I am comfortable with this approach.
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I once had a hole cut in the side of a ship so we could offload an electronics cabinet for Qty (10) 1lb cans of coffee, four flight jumpsuits, and a flight jacket. The crane operator wanted the coffee, the welder wanted the jumpsuits for his boys to use for hunting. The jacket was for the welder.
I think a Po’boy was involved in the trade as well, but now I can’t remember.
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That is funny.
I think primarily these will need to be grounding straps, just to be sure we don’t mess with the charges involved and grounding and so on.
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Darn, is there a waiting list already? Can I add my name to it now?
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You missed the bribery part 
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Oh! That makes so much easier now! I got mr .02c ready.
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Convenient for me that I live 3 miles away and I can be in line in about 10 minutes depending on traffic.
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Remember, we still have to listen to them. Not everyone can here better then better then better then better. At some point we do “get there”.
The design is truly improved but we LISTEN to cables and I DESIGN to SPECIFICATIONS. We sell better data UNTIL we all say the old one was “good enough”. As good as the data is on the new design we should be getting close to the limits of what we can hear. But that was the objective, to get so good in the specification and measurement stage that we are stuck by the physics to go farther. This will be made evident by the presentation.
We are limited in supply so be warned. And, we have certain obligations to specific people for independent testing.
Looks like I may be at Purdue for a lecture on these in their audio equipment design class. I had Ernie Avellana (Purdue giving staff) over to give them a listen. He’s an audio guy and was surprised by the technology and how it was done and made the suggestion for a “class” in cables.
Best,
Galen
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Will you be able to share a video of your lecture?
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I believe in you and I believe in your process. I am just asking to be in the front of the line when you have achieved your extremely high goals and are ready to sell product. I have a system that I believe can resolve the results of your work. I’ll just be pitting your cable against a Stealth Audio Sakra V17 Limited Edition and I won’t be the least bit surprised when I prefer your new design. I’ll be pleased as punch.
Amen.
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Yes, that’s the idea. I have the presentation .PPT in process and tweaking it some for information flow but we will get it on tape and on our web site.
We already have a SERIES I presentation on the SanFrancisco Audio Society Forums that is a good place top start the process of how all this works. There is actually a LOT of information to digest as the “entire” cable needs to be taken apart and built back together. The SERIES I and SERIES II use the same building blocks so a listen to that will get you up to speed understanding the next presentation on the changes and how they work.
I know it is long, but to properly cover things several topics that all are superimposed onto one another need to be covered. I had to consider the least informed point of view and not the experts who may know some of the material already…we don’t have any “discoveries” in physics or magic materials to flaunt. It is all transmission line stuff at low frequencies.
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Best,
Galen
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Thankyou for your confidence aangen. Yes, we have key older customers we want to try to work with but the demand will kill supply and no offense to anyone that wants what we can’t provide in this COVID plagued supply chain. We love you all for your support. We don’t get rich selling ICONOCLAST but we want to ENRICH your lives more than anything. I want you to hear what I hear, that was the primary goal, not the “business” really. If it’s any good, the business part will come along.
The cable doesn’t know who it’s Daddy is after it is designed. So all the faith needs to go towards the cable. I’m out of it after it is designed. Listen to the cable, not me, is the easiest way to do all this, same as always. The techie stuff is fun for some of us but man oh man it can get kind of immaterial to most of us. Most of us just want to abstractly know it is well designed and thus we hope it sounds good.
I’m just like all of you the minute we move away from cables. I know little about amps, DAC’s and the intricacies of a phono MM and MC set-up. I need a reinforced abtract on a component and to see that it is solidly based on repeatable properties…but most important does it work.
Some things we hear and go , “WOW, I like that” and then the interest in why we like it is worth the effort to understand for some of us but not all of us.
I go slow with the development because the results rat out bad ideas and designs. No, I didn’t make any of these cables first try, not at all. I got close on things and screwed up on other things. It all has to fit properly in analog cable to balance to a better place.
Some things are so complex that only true measurement can tell you if it works or not. That removes all the tertiary estimates we feels aren’t important so it is easier to understand on paperwork calculation where we toss “insignificant” stuff. But, the in-use of the cable knows all and we better be prepared for that superposition of ALL the primary and tertiary problems it can drag along. Thus, I measure and measure after all the paper work is finished.
Your product isn’t a paper, it is all that the physics provides. ALL of it.
Best,
Galen
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Galen, do you have any sense of when (or even if) other metallurgical varieties (OFE, SPTPC, UPOCC, etc) of this new thingie might be brought into the world? I go by my own previous evaluation of the metallurgies, having preferred others over TPC, I’d rather hang tight and wait if they’ll eventually show up.
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Tony,
Well delivery of specialty metals is tough right now but we’re on it. Do be aware that changes are not going to line-up your previous reference for the sound. You kind of have to start over again and the better the design the better the metal’s will respond so $$$ is less and less needed. Sure, it can still be “better” but the overlap is different. Everything shifts up.
Best,
Galen
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Galen, I watched your presentation with the SFAS shortly after giving it. I found it most informative. I’m looking forward to the new offerings and presentation for the design. Thanks for taking the time to answer so many of these questions as thoroughly as you do.
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No problem, Galen. I have a lot to do anyway in my sound room, so maybe by the time I’m done you guys will have worked all that out. I’d rather sort through all the variants at once and pick out what works best in my system.
So will the upcoming improved cables be a replacement or addition?
Did I order my TPC at the wrong time…?
Noooo…
Looks like you don’t have to worry about that.
Bob said this earlier in the thread:
“ Bauer, no need to hold off and miss the “MAJOR” system improvements that our cables will bring. Anything can be traded up within genre for 100% credit during the 1st year of ownership. Get that order in and enjoy the Christmas season without worries…”
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I’m wondering, if really TPC is generally accepted as being the most “forward” sounding of the grades, might it be the best match for many SET amps with a velvety signature? As I understand, ICONOCLAST does not take anything, only reveals, with the character “forward” (etc) being minor in contrast to neutrality, so a velvety amplifier might benefit from TPC most, velvet kept intact but presentation brought forward?
Just speculating.