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Re: The physics of the third millennium

Posted by Monstrous Mike on October 3, 2002 at 12:07:36:
So, laying a cable on a floor or carpet would result in a different permeability and/or permittivity of the medium than if the cable were suspsended some distance above it.
I do not see how you are applying permittivity to this scenario. I would agree that if you were under the floor measuring the electric field of your speaker wires, then yes, carpet and floor have different permittivities.
Again, I cannot see your connection to the disruption or potential alteration of the signal in the speaker wire. Of course, if the positive and negative wires were separated (has this been tried?), that would be different.