Stunsworth
pfm Member
I subscribe to his YouTube channel. I enjoy what he does, but do wish he'd stop doing the funny voices and make factory visit videos that were less jerky.
I liked the video and Fremer. He ssems like an hobest and entertaining guy, not afraid to make fun of himself.
But hey let's turn it into a cable pantomime thread instead. Oh yes they do (make a difference)
Not so sure about the good egg bit but I would agree people like Michael Fremer, Art Dudley, John Atkinson are likely to create interesting posts for both believers and unbelievers. The tricky thing would seem to be how to make it in their interests to post?Shame, I'd love to see him posting here, I think he's a genuine good egg.
But records do wear
Paul
My take on the cable thing is that I have heard plenty of systems where cables make a difference, and I have heard plenty of systems where they don't. The interesting thing is that I've noticed that the systems where cables make a difference tend to have speakers which are more phase coherent - where the design aims are to preserve (as far as possible) the phase relationships in the signal. So, speakers like Focal, Avalon, Russell K, Tannoy, for example.
Systems where the speaker crossovers are designed for a smooth frequency response at the expense of phase relationships, tend not to reveal any significant differences between cables, in my experience. These are usually more complex crossovers, third order designs, for example. B&W, and BBC-derived designs would probably fall in this camp, IME.
This leads me to suspect that where cables can make or break a system is in the realm of phase relationships, and how these are preserved or not during transmission down the cable. I have no measurements or evidence, merely offer this as a hypothesis in case anybody feels like starting another cable war in Fremer's name...
Just watched it, hes good fun, made me laugh several times. I like his garage sale stories. How the hell is his copy of Metal Box not rusty?
I think mine is tarnished rather than rusty. I don't think I've ever played it.
This leads me to suspect that where cables can make or break a system is in the realm of phase relationships, and how these are preserved or not during transmission down the cable. I have no measurements or evidence, merely offer this as a hypothesis in case anybody feels like starting another cable war in Fremer's name...
His main point was that records don't age, unlike tape, and especially some brands of tape.His and my point is they don't have to. We are of a similar age , and have records we must have played thousands of times without any sound degredation.
Of course they can wear out.
But you have the privilege not to believe him.
Mine is very different to Michael Fremers! Until that video Ive not seen a clean one for decades. Id like to check it to be honest as I suspect it might be the 4 Men With Beards reissue from a few years back as the lack of rust is most suspicious! I bought mine at the time, so definitely a real one! The insides are still mint. It is such a PITA to get the records out of the can I play it very infrequently, but it is an amazing sounding bit of vinyl so you should definitely play yours. It contains bass that can do structural damage!