<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">As an avid audiophile, I will contest that there are serious differences in wires. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
And I will contest that you are wrong and have been suckered by a long running myth.
Ever seen an actual measurement of the difference between the results? Ever seen the results of a double blind test? Both vindicate the position that those spreading this rumor due so out of ignorance.
You may find this helpful:
http://home.earthlink.net/~rogerr7/wire.htm
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">RF interference alone can have a dramatic effect <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
As an electrical engineer with a focus on communications systems and currently working in the world of 12GHz semiconductors, I'm quite comfortable in saying BULLSHIT.
Isolating speaker wire from the small amount of RF in a home is a trivial task. If you doubt me, grab an oscilloscope and measure the noise on your unconnected speaker wire. I guarantee you, it will be trivial.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">not to mention lengh of runs<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
I suggest you brush up on Ohms law, learn a bit about resistances and then measure the difference between an 8m and a 12m cable before you attempt to make this argument. The load of your equipment so dramatically offsets the tiny variation from cable lengths as to make it a ridiculous proposition.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">or a number of other variables.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
None of which are recognized by any scientific research.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I can see the opportunity for a lot of interference being encountered within the electrical system of a car. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
None of which would be effected by a more thorough grounding job.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">The most obvious example would be the use of in-line filters for amps to prevent the "whine" many people experience when upgrading their systems.
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Whine? Are you talking about car audio? What does this have to do with the car's electrical control systems?
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Although I think the earthing kit probably has more of a placebo effect than anything else, here is some documented info on performance:
Earthing Kit<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
I tend to look for data from people not trying to sell me something when making a scientific decision.
I'm not saying it isn't possible, but I've never seen anything I'd deem scientific to support it and I'm heavily skeptical. If someone can produce an independent, non-biased, scientific report, I'll gladly accept the concept. Whether or not I buy one would depend on the improvement v. cost, of course.
Regards,
Semi