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pyr0ball@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I mean, electrically all of those things will just attenuate amplitude, not really effect signal oscillations, which is actually what sound is …

All they’re doing is effectively adding a small resistance to the signal which will just lower the volume in effect. Adding any amplifier will fix that

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ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

This is quite surprising, especially as we often don’t think of bananas, or even wet mud, as great conductors. However, the tester surmised that introducing the materials into the circuit is just like adding a resistor in series, and they’re unlikely to distort the audio too much, except by lowering the signal level.

I see you also read the article

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baines@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
it could distort the signal or add noise

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