Subj : Guitar cable
To : Neall Mercado
From : Rich Lockyer
Date : Wed Jan 17 2001 12:33 pm
Neall Mercado wrote in a message to Rich Lockyer:
NM> Have you tried using those "vacuum-sealed" cables?
No... sounds like marketing hype.
NM> Does making the cable "vacuum" makes it noiseless?
It will reduce corrosion, which will in turn reduce the degradation as the
cable ages.
Yes... it is marketing hype. For one thing, the integrity of the vacuum cannot
be maintained in a flexible cable... there goes 100% of the benefit.
The phone company uses a dry-nitrogen purge on their lines, which also reduces
corrosion but does not require a vacuum. It is much easier to maintain a
secondary gas AT 1-ATM than it is to maintain 0-ATM, but note, it still has to
be maintained... every few blocks you may notice green gas cylinders by the
side of the road chained to a utility pole... those are the cylinders that
charge the cable.
Could be a cool stage-catch to have a small nitrogen cylinder on your strap
where a wireless woud normally be :)
C-ya! Rich
--- timEd 1.10.y2k
* Origin: Colossus Galactica, Chino CA (1:218/704)
