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Is it not just possible that cells of lower capacity allow the voltage to be pulled down, resulting in a different sound? Being a musician he might hear something. PP3's never state their capacity and my understanding is that makes will adjust them to the market
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Capacity used to be stated in catalogues for the professional customers. The 1991 Duracell catalogue gives the capacity of the alkaline PP3 equivalent (MN1604) as 550 mAh: the 1985 Vidor catalogue gives their version as 500 mAh.
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I wonder if the internal impedance (which may not be purely resistive) has more of an effect than the capacity for PP3s powering effects pedals.
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RW's post #854 to my mind sums up all of this, in as much that whatever the consumer purchases it never is quite good enough unless they purchase the next upgrade.
My best ever system has been made up from a written off amp, early CD player and a modern pair of floorstanding speakers. If I listened carefully when I sat slightly forward of my normal sitting position the so called sound stage was much clearer. I thought this was down to my speakers... No. Recently I was lucky enough to connect up a pair of Shahinion Hawk omnidirectionals to the same system. These are a very, very expensive pair of speakers. And guess what, the sound stage effect is exactly the same! The problem is with my rooms acoustics and not the speakers. The Hawks new now cost around £16K, my own speakers around £400. Relatively little is said in the audio press about room acoustics. I dare say many people may upgrade for acoustics problems rather than any real flaw in their equipment. What I'm trying to say is that ordinary High street Hi-Fi is now pretty good. So all the press seems to do is to almost make people feel unsettled with their own kit and then sell an 'upgrade'. Good for sales no doubt, if the industry relied on the likes of us engineers, it would soon be game over for the audio industry for good. SJM. |
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It would be far better to invest a small sum of money on room treatments from this outfit
https://gikacoustics.co.uk/ I was going to go this route until SWMBO gave the idea a solid no-go. Craig |
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Yea, Eric Johnson, thats the guy. He must have excellent hearing to notice what has been mentioned above, so audiophoolery in this case must take a step to one side. I thought that the idea of different sounding batteries was way over the top but now I can see some logic in the matter. An electronic measurement with something like a signal generator and spectrum analyiser or Oscope could produce some interesting results possibly. Would one dare to possibly say that the internal composition of one manafactures battery could affect the tone/timbre differently when compared to a different brand battery, considering the different elements and chemicals used ? Last edited by tritone; 8th May 2019 at 1:33 am. |
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( sounds like one of those adds on TV for the " Miracle Vegie Slicer" ) Remove the $1000 dollar 4 uF PIO coupling capacitors and fit 50 pF ceramics instead!! I bet I trap MORE bass than those bass traps. Well, Craig, you sort of invited that. But I agree, although an audiophool I be, I don't get conned easily. I did finally service my Garrard 401 this morning. Cost?? 20 cents worth of acrylic paint thinners for cleaning, and 4 drops of sewing machine oil. I had really forgotten how quiet a half decent 401 could really sound, or NOT sound as the case may be. In fun Joe |
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I see it as a sign that the decoupling on the supply rail can't be very good.
Batteries change characteristics over their operating life, internal resistance goes up and voltage starts to fall. These things need to be accommodated. David
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Since this thread, I've wondered if I replace the woven mains lead on my 1930's 'woodie' for some exotic, directional, very expensive mains cable ... would this improve the timbre(?)
It'll save me re-veneering! £2K for a BNC lead though, goodness Mr Bungle indeed Mark
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£2K BNC lead.... Aggh...... I’ve had to get complete electronic hi-fi products to market (that’s retail + VAT etc.) for a fifth of that price. Anyone who knows typical profit margins, dealer mark-up, UK manufacturing costs and other ‘design’ costs like compliance testing etc., etc. there isn't an awful lot left for the actual parts! Terry Last edited by Valvepower; 8th May 2019 at 10:30 am. Reason: Triping errot |
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That Caelin article....
Whoo-Hoo! "Where the copper is mined is often more important than the absolute purity" You learn something new every day. Let's see... 29 protons, 34 or 35 neutrons, with 29 electrons playing in a 2,8,18,1 formation which leads to a propensity for substituting players with other teams. Maybe the difference lies in the isotope content? Or are there new aspects to quarks... strangeness and charm get a new colleague, we could call it smugness? Up and down get joined by sideways? There has to be something new to carry the differentiation which has been discovered. Do we rip out all the existing gear from the tunnel at CERN and build a ring of very expensive speaker wire for the next step in understanding matter and energy? David David
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Ah, an imbedded Hawkwind LP reference – Quark, Strangeness and Charm The Space Ritual LP through a Quad II system always hit the spot for me Terry |
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