Illuminater
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Do you guys opt for a some special kind of resistor and capacitor in your builds? If so why?
Cheers!
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Bowie said:For electrolytics, I like Nicholson.
If you're going to be spell-checking me, you're going to be a very busy man.Khron said:Bowie said:For electrolytics, I like Nicholson.
Tell me that was some autocorrect "typo"...
Khron said:
o3misha said:Some components, such as resistors, have a tendency to change their values depending on temperature. Simple experiment: take a resistor, measure its value at normal temperature and , say, 70-80 degrees. Some will change their values. Therefore, there may be a difference in sound. In strong currents, such as in guitar amplifiers, carbon resistors can give a specific colour, because of distortions.
About silver, alluminium and other materials : all what you need to measure : resistance and capacity of the different wires. If you find the difference, than there is difference in sound. If not-forget about audiophiler's myths. With capacitors it is slightly more difficult, as there are several significant parameters that can be set. However, if you limit their aspirations to only one direction : reliability and maximum linearity of the sound, the choice will be obvious. Influence of capacitors on sound has long been studied. However, if you are looking for a specific colour, which was specific to certain devices, microphones in the past, the choice, again, is obvious.
Have you seen many of those people here? I haven't, and I don't think you'll find many, if any here who will argue about those things. There are some physical benefits though. For instance, PTFE not splitting under heat. Silver plating not oxidizing like bare copper. I certainly don't mind paying for features like that.RuudNL said:Where are the people who can hear the difference between copper and silver wire, PVC and teflon insulation etc?
Yesterday I read an article about Vovox cable, for some reason it will only sound good if you use the cable 'in the right direction'...
Silver oxidates like h*ll! (Silver oxide is black)Silver plating not oxidizing like bare copper
Correct, maybe you read it as "silver doesn't oxidize" but that was not my intent at all. It simply doesn't degrade the same way through oxidation.RuudNL said:Silver oxidates like h*ll! (Silver oxide is black)Silver plating not oxidizing like bare copper
But the good thing is that silver oxide is also a good conductor, so it does not really matter...
All these discussions about subtle differences in sound quality usually give me a good laugh.
I remember that once a forum of HiFi specialist compared loudspeaker cables.
There were some expensive ones, and also some very expensive ones...
The cables only had numers, so the forum member did not know which brand of cable they were listening to.
Just as a joke, they had added some cheap electricity wire from IKEA, and the IKEA cable had a number also.
The forum members listened, listened again, compared and discussed...
Their conclusion was unanimous: The IKEA cable sounded the best!
My rule of thumb for loudspeaker cables: not too thin (more copper=better) and not longer than necessary!
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