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In Reply to: RE: Yes, lifting cables off the ground is snake oil posted by Tre' on July 14, 2020 at 16:32:35
Just saying what Tre'? That because you have never tried it or seen anyone else try it therefore it doesn't or can't have an effect on the sound? At least 2 or three logical fallacies there. I'm sure I can find more based on your question how it can pull horse blankets off cd's and records. The Red Herring Fallacy right off the top of my head. You are not pulling horse blankets off of cds and records, you are potentially improving the nature of the electrical signal traveling through the wire by changing the dielectric and or vibration dampening. Far be it from me to believe in everything Pierre does but he is a recording "engineer". I would bet dollars to donuts that when practical, like in his own recording studio, that he has his microphone cables off the floor.I could be wrong but I doubt it. I'm sure he will answer that question if put to him. Given the low level of the signal in microphone cables one might speculate that that may be the most effective place for this tweak??
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Tweaker456
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I agree, if the tweak worked in the first place, mic lines in the recording studio would be "the most effective place for this tweak??".
"That because you have never tried it" Why the hell would you assume that?
I've got some great sounding recording from the 50's clear up to the 80's with no sign of "horse blankets" and I'm pretty sure the mic lines were not lifted for those recordings.
Take a good listen to Nat King Cole's "Orange Colored Sky" on the DCC release LPZ2-2061. The dynamics and clear, clean highs show no sign of "horse blankets". Well, maybe they lifted the mic cables on that (no latter than 1963) recording?
Tre'
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Why would I assume that you never listened to mic wires off the ground in an AB test Tre'? This is why.
"In all my years working in professional recording studios I have never seen anyone lift microphone cables." Tre' July 14,2020 16:32:35
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Tweaker456
I was saying that I have tried lifting my speaker wires here at home.
Tre'
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"I've got some great sounding recording from the 50's clear up to the 80's with no sign of "horse blankets" and I'm pretty sure the mic lines were not lifted for those recordings." The point is would the sound have improved if these great sounding recordings were made with the cables lifted off the floor. Would your great recording have been better? Does the tweak work or not? Only trying will tell. This is the tweaker's asylum where people come for tweak info. Lifting cables off the ground is a good thing. Microphone cables or interconnect I would suspect would follow the same principles as speaker cable,I haven't needed to try them specifically. I would suggest that part of the reason you think these recordings are great would be the equipment you are using to reproduce it. Might you suspect that these great recording would be even greater with modern wire, cable, resistors, capacitors, vibration control, ac filtration... or are they intrinsically the greatest they could have ever been?? Please send me back in time so I can prove my point. Me thinks things were better in some way back then. Where's the WABAC machine when you need it the most?
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Tweaker456
"Only trying will tell. "
I have.
Tre'
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
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