Grainger49
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Why have I never hears of this element/compound before? I'm stunned!
The MSDS sheet for the cables offers a lot of insight into what they are.
-PB
-PB
NightFlight
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It's most definitely liquid at room temp, buuut I'm not privy to the compound mix. Lots of RND. Years of listening to tunes, watching the occasional movie. Yes, it's hard but someone had to do it. ;D
But I have to add that you have to have a lot invested in good gear before you dump money into cables. Otherwise they are just going to reveal your crappy gear.
Or another way to say it would be you would hear no change.
Not saying that's me. I'm a newbie audiophile just flushing out. On the other hand I was ruined for years at the hands of a evil master (before he was part of Teo Audio) and didn't have to buy my own gear.
Thus the crack OTL kit is slowly trundling across the country, slowly making its way to me. I occasionally poke at my shiny new WES51 and roll of Cardas QE solder. Can't wait to hear how it performs with 800's and hoping to be impressed. Perhaps I can tweak it to outperform my Lyr with the 6922 Siemens Cca? *shrug* It's all good fun.
But I have to add that you have to have a lot invested in good gear before you dump money into cables. Otherwise they are just going to reveal your crappy gear.
Or another way to say it would be you would hear no change. Not saying that's me. I'm a newbie audiophile just flushing out. On the other hand I was ruined for years at the hands of a evil master (before he was part of Teo Audio) and didn't have to buy my own gear.
Thus the crack OTL kit is slowly trundling across the country, slowly making its way to me. I occasionally poke at my shiny new WES51 and roll of Cardas QE solder. Can't wait to hear how it performs with 800's and hoping to be impressed. Perhaps I can tweak it to outperform my Lyr with the 6922 Siemens Cca? *shrug* It's all good fun.
Doc B. said:
Not privy to the compound mix, meaning you haven't read the MSDS? It's rather clearly defined there, at least to within a few percent. We may be attaching RCA plugs to thermometers next week at BHQ.
http://youtu.be/VZC_bCwiVOA
BTW I'm seeing a retail price of $189 for 50 grams of the stuff. It's around 7 times the specific gravity of water, so that's a pretty small quantity and a high price is at least partly justified by that. I bet some of the safety certificat ion was costly too.
Interesting also to note that the conductivity is roughly an order of magnitude lower than copper, it's even a bit lower than lead.
http://youtu.be/VZC_bCwiVOA
BTW I'm seeing a retail price of $189 for 50 grams of the stuff. It's around 7 times the specific gravity of water, so that's a pretty small quantity and a high price is at least partly justified by that. I bet some of the safety certificat ion was costly too.
Interesting also to note that the conductivity is roughly an order of magnitude lower than copper, it's even a bit lower than lead.
NightFlight
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No, I haven't read the MSDS. Guess I should. It's good advice I give out but don't use I see... 
Doc B. said:
NightFlight
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NightFlight said:No, I haven't read the MSDS. Guess I should. It's good advice I give out but don't use I see...
I'm a bit confused. I have to wonder why they released the mix in the MSDS. IMHO they didn't have to. You can point to the entire cleaning product industry who does exactly that under the guise of 'trade secret'. I guess Teo just doesn't want to be like that. IMHO that's shooting yourself in the foot if you want to sell a product.
There's only a few of things that "room temperature liquid metal" could be, and I would think he wants to make it clear that he is not using mercury or a cesium/potassium/sodium alloy, which would definitely freak out 90% of the population.
Makes me think of Arnold saying "hemi-metal-poly-alloy" in T2.
Makes me think of Arnold saying "hemi-metal-poly-alloy" in T2.
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audiophileboss
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If anyone wants ti ask a question or see what I said about my new coaxial, go in digital and one thread I believe is called FYI about something,
D(oesnt actually say something) read and ask away
D(oesnt actually say something) read and ask away
Grainger49
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Check the newest post here:
http://www.bottlehead.com/smf/index.php/topic,1574.0.html
http://www.bottlehead.com/smf/index.php/topic,1574.0.html
