Five Questions For Alon Wolf

Mike said:
Your question was specifically about power. I answered the question. If you want to know more details, scientific details, call Bruce Brisson. He would love to chat with you. Or you can sift through the dozens of white papers on their website explaining their technology. There is a lot going on and trust me, the MIT on Magico is terrific.

That being said, there are a lot of great cables out there and people need to decide for themselves based on Sonics and budget,


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I pulled the quote from what they are doing from the MIT website. I didn't see any details on how their box stores power that came from the amplifier and then releases it later when the box decides your speakers need the power. You have now inserted something in your signal path between your amplifier and your speakers that is deciding when to store and release energy and it takes away the direct connection from your amplifier to your speakers that speaker cables normally provide.
 
wgerman said:
So the rounded "aerodynamic" (?????) shape allows for minimum diffraction, and the speaker to disappear into the image.. Then I read the comment, and thats a good point how the S series has this wide baffle but imaging is good because of its smooth edges? Something doesn't make sense here. The S series is about as wide as a sheet of plywood but is said to disappear but Wilson's stepped design introduces diffractions?
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Because it's not a contiguous baffle design, Baffle width does affect imaging, Baffle shape diffraction, rounded edges does help diffraction, large baffle width project better but does not image as well,Wilson combats the diffraction issue somewhat with baffle foam.


Regards ..
 
mep said:
I pulled the quote from what they are doing from the MIT website. I didn't see any details on how their box stores power that came from the amplifier and then releases it later when the box decides your speakers need the power. You have now inserted something in your signal path between your amplifier and your speakers that is deciding when to store and release energy and it takes away the direct connection from your amplifier to your speakers that speaker cables normally provide.
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With MIT cables the signal IS directly connected to the load with ZERO breaks in the wires. The LCR networks are all connected in parallel. These networks deliver additional “in phase” power to the load. Bruce uses the LCR networks to extend and flatten the articulation response of the cable.
 
So, the take away for me from the M6 launch article for me is the discussion of time alignment and how moving drivers around actually leads to time MIS-alignment. There is only one absolute center point. I wish you all could have been at the training June at Magico HQ. Alon went into an extensive description and education on this, among other things. It made total sense.

Lastly, Magico’s consistency with MIT cables, which I totally agree with. Again, that isn’t to say there aren’t other great cables, there are! The Sigma cables from Shunyata are holy sh!t good. Seriously. I’m saving up. Must have. Must have. They are SUPERB on the Vivid’s. The new AQ power cables are jaw dropping good too. And the new Ansuz X series is great too. So much good stuff.
 
Mike said:
So, the take away for me from the M6 launch article for me is the discussion of time alignment and how moving drivers around actually leads to time MIS-alignment. There is only one absolute center point. I wish you all could have been at the training June at Magico HQ. Alon went into an extensive description and education on this, among other things. It made total sense.

Lastly, Magico’s consistency with MIT cables, which I totally agree with. Again, that isn’t to say there aren’t other great cables, there are! The Sigma cables from Shunyata are holy sh!t good. Seriously. I’m saving up. Must have. Must have. They are SUPERB on the Vivid’s. The new AQ power cables are jaw dropping good too. And the new Ansuz X series is great too. So much good stuff.
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Now, is this center point sometimes a called a point source? Ala KEF Uni-Q or similar? Does every manufacturer define and design it based on their own goals?
 
mdp632 said:
Now, is this center point sometimes a called a point source? Ala KEF Uni-Q or similar? Does every manufacturer define and design it based on their own goals?
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That’s an excellent question.


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Tony007 said:
With MIT cables the signal IS directly connected to the load with ZERO breaks in the wires. The LCR networks are all connected in parallel. These networks deliver additional “in phase” power to the load. Bruce uses the LCR networks to extend and flatten the articulation response of the cable.
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That is some nice wordsmithing, isn’t it? Although it’s an old marketing trick to make up pseudo-scientific gobbledygook trying to impress people, knowing that many will not ask what it actually means for not to embarrass themselves. I doubt anyone would use that in high end audio though [emoji15].

I just wonder, is there is an actual meaning to these in the Queen’s English?

- zero breaks in the wires?
- LCR networks all connected in parallel?
- additional power to the load?
- flatten articulation response?

Here’s an attempt:
- zero breaks in the wires? - My cables also come in a one-piece strand, that is generally a good idea when attempting to transport a signal in pure form.
- LCR networks all connected in parallel? - Please explain ‘network’ in this context - rest assured I can follow any explanation about signaling after 1 1/2 decades in telecoms. What is the ‘network’ here? I wonder if it is any good for preserving the original signal if it is diverted or bouncing around inside these boxes the cables run through.
- additional power to the load? - Ever heard of the second law of thermodynamics? It also works reciprocally. Energy never disappears, it can only change form. Similarly energy never just emerges from thin air either.
- flatten articulation response? Sounds like the signal is reduced in the process, not sure I want that. So far I have been paying ridiculous amounts of money to avoid that.

Humor me.


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Tony007 said:
With MIT cables the signal IS directly connected to the load with ZERO breaks in the wires. The LCR networks are all connected in parallel. These networks deliver additional “in phase” power to the load. Bruce uses the LCR networks to extend and flatten the articulation response of the cable.
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Interesting tech but didn't understand what it means. Where does this additional power come from ? You can never create additional power all by itself if the speaker consumes all of it from the power amps direct connection, unless these boxes are active in nature (which means it would have external power feeds and AFAIK, it doesn't).
 
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