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Old 1st Nov 2017, 10:24 am   #417
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Default Re: Audiophoolery. 'Cable Break In' - I never knew that!

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Originally Posted by dave cox View Post
The 'poor contact' distortion doesn't just affect low level signals.
Salt water can form a half-wave detector on sea-borne transmitters. Sometimes, in rough weather, a part of the broadcast programme could be heard, hideously distorted, presumably from resonant parts of the rigging.
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