[Amps] Relative influence of components to tonal quality(Was: Wrong Business)

[Gary Smith]

Ah..."oxygen free," of course.  We purchased a new tuner/amp sometime ago and the salesman offered me Monster Cable's O2 free wire. 

Told the young man if he could tell me what kind of atmosphere and under what outward pressure in bars or millibars, (I thought that was a nice touch) the room this magical wire had been manufactured in, I would by it.

A befuddled look on his face at this query, it was then my wonderful xyl said to me, "he doesn't know what you're talking about, honey." 

Then the salesman looked at me,  a puzzled look on his face and asked: "does SHE know what you're talking about?"

Told him with as straight of a face as I could muster, "yes, she should she's the atomic physicist. Her specialty is particle matter."

Needless to say he hurried on with the sale, saying  not one more word about the properties of copper wire surrounded by a plastic sheathing, while the xyl gave him  look that said more than words could describe.

73 (and a chuckle,)
Gary... wa6fgi 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: gdaught6 at stanford.edu 
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  Cc: amps at contesting.com 
  Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 8:52 AM
  Subject: Re: [Amps] Relative influence of components to tonal quality(Was: Wrong Business)


  On 5 Aug 2005 at 7:35, R.Measures wrote:

  > 
  > On Aug 5, 2005, at 6:46 AM, Karl-Arne Markström wrote:

  < snip >

  > > To say nothing of the pure silver power cords that some specified.
  > 
  > Gold connectors are apparently required to get the "best sound" out of
  > silver wire.  I recall an audio magazine job opportunity ad for a
  > "creative ad-copy writer" by a company that manufactures expensive
  > audio cables  (Monster Cable, Inc.) 


  I have occasionally used lengths of Monster Cable between the 
  filament transformer and the tube socket.  It is very flexible for 
  its size, and easy to work with.  It can sometimes be picked up 
  inexpensively at flea markets, garage sales, etc.

  Then I sit back and wait for glowing reports of my audio!!  ;>)

  73,

  George T. Daughters, K6GT



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