Speaking of eBay

[Geoffrey Thomas]

Electronics World ran a series of articles called " capacitor sound " from
July 2002.
-Discussing how capacitor construction can affect the sound of a hi-fi amp.
The author , Cyril Bateman , also did a few articles on loudspeaker cable
sound , but I can't find those at the moment.

Geoff.

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> On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Tom Jennings wrote:
>
> > I'll believe anything with sufficient evidence, but solder alloys
> > in a solder joint sounds like total crap to me -- unless I had
> > a lot of rolls to offload on fools with more money than I ... :-)
>
> That's the thing mainly with these crazy audiophiles.  Except for the two
> examples you bring up, which seems like they have a technical basis to the
> theory, most of it is just voodoo hocum that doesn't have any underlying
> technical or scientific basis.  One loon comes up with a wacko theory and
> then it propagates until everyone is demanding special-alloy solder.  Why?
> They don't know, and they don't care.  Some guy said it makes the
> electrons happy so they have to get some too.  It's completely naive.
>
> I want to see technical treatises explaining WHY, with scientifically
> executed experiments backed up with empirical data, before I believe any
> of this nonsense.  I think these audio guys ought to demand the same.
> They might save a few bucks.
>
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