68pete

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Last CD player?
paleo 12I have had my Esoteric KO 3x for a couple of years now and love it. It does have a long break in and the break must be done for each filter and sampling rate. I do not feel there is a right answer for which filter or sample rate you use. I... 
High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz
Hi ddraudtThanks for the info. I did pick up 2 of the power cubes, but have not had a chance to play with them yet. I do see where the cubes does block the second plug slightly. Waiting for my 3rd and final High Fidelity jumper to ship for my spea... 
High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz
Has any one tried using the Power Cube a 5 way splitter instead of the orange 3 way spliter. The power Cube comes any several different models. The base model is a 5 way plug. If it could be used then it would shorten how far out of the wall your ... 
High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz
Ozzy and ddraut thank you for the info.Pete 
Transparent Ref MM spkr cbls- How do they compare?
Hi OzzyI have tried the Transparent line up to the Reference XL MM2, They are a nice cable deep base, solid imagining. The mm2 line is now discontinued with Gen. 5 being the new line. You are right the different line are very confusing. In the Gen... 
High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz
Has any one found what would be the diminishing return on how many MC O5 you can put on one line? At the last Newport Audio show They had 4 or 5 ( 3 to 1) stack up on one line. Has any body gone beyond that? 
Best female vocal recording on CD?
Some very good ones listed i would add Carrie Newcomer 
High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz
High Fidelity new CT- 1 Level 2 jumpers vs Transparent Ref.XL jumpers (mm2)The CT-1 crushed the Transparent jumpers in my simple system. The change was not minor is was huge. I have been a Transparent cable fan for a very long time. I use their sp... 
Jumper Cables - use the stock or should they be upgraded ?
I just replaced my Transparent Ref, XL (MM2) jumpers With High Fidelity New CT-1 level 2 jumpers. Use them from mid range to tweeter and WOW Very big improvement. B@W 800 Matrixs speakers, They are not coming out. Clarity and RealismĀ  Just jumped ... 
Power conditioner
Plug Amp to wall PSaudio p10 not bad Or High Fidelity Power conditioners if you can afford them are very nice and do not limit current. 
Warm-up time for amps and preamps
All my SS gear is on 24/7 unless aim way for a couple of days. The amp is in stand by unless i am using it. 
To power condition or not to power condition AVR
I have used a PSaudio P10 with my AVR and it worked well 
Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable?
Not every expensive cable i have purchased sounded better than a cheaper one, but some of them crushed all of the others 
power conditioner
Power conditioners can harm sound and help the sound. Some have spike and surge protection some do not. Some work well with amps some do not. Yes it can depend where you live and what type of power you have coming in to your house. Dedicated lines... 
High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz
Did Rick improve the original CT-1UR?