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Post by Boomzilla on Mar 21, 2018 0:18:24 GMT -5
Hey boom, have you ever used Mediabridge, I use them, good shieding, good connectors, good sound, I'm talking about their coax type..... Hi gus4emo - I've heard of them, but never tried them. |
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Post by DYohn on Mar 21, 2018 9:17:29 GMT -5
Anecdotal evidence means the user perceived something. That's fine. It does not mean there is any universal truth to be found in that evidence.
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Post by leonski on Mar 21, 2018 15:44:20 GMT -5
Level of 'proof' comes into play. In a court of law you have maybe 4 or 5 levels ending with 'beyond a reasonable doubt'. From NOLO Press, who as far as I know, have never entered the High End debate! www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/legal-standards-proof.htmlSo, you Pick your Level of Proof you would require and than check the Evidence. Those convinced already would say 'Beyond a Reasonable Doubt' while those who would admit to some 'wiggle room' might choose a lower standard or deny the claim altogether. |
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Post by robertip on May 13, 2018 21:23:19 GMT -5
Man, I HATE Monster. The 'head monster' is a real litagator, having sued many companies with 'monster' in the letterhead. He even tried getting Blue Jeans to stop selling something AND pay him a royality for some kind of design infringement. Blue Jeans owner? A former hi-end intellectual propety attorney who WELCOMED the lawsuit which never, apparently, went any further than an exchange of letters. www.bluejeanscable.com/legal/mcp/On this basis, and the fact that Monster has HUGE markups and predatory practices, I have excluded them from further consideration. Monster is playing a smart ass in making profit from "protecting" their intellectual properties... |
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Post by 405x5 on May 13, 2018 21:56:39 GMT -5
Man, I HATE Monster. The 'head monster' is a real litagator, having sued many companies with 'monster' in the letterhead. He even tried getting Blue Jeans to stop selling something AND pay him a royality for some kind of design infringement. Blue Jeans owner? A former hi-end intellectual propety attorney who WELCOMED the lawsuit which never, apparently, went any further than an exchange of letters. www.bluejeanscable.com/legal/mcp/On this basis, and the fact that Monster has HUGE markups and predatory practices, I have excluded them from further consideration. Monster is playing a smart ass in making profit from "protecting" their intellectual properties... I haven’t needed to buy RCA interconnects for years now. The ones I purchased in 2001 are perfect and they just migrated over to the XMC1 a few years back. The brand name is Monster. Why did I buy Monster?? The store was walking distance from my house. Best price/quality combo for what I needed the day I walked in. They are just wires nothing to agonize over and I could care less about a company that sells wires, just pay, hookem up and forget it. Sound comes out. I’m happy. Any questions? Bill |
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Post by Boomzilla on May 14, 2018 4:10:02 GMT -5
...For an additional 20 ohms impedance to interact in such a way as to cause audible artifacts when used between gear, the impedance mismatch between gear would be pretty severe to begin with. Maybe 1kohms OUT to 5kohms IN? Something like that, and still? 20 ohms? Hmmmmmmm. Impedance mismatches may be more common than suspected, particularly if you're using a mixture of solid state and vacuum tube equipment. Many vintage vacuum tube preamps, in particular, have high output impedances. Almost all vintage vacuum tube power amplifiers have VERY high input impedances (up to 220,000 ohms or more to ground). If I remember right, the "ideal" was for the source component to have 1/10 or less the output impedance of the destination component's input impedance (but my memory may be vague on this). With a vintage, vacuum tube preamp and a modern solid state power amp (impedance from 5,000 to 10,000 ohms), the ratio may be reversed. Would a 20 ohm difference in interconnect resistances make any audible difference in such a setup? I don't know. My guess would be that the capacitance of the interconnect would have more of an impact than the resistance, but that's just a guess. The most common issue I see in interconnects is the substitution of 75-ohm "digital" interconnects for low-resistance audio interconnects (or vice versa). Since the two do seem to work interchangeably in most cases, I guess that that "proves" that resistance differences in interconnects aren't terribly critical. I still think, though, that consistent resistances are a useful metric for product quality. Why pay more $$ for any brand that varies significantly in resistance when cheap interconnects are available with unmeasurable resistance variation? So I typically keep a variety of lengths of inexpensive interconnects in my spares box. Anything that looks "blingy" (like Emotiva's wires) gets razooed by garbulky, who appreciates appearances, as well as good sound. My interconnect attitude is "out of sight, out of mind." Cheers - Boomzilla |
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