Also for underground cables. Aluminium is just more economical than copper for the same resistivity.
I plan to kick off the civil works for my speakers next month.
Also for underground cables. Aluminium is just more economical than copper for the same resistivity.
I plan to kick off the civil works for my speakers next month.
Will the cooling effect of burying the cable in the earth be more than or less than that of air cooling?
How will this affect âburn-inâ?
This cable was used for the output line (400 kV, three phases plus neutral) of a 700 MW power station in Mexico in 2008.
It was relaxed with a nice 100 t crane.
Apologies to the OP for the off topic.
For this particular cable we built a walkable tunnel with lighting and ventilation. The tunnel greatly improves the cable burn in.
Is it me or this forum becoming more weird by the day?
Itâs just burning in and will settle down in time.
G
I also noticed it.
Good choice!
A few months ago a thread on the very same subject as this one had one member proposing to set up such a test, with some very constructive discussion around the design and implementation. Unfortunately the thread was closed down, partly due to some rather abusive posts by some members, and partly because as a subset of said discussion there was a discussion on blind testing which for some reason often seems to trigger moderation.
My own view mirrors yours.
It was closed because some of the Naim forum community members continuously pontificated an experiment that @rafael was going to conduct, which could have proven useful to some. The discussion was blown out of proportion, debated, argued to the point that it became an unbearable discussion to which the experiment would have to be done in a vacuum to satisfy the pessimists, so the thread was subsequently closed.
Sorry for the ill tempered response, but I was looking forward to a conclusion on this topic, but none the less it was trashed.
Scott
Really, I havenât seen that. How odd!
I was there, and no
OP:
youâll have understood by now what the dangerous topics are here - the ones that will immediately turn the discussion into a personal comedy for some members while you donât get useful replies.
Currents donât differ; what leaves the power amp is âmusicallyâ modulated DC, and it only varies in that the music youâre playing is different. If currents were different with every system, they would be with each piece of music you play.
Remember that for every post anywhere about cable burn-in and directionality, there are as many posts by scientifically-oriented minds about the total impossibility for such events to occur; just stick to the principle that better suits your cognitive style. As far as I am concerned, I tend to think that burn-in is likely to happen 25% in wires and 75% in our complex hearing system; I often think that the diffusion of second hand HiFi is not only due to the buyerâs wish to save money, but also to the sense of safety that the gear being already âburned inâ brings along.
Best & Enjoy
M.
So youâre a believer.
While Iâm certain that phychological adjustment does take place, what it doesnât do is make an unpleasant presentation sound pleasant. As I have experienced in the past.
I would say it is 50/50.
Iâm in for 49/51.
Iâm in for 65/35.
I understand this, more the cable than the ears.
But my 50/50 is there just to see if we can have a starting point without going into blind testing, etc.
So with everyoneâs scepticism about cable burn in then I guess buying expensive cables is pointless because your ears will get used to cheap ones.