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The 10 Commandments of Cables
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<blockquote data-quote="chrisc" data-source="post: 706513" data-attributes="member: 746"><p>I am absolutely positive without a shred of doubt that the colour of the plastic insulator has a measurable effect on the high-fidelity transmission of audio signals. Likewise the properties of the dielectric (the plastic bit you hold) has an effect. Teflon is said to be beneficial to electrons flowing past it, polythene less so, same as Mylar and bottom of the pile is polyvinylchloride</p><p></p><p>During WWII, my father, who was a Chemical Engineer was involved in insulators for the HF in aeroplane design. The basic stuff was cloth-covered rubber, but with the over-running of Malaysia, Britain could not get the rubber supplies so they had to think of something else. Teflon had not been invented so they used powdered glass and bakelite in an extrusion. They found on long cable runs, with a high-frequency return signal, the error rate was less than when regular rubber was used an an insulator</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chrisc, post: 706513, member: 746"] I am absolutely positive without a shred of doubt that the colour of the plastic insulator has a measurable effect on the high-fidelity transmission of audio signals. Likewise the properties of the dielectric (the plastic bit you hold) has an effect. Teflon is said to be beneficial to electrons flowing past it, polythene less so, same as Mylar and bottom of the pile is polyvinylchloride During WWII, my father, who was a Chemical Engineer was involved in insulators for the HF in aeroplane design. The basic stuff was cloth-covered rubber, but with the over-running of Malaysia, Britain could not get the rubber supplies so they had to think of something else. Teflon had not been invented so they used powdered glass and bakelite in an extrusion. They found on long cable runs, with a high-frequency return signal, the error rate was less than when regular rubber was used an an insulator [/QUOTE]
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