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Calculating Inductance of Speaker Cables Calculating Inductance of Speaker Cables How to calculate Inductance of Zip Cord Speaker Cable and how skin effect changes internal inducatance at various frequencies.
High Fidelity, The Miraculous Invention High Fidelity, The Miraculous Invention Audio or high fidelity has been a miraculous invention. If you need to understand why, read Steppenwolf. We audiophiles are at the forefront of a revolution written about by Larry Klein, in Stereo…
Physics Tutorial 1: Coulomb's Law & Electrostatics Physics Tutorial 1: Coulomb's Law & Electrostatics Atoms are composed of three particles with an electric charge: electrons, protons and uncharged neutrons. Electrons have a negative charge, and protons have a positive charge. The negative charge of…
Rubbing the Snake Oil Out of Speaker Cables Rubbing the Snake Oil Out of Speaker Cables If we purchase expensive and more sophisticated speaker cables, we should expect improve audio reproduction, right? Digital audio, amplifier and speaker technology is now very sophisticated, and just…
Skin Effect Relevance in Speaker Cables Skin Effect Relevance in Speaker Cables Skin Effect is a real problem in high frequency E&M; transmission but does it matter in speaker cables at audio frequencies? This article explores that very topic.
The Truth About Spiral Shield Cables The Truth About Spiral Shield Cables Normally when a spiral shield is used on a cable it is for one of three reasons, increased flexibility, ease of termination, or reduced manufacturing costs...
Top Ten Signs an Audio Cable Vendor is Selling You Snake Oil Top Ten Signs an Audio Cable Vendor is Selling You Snake Oil this is a top 10 list of snake oil scams often seen with consumer audio speaker and interconnect cables. Update includes testing of Audioquest 72VDC DBS system.
Transmission Line Effects in Video Cables Transmission Line Effects in Video Cables We established a pretty good foundation of the important metrics governing component video cables in our Component Video Cable Definitive Guide article. However, we recently stumbled on some very…
SilverSmith Audio Cables Interview SilverSmith Audio Cables Interview Jeffrey Smith from SilverSmith Audio was nice enough to engage in an informative interview about his cable philosophies and the "science" behind them...
Loudspeakers: When is Good Enough, Enough? Part 1 Loudspeakers: When is Good Enough, Enough? Part 1 Initially, the Audioholics topic that impressed most was their multi-part series on cables . After reading that series just about anyone who…