All about cables
With COVID and social distancing restrictions, we’re more reliant on feedback from our beta testers, other trusted individuals, and of course our customers through our 30-day approval program for our cable designs. The results have been encouraging, and there have been a few “anticipated surprises” along the way. Is there such a thing as an …
Recently, I’ve seen an increase in orders for longer interconnects. This has puzzled me – both statistically (why the change) as well as for reasons of optimum sound (why would you compromise your system).
I’ve been studying the design of Gibson’s classic P.A.F. humbucker guitar pickup designed by Seth Lover in 1954. As the design evolved, conductive covers were specified in order to shield them from RFI. Nickel was selected for a very important reason. What does this have to do with audio connectors, and why is nickel as …
We sold a customer some late stage prototype, Wind River speaker cables. He loved them, and asked us about our design approach and how we arrived at our current production cables. So here you go … 15 months’ development summarized in a few paragraphs.
It’s all too infrequent, that beautiful mechanical construction and good sound come in the same audio connector. It had gotten to the point where I developed a prejudice against “pretty” connectors. ETIs new power connectors are one such instance where the twin stars of beauty and function align.
We previously wrote about the superiority of cotton sleeving over polyester braided outer jackets on our signal cables. Yesterday, we delivered a complimentary upgrade to a local customer – a balanced tonearm interconnect to compare against a cable we delivered last Winter. We were confident he’d like the update, but you never know …
I was going through my notes on the final round of cable prototypes. This was the group of cables that pointed toward the production cable, and I invited Lynn Olson over for a listen. Since Lynn has been an advocate of cotton for longer than I, I knew he’d welcome the opportunity for a comparison.
What do polyester leisure suits have to do with hi-fi cables, why are people returning to cotton underwear, and most importantly how could anyone wear such an ugly suit?
The importance of the last step in developing a product is all too frequently skipped. Of course, a lot goes into the concept stage, along with the product’s design, development and prototyping, but moving forward into production requires you to take one last sober look at your design to see whether you’ve met your targets.
