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Lew

In Reply to: RE: Questions about speaker cable characteristic impedance posted by MP on October 3, 2023 at 16:42:43:

See my post above in response to what Ralph said. What was most obvious when I did some trials with different cables back whenever, was that cables with high CI sounded very bad. This is with Atma-sphere amps driving Sound Lab ESLs, which is what I still listen to. In the interim I modified my speaker's crossover network such that impedance of the speakers is now much higher and more suitable to an OTL, which made a huge difference, still with the Goertz ribbon speaker cables, only a 4-foot length per side.

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Topic - Questions about speaker cable characteristic impedance - MP 11:56:15 10/2/23 ( 11)

RE: Questions about speaker cable characteristic impedance - grindstone 08:24:03 10/10/23 ( 0)
RE: Questions about speaker cable characteristic impedance - Ralph 09:40:34 10/4/23 ( 5)
- RE: Questions about speaker cable characteristic impedance - MP 11:13:00 10/4/23 ( 4)
  - RE: No. It should be the same nt - Ralph 11:14:55 10/4/23 ( 3)
    - But no speaker has a constant impedance at all frequencies, ... - Lew 07:58:59 11/18/23 ( 1)
      - Yes- part of the reason no speaker cable will be perfect... nt - Ralph 11:46:38 11/18/23 ( 0)
    - RE: Thank you. Understand now. NT - MP 15:37:36 10/4/23 ( 0)
RE: Questions about speaker cable characteristic impedance - 6bq5 14:50:36 10/2/23 ( 3)
- RE: Questions about speaker cable characteristic impedance - MP 16:42:43 10/3/23 ( 2)
  - I still use Goertz silver ribbons - Lew 11/18/23 08:03:25 11/18/23 ( 1)
    - RE: I still use Goertz silver ribbons - MP 06:10:45 01/2/24 ( 0)