Re: [Leica] for sale as a result of our studio going digital

["Julian Thomas" <mimesis@btinternet.com>]

Ok,

I'm going to be on my own on this one BUT, sometimes cables can make a
difference. When I bought my last rig I got it home and hated it - went back
to the shop and they leant me the cables that the system had been demoed on
plus some others. I spent three weeks doing A/B tests and finally bought
some more expensive cables. Now the reasons for this happening have more to
do with the fact that modern hifi uses speaker cable, via the properties of
inductance and capacitance, to fine tune the sound. Having said all this my
ideal system is made by a local company called EAR and they use 13amp mains
cable to run their speakers.  I know Frank Dearney has a lot of experience
of Hifi so maybe he can comment? I suppose if you want to use a leica
analogy, using anything but 'good' cable is like using a UV filter on a
leica lens <g>.

Julian

Julian
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Schofield" <tdschofield@email.msn.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] for sale as a result of our studio going digital


> About as bad as $50 for a feaking piece of plastic with "Leica" on it!!!!
> Or $100+ for a 55mm filter!!! Or, about as bad as ......
>
> But I agree with you whole heartedly about high end audio cables!  Ever
> notice how the Audio Press never attempts to do objective comparisons
> between cables?
>
> Tom  Schofield
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 4:15 AM
> Subject: RE: [Leica] for sale as a result of our studio going digital
>
>
> > Simillarly off-topic, but on the same topic:
> >
> > I went into a high-end audio store because I couldn't find the widget I
> was
> > looking for in my usual low-end audio place...As I stood at the counter
I
> > noticed various speaker cables on the wall behind the counter.
> >
> > "How is that $9.95 cable?" I innocently asked.
> >
> > "$9.95? That's $995, Sir."
> >
> > "For a freaking piece of wire?"
> >
> > I left.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Peter Jon
> > White
> > Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 4:23 PM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: RE: [Leica] for sale as a result of our studio going digital
> >
> >
> > > The high end audio market is a luxury market that is often
> > > noted for its
> > > cultist tendencies, and has no impact on the production of music.
> >
> > Indeed. The $8,000 per foot speaker wire infestation is the funniest
> aspect
> > of this. None of the "true believers" are willing to participate in a
> double
> > blind test of this nonsense.
> >
> > I went into a shop the other day to look at cd players. The salesman
> assured
> > me that I was wasting my money on the player if I didn't also get the
$200
> > "interconnect" cables. We used to call these "phono" cables but I guess
> you
> > can't charge enough for "phono" cables. ;-)
> >
> > I said I'd be happy to consider the cables if he would participate in a
> > quick test, a comparison between the $200 cables, and the cables that
> > shipped with the player. He would be required to tell me which cables
were
> > being used. He responded that such tests created a tense atmosphere; not
> > conducive to hearing the qualitative differences among cables.
> >
> > I smiled, and commented on how it would appear that the emperor was
naked.
> > He didn't get it. I didn't buy it.
> >
> > Peter Jon White
> > Peter White Cycles
> > 666 Mass Ave
> > Acton, MA 01720
> > 978 635 0969 Voice
> > 978 929 9654 Fax
> > http://www.PeterWhiteCycles.com
> > mailto:Peter@PeterWhiteCycles.com
> >
> > "Legislators and revolutionaries who promise equality and liberty at the
> > same time, are either psychopaths or mountebanks."
> > Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
> >
> > http://www.antiwar.com
> > http://www.mises.org
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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