On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 23:49:15 +0100, Kurt Hamster
wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 22:51:29 +0100, Chesney Christ used
to say...

The idea that a cable has a "signature" is absurd. Do you have any
documentary evidence that supports this concept ? Speakers and amps
unquestionably have qualities of their own, but cables do not. They're
just bits of wire.

So how does NACA4/5, Linn K20 and Naim amps fit into that equation then?

The NACA design of cables certainly have a signature.

No, they don't, unless you have speakers with very low impedance at
the treble end (like some electrostats). I use NACA5 on my speakers,
and it sounds the same as any other cable. The Naim amp problem is
incompetent design that allows the amp to go unstable and blow up if
you *don't* use that highly inductive cable - other makers design
better amps.

Note that in the above example, which is a simple LR rolloff, a slight
treble lift would remove that 'signature'. This is *not* the same as
all the magical mystical bull**** claimed by Cardas, Audioquest etc.
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