may have some form of validity to them due to our lack of knowledge in certain areas, a lot of this stuff is pretty cut and dried.
With that in mind, TRUE "science" is always growing in the fact that it seeks to explain what is "real" and why we experience certain things. This means, for lack of a better terminology, science strives to explain what is currently the unexplainable. Yes, science can be used as a tool to disprove certain beliefs, but that science has to be proven to be accurate to begin with. Like many other things, doing so in anything less than absolute conditions with very specific parameters typically results in less than absolutely accurate conclusions being drawn.
This is exactly why we end up in situations like what we have here. Both sides can be presented with what most would consider to be logical conclusions. The problem is that only one side of this debate can be "right". Given that i've experienced both audible AND measurable changes in performance, all i can say is that we either need to apply more research into this matter OR that what all of what we currently do know is not being correctly applied to this debate. Sean
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Follow Ups
- The signal passing through.... - Sean 12:17:28 08/25/06 (1)
- Excellently put, Sir! :-)) nt - andyr 12:52:01 08/25/06 (0)
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