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| If aftermarket premium power cords work, why won’t short runs of premium XLR cables work? I am sad your confidence in ’theory’ precludes all fact.@elizabeth Its not theory. I've been doing this a long time, and I've seen plenty of cases where one cable sounds better than another, including balanced. The thing is though that most high e... | |
| Let's talk power cords And there it is in a nutshell. The only ones selling power cords made of Romex are the ones that are either ignorant of electrical code or have simply elected to stare down the shotgun barrels.As a manufacturer, I follow the code because I don't w... | |
| If aftermarket premium power cords work, why won’t short runs of premium XLR cables work? In my experience, different XLR do sound very different. I had Kimber Hero, Cardas Parsec, and finally Kimber KS1116. Each a big jump in price, and a good step up in sound. If this was the case, then the associated gear didn't support the bala... | |
| Empire Turntable Parts Sounds like corrosion in the socket is the culprit. A little DeOxit should sort that out. | |
| SL1200GAE New Tonearm did you position the arm on Norberts table just so the wire would miss the hinge? I was wondering about why the arm is shifted to the left so much?If I recall correctly we made the arm board for his machine but Tri of Triplanar actually did the ... | |
| What is the fascination? No, it was never the best. But when it first came out in the '60s, it was a whole lot better than much of the competition. ?? The Empire was better, the Lenco was better, Thorens, the Garrard 301, Dual, Miracord, even some of the higher end BSRs..... | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? Tube amps are pretty sensitive to power cords too... | |
| Is there actually a difference? Just for those unaware, SITs and VFETs are just power JFETs. SIT stands for Static Induction Transistor. VFETs are SIT devices. Power JFETs are a different beast:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JFETThere's a lot less info on SITs:https://en.wikipedi... | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? most never used snubber circuits to deal with the fact that diodes ring.Actually its the power transformer that rings, which is why snubbing the rectifiers is often not that effective. HEXFRED rectifiers help, since it is the capacitance of the re... | |
| If aftermarket premium power cords work, why won’t short runs of premium XLR cables work? Whatever boxes are on the cable is not really relevant (and FWIW, they don't really serve a purpose either). If the equipment supports the balanced standard, then you can use extensions all you like. If the equipment does not, the results are less... | |
| Let's talk power cords OSHA?Occupational Safety and Health Administration.Between them and UL and also national electrical codes, essentially solid core power cords are illegal. So if one makes a fire, electrical hazard or any such, it won't be covered by homeowner's or... | |
| SL1200GAE New Tonearm If you position the arm correctly, yes, you can use the lid. You can't do it with the 12" though :) | |
| Empire Turntable Parts We built a whole new plinth for the 208 that is machined out of solid aluminum and has exactly the same lines although that big hole beneath the platter isn't there. @falmgren, are you sure the new lamp was good? Did you test the old one? | |
| What is the fascination? Years ago one of my employees picked up an Empire 208 at a garage sale, and got it sounding good enough that for fun, I sought one of my own, which I found for $35.00 (good luck trying to do that now!). I threw out the arm and installed my SME 5 o... | |
| Serious Passive Preamp question I've seen active preamps beat a passive every time. Less coloration, better dynamic impact, more extension. Less sensitivity to interconnect cables.A lot depends on the active line stage though. Some of them outright suck, and then passive sounds ... |