In Reply to: RE: Signal path wire - is 28g too thin? posted by SteveBrown on January 27, 2015 at 13:19:53:
I got the same advice from Pierre Sprey of Mapleshade many years ago. Funnily enough, Pierre prefers copper over silver. I would guess without knowing for sure that very fine copper wire is more sturdy than silver of similar gauge. It's impossible to know whether it's the power of suggestion, placebo effect, observer bias, or what, but I believe I do hear a difference in favor of very thin solid core, certainly over any stranded wire. I can't say that 28ga solid core sounds any better than 26ga solid core, though. I don't want to start another subjectivist vs objectivist brouhaha here. I totally admit this is all subjective. But I am in good company.
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- Allen is not the only one who touted thinner is better... - Lew 17:09:57 01/27/15 (76)
- RE: Allen is not the only one who touted thinner is better... - morricab 04:14:17 01/28/15 (14)
- RE: Allen is not the only one who touted thinner is better... - gusser 10:42:18 01/28/15 (9)
- Actually, the math... - Lew 13:35:57 01/28/15 (8)
- Come on... - gusser 14:03:36 01/28/15 (7)
- Whoa! - Lew 07:32:54 01/29/15 (1)
- RE: Whoa! - gusser 07:57:17 01/29/15 (0)
- RE: Come on... - kyle 14:10:23 01/28/15 (4)
- I'm not disputing that. - gusser 14:18:56 01/28/15 (3)
- RE: I'm not disputing that. - morricab 02:26:53 01/29/15 (0)
- Agreed. - kyle 14:38:21 01/28/15 (1)
- "a much larger bang for the buck by getting their room treatments in order" +1 - Tre' 15:55:07 01/28/15 (0)
- Foil is tough to work with inside a chassis... - Lew 06:29:48 01/28/15 (3)
- RE: Foil is tough to work with inside a chassis... - morricab 12:38:54 01/28/15 (2)
- RE: Foil is tough to work with inside a chassis... - Lew 09:46:59 01/29/15 (1)
- RE: Foil is tough to work with inside a chassis... - morricab 12:52:27 01/29/15 (0)
- Just show us the relevant physics behind it! - gusser 18:07:02 01/27/15 (60)
- RE: Just show us the relevant physics behind it! - Lew 19:35:48 01/27/15 (50)
- Allen Wright's credentials & accomplishments trump any navel aviation art spewed in this thread-nT - Cleantimestream 03:48:00 01/28/15 (47)
- Do they? - gusser 08:31:01 01/28/15 (45)
- RE: Do they? - Cleantimestream 09:15:45 01/28/15 (44)
- RE: Do they? - gusser 10:29:57 01/28/15 (43)
- RE: Do they? - morricab 12:48:01 01/28/15 (42)
- RE: Do they? - gusser 14:31:38 01/28/15 (41)
- RE: Do they? - morricab 02:42:37 01/29/15 (37)
- and then another part of reality is the unexplained Synergy between components-nT - Cleantimestream 03:58:56 01/29/15 (0)
- RE: Do they? - cpotl 03:40:50 01/29/15 (35)
- RE: Do they? - morricab 05:32:01 01/29/15 (34)
- RE: Do they? - gusser 06:42:47 01/29/15 (6)
- RE: Do they? - morricab 13:04:11 01/29/15 (5)
- Reading: - gusser 14:34:55 01/29/15 (4)
- RE: Reading: - morricab 02:27:49 01/30/15 (3)
- Apples and oranges - gusser 11:50:10 01/30/15 (2)
- RE: Apples and oranges - morricab 12:50:31 01/30/15 (1)
- I think I get? - gusser 13:10:38 01/30/15 (0)
- RE: Do they? - cpotl 06:13:54 01/29/15 (25)
- Have you heard any recordings that sound like the real thing? - morricab 13:10:55 01/29/15 (6)
- RE: Have you heard any recordings that sound like the real thing? - cpotl 18:20:04 01/29/15 (5)
- RE: Have you heard any recordings that sound like the real thing? - morricab 13:01:46 01/30/15 (4)
- RE: Have you heard any recordings that sound like the real thing? - cpotl 13:23:22 01/30/15 (3)
- RE: Have you heard any recordings that sound like the real thing? - Tre' 14:12:14 01/30/15 (2)
- RE: Have you heard any recordings that sound like the real thing? - gusser 14:21:02 01/30/15 (1)
- RE: Have you heard any recordings that sound like the real thing? - Stephen R 05:22:29 01/31/15 (0)
- RE: Do they? - RPMac 07:11:49 01/29/15 (17)
- RE: Do they? - gusser 08:04:22 01/29/15 (16)
- RE: Do they? - morricab 13:14:38 01/29/15 (12)
- I don't get that. - gusser 14:48:52 01/29/15 (11)
- RE: I don't get that. - morricab 02:32:54 01/30/15 (10)
- RE: I don't get that. - op48no1 17:17:02 01/30/15 (8)
- RE: I don't get that. - morricab 14:26:24 01/31/15 (7)
- RE: I don't get that. - op48no1 16:15:44 01/31/15 (6)
- RE: I don't get that. - morricab 11:50:41 02/01/15 (5)
- RE: I don't get that. - op48no1 13:24:37 02/01/15 (4)
- RE: I don't get that. - morricab 15:45:32 02/01/15 (3)
- RE: I don't get that. - op48no1 17:46:20 02/01/15 (2)
- RE: I don't get that. - morricab 12:55:04 02/02/15 (1)
- RE: I don't get that. - op48no1 14:19:52 02/02/15 (0)
- Feedback is bad? Dig deeper! - gusser 11:30:26 01/30/15 (0)
- RE: Do they? - kyle 10:50:36 01/29/15 (2)
- RE: Do they? - gusser 11:36:24 01/29/15 (1)
- RE: Do they? - kyle 11:58:40 01/29/15 (0)
- "most recordings sound like crap!" - Triode_Kingdom 05:46:08 01/29/15 (0)
- Not accurate?? - Triode_Kingdom 22:30:14 01/28/15 (2)
- RE: Not accurate?? - gusser 07:50:37 01/29/15 (0)
- RE: Not accurate?? - morricab 02:45:47 01/29/15 (0)
- But he was human like the rest of us - Triode_Kingdom 08:11:58 01/28/15 (0)
- Wire - Triode_Kingdom 20:32:01 01/27/15 (1)
- Thanks, TK - Lew 06:28:05 01/28/15 (0)
- "relevant physics"? It is called resistance - Chip647 19:03:23 01/27/15 (8)
- RE: "relevant physics"? It is called resistance - danlaudionut 22:49:35 01/27/15 (4)
- RE: "relevant physics"? It is called resistance - cpotl 06:41:13 01/28/15 (3)
- RE: "relevant physics"? It is called resistance - danlaudionut 07:24:23 01/28/15 (2)
- That's true for violin strings! - gusser 08:22:17 01/28/15 (0)
- RE: "relevant physics"? It is called resistance - cpotl 07:59:45 01/28/15 (0)
- RE: "relevant physics"? It is called resistance - cpotl 19:14:12 01/27/15 (2)
- RE: "relevant physics"? It is called resistance - Tre' 19:28:28 01/27/15 (1)
- And sometimes right into a 1000 ohm grid stop resistor (nt) - Chip647 04:53:53 01/28/15 (0)