Tuning Interconnects & Speaker Wire

Interconnecting is what allows the audio signal to get from one place to the next. Early on in audio it was discovered that any and every mechanical conduit that carries signal influences the performance of the signal itself. How is this possible? The answer is easier than it sounds. Out planet is one big generator that is always running, an energy continuum. The forces that keep this action going are called the "Fundamental Forces". You see, even though the Earth sometimes feels like it's standing still there's actually a great deal of energy interaction taking place. Motion allows the Earth to feed off of the universe and also allows the Earth to have it's own energy source. Audio energy is made up of several parts but we usually break this energy down to two, "fundamentals & harmonics". Harmonics are the support systems for fundamentals. As the audio signal (audio code) travels through the signal's carrier (mechanical conduits) it's not isolated from the Earth's fundamental forces. The signal (energy) actually becomes part of the fundamental forces, in not only a coexistence sense, but also in an intermingling relationship.

Take the same audio system and plug in, or hook up, a different set of cables to the components or speakers and notice that the sound changes. This doesn't mean one cable is better than the other, but that there is a difference in the interaction relationship between a mechanical action, conduit + energy (force). How big are the differences between one cable's sound and the next cable's? Literally as big as the Earth's pole polarity from one day till the next. Or as big as the Earth's position on it's orbit travels. Or as big as aging or any other force within a continuum.

This thread is dedicated to understanding cables and the variable sciences that lead us tuning them.

It's all there (the recorded code), just have to find it.

When I'm asked "what will this sound like?" , regarding anything audio, I don't see black and white. That would be like taking a still picture of the Earth on any given day and expect to get the same picture on any other day. The reason why we can tune with confidence is we can put our trust in the law of equals, but equals according to conditions. The drawing above are equal gradients. Doesn't look so does it? But look closer and you will see that the red and blue have the same gradient values.

It's important that we get to the place in our audiophile journey where we start to look at the rules of physics and not so much the laws according to audiophile-isms. Much of our hobby has been built on myth not fact, mainly because many of the high end audio "experts" were more concerned with their ego implied reputations. Thank God we have the internet today   and myth busting has been made easy. Hopefully this thread will once again show a different view than typical high end audio spins. (sorry audio experts)

getting it right

When I'm tuning cables I look at opening and closing harmonics, around the fundamentals, as being the answer to getting the sound where I want it. Once you do start tuning cables you realize that you are in control of more of the recording than you thought. Intermingling the fundamental forces with the audio signal can give any sound wanted in the entire audio spectrum. The conditions of your intermingling, interacting and interconnection is both simple and complex. However understanding is half the battle. Let me show you a few thoughts that might help you see the three I's (intermingling interacting interconnecting) in action.

conditions

take a look for example of hot & cold (signal inside of space)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPi4zkdDa6I

next look at this (below), just because you interconnect doesn't mean you are intermingling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86ChgK38EIA&ebc=ANyPxKq3M_fiYia58VvDJuIw98VQi7BR9_Pt3CazUVv-VeFeEmIf65E0uMHzjO-ebN-i1H8QYR_5aSTRaXJLBPdMnIWw06bW-A



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evteZ-FN0hY&ebc=ANyPxKrmu1WfuK3v1VuffCkYNz2V_qqZyW8Zf1lIoFJKqDuksOO9UcbETaLW2bcH-TpRB-QLmYL2-voheeOm_u6uTnVEG2yQDw

science

let's continue by reviewing the four fundamentals



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv3EMq2Dgq8&list=PLsNB4peY6C6JDc1HcVKjjYzVB0BYEXexd

Now, if you skipped over the links above go back and watch them. They're short, simple and important.

High End Audio Engineers are Not smarter than nature

You know how there are all these super thick cables out there in the marketplace and huge connectors, looking like they are isolated from the rest of the world? They're not! The same energy that intermingles with everything on this planet also intermingles with cables thicker than garden hoses. Disappointed? Sorry, if something is on the Earth it's going to play by Earth's rules. High End Audio's mega over built components (be it electronics, speakers, cable or what have you) actually distort the natural intermingling that the Earth's physics provides.

The Earth and it's atmosphere is a perfect example of fundamentals' and harmonics' coexistence in action.



Audio is made to intermingle. Nothing could be more activating than sound and light. The easiest to understand of our senses are feeling, sound and light. The vibratory response of these, balance our existence. We are able to walk on the surface of this planet and when we jump up we always land. Our bodies are built for this planet and so are our natural senses. Distortion happens when we try to block out Earth's natural mingles. Put up an opaque object and it blocks our vision. Put up a semi opaque object and we can see what's on the other side, but distorted. Audio is the next level (numeral) down vibrator of physical energy. The same principal that applies to vision applies to audio. Put something audibly opaque around you and it will distort the sound from you. It doesn't mean that sound is not there on the other side, it just means your sense of hearing is blocked.

Now take a simple audio wire and acclimate it to the Earth's fundamental forces and you will allow most of the audio signal to pass through it. Take that same wire and attach a bulk material to it. When you listen you will notice an opaque effect. What you have done is distorted Earth's physics as it applies to the vibratory science of passing signal.

Really Michael, is it that simple?

How simple or hard a science is, is dependent on who is doing the thinking. The way I think about audio is in this question. What is the most powerful materials on Earth? If you look at the most widespread powers you will find Air, Mass and Energy as the main conduits of what happens vibratory wise here on Earth. First you must understand that "Vibrations" play the key role in all of this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_interaction

The audio chain is the variable path an audio signal will take from source (microphone) to recording device, in a recording studio setting, where the signal flow is often very long as the electric signal passes through many sections of an analog console and recording gear. After this is the audio playback equipment, and then turned into pressure for rooms. Every inch of this path interacts with the fundamental forces. The audio signal and the forces of nature are one. The audio signal is not an isolated force of it's own separating it from the Earth's physics. Audio in fact is one of the results created from the orderly interactions the Earth hosts. Feeling, audio, light, waves, fields are all part of the same machine. The common thread between all of these is "motion". In the audio range we are not talking an isolated discrete straight line, but instead a harmonic pattern that is spherical supporting the fundamentals. Audio may be guided by a mechanical conduit passing it, but the nature of audio is vibratory, meaning it is an energy source that interacts past it's physical materials hosting the signal.

Now might be a good time to introduce you to the "Audio Code"

https://tuneland.forumotion.com/t268-the-audio-code

I'll see you on the other side.