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Q. Do the cables need "burn-in?"

A. No, but flexing them imparts a slightly harsh sound that goes away within a day or two. The cables need to relax mechanically after flexing. Treating them electrically has no effect. In fact, if you connect the cables to a conditioning device, the flexing required to later install them in your system may destroy any conditioning. Just connect them. Don't "burn them in" separately - it doesn.t accomplish anything!

Q. Why is there an extra ground lead on one end of the Lindsay Audiophile Special Edition Multi-Shielded Speaker Cables?
A.To improve the sound of high-conductivity metals such as copper, we use a patented construction with four separate shields! There are three inner high-resistivity shields, whose function is to damp out oscillations along the cable. Then there is an outer, conventional aluminized shield. These shields are all connected to each other at one end only (the speaker end). But the shields must be grounded, so we include an additional ground lead that runs all the way down the cable. It connects to the shields at the speaker end (internally where you can't see it), and protrudes at the amplifier end. This construction is patented, and vastly improves the sound of high-conductivity metal wires.

Q. Why not just connect the extra grounding lead to the black amplifier terminal?
A. Many amplifiers? '"black", "negative", or "0" connections are not at ground potential! Some amplifiers have balanced outputs, where the black lead carries a mirror image of the red lead. Connecting shields to such a terminal would degrade the sound. By including a separate grounding wire, our Special Edition cables give the same superb sound with any amplifier design.

Q. What happens if the extra 'ground' lead is not connected to the amplifier's ground? Suppose it is inadvertently connected to a signal-carrying point?
A. Nothing in your system will be harmed if the shield is connected to the amplifier's "black" terminal, the "red" terminal, or otherwise not properly grounded; but the sound quality will suffer to a greater or lesser degree, depending on how much signal is supplied to the shield.

Q. What is the best way to connect the extra ground lead?
A. We recommend connecting the extra ground lead to the amplifier's metal chassis. Find some convenient screw to fasten the lead; there may even be a special grounding post on some amplifiers. The sonic difference is not great, but it is there.

Q. To reverse the phase of a speaker, should the connections be reversed at the amplifier or the speaker end? Does it really make any difference?
A. We have found that it usually sounds better the way we recommend, which is to reverse the terminals at the amplifier end. If you like to experiment, you can try reversing the speaker terminals instead, assuming that you need to reverse the phase of the speakers.

About Dr. Lindsay
Dr. David Lindsay is the inventor who first realized what's wrong with copper and silver wires for audio: a conductor whose thickness is comparable with skin depth at the frequencies involved will introduce phase distortion into the signal. Unfortunately wires of typical size, made from conventional conductors, exhibit this problem right in the middle of the audio spectrum. Dr. Lindsay realized that a material of high magnetic permeability, because of its greatly reduced skin depth, would eliminate the problem.

The resulting products represent the only real breakthrough to date in audio cables. Other products are merely variations on plastic insulation over copper or silver -- which are the two worst-sounding metals we have ever auditioned! Other products all exhibit variations on harsh, zippy, unmusical sound.