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| Which cables go with what????? Nrchy wrote:"We have had these disagreements before when I asked the question about what makes a bigger difference, new componants or very good interconnect or speaker cables? My experience shows that cables can make differences which are beyond b... | |
| I am looking for a smoothest sounding outboard DAC It depends on what you mean by smooth.There are a lot of DAC's out there that reduce the dynamics to sound smooth because there is so much sibilance otherwise. I prefer a DAC that delivers ALL of the music and dynamics without ANY sibilance. Frank... | |
| XLR vs RCA XLR's are superior is a number of ways. First, they are locking, so they won't pull loose. Second, they have male and female, so you can't accidently plug them in backwards. Third, they use a two signal system comprising an uninverted and an inver... | |
| CD Player Advice There are two classes of players that are popular, those that are extremely expensive and those that roll-off the highs or at least limit the HF dynamics.Frankly, if you want to get rid of the sibilance and harshness, you need a better DAC, which ... | |
| Perpetual Technologies P1,P3, and Monolithic PS Pristine wrote:"Does anyone know the upgrade service in the market for P-1A or P-3A. I purchased Revelation CRYO-Cables for Power Supply & I2 months ago. It really helps. But is there any professional company offering upgrading services in the... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System It's a system thing. Like one of the other posters said, they are not "accessories", they are an integral part of the "system". If you get chincy on a CDP, you will probably end-up spending more than you would like to "tone-control" out the harshn... | |
| balanced cables Balanced connections have two signals, a positive and a negative signal, which are inverted versions of each other. They carry the signal currents. At the destination, these are subtracted from each other to create the signal. Any noise that is th... | |
| How many quality interconnects to I need ? Sean - the high-capacitance IC may have done well in your system vers were relatively strong. With my DAC, they would definitely not cut-it. | |
| XLR inverted, is it OK? The difficulty is that some components do nto deal with this well. It can cause problems electrically if the outputs or inputs are not truly balanced. I had this problem driving a Mark Levinson pre to a CODA amp. Needed to invert the cables.Many m... | |
| How many quality interconnects to I need ? If you want to get superior interconnects for only one connection, I would recommend the CDP to preamp. This is because the CDP typically has the weakest drivers and benefits the most from a low-capacitance cable. Next in priority would be the pre... | |
| Power cord? Why? Sean - been at HE2003, but I'm back now. Regarding Goertz, these cables make a lot of sense technically. There is no way to get lower inductance than this. Not sure why Roger would be concerned about the amps. They should be able to drive these - ... | |
| Best speaker cables for B&Wn803 and Cello Encore See the series of Speaker cable reviews by Bob Neill from Positive-Feedback - here is the latest issue:http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue5/empirical7.htm | |
| Power cord? Why? S23Chang - the equivalent wire gauge is what is important, not the gauge of a single wire. Low inductance cords are always made using multiple wire to get that low inductance. Resistance is only one piece of the pie. Inductance must be low as well... | |
| Power cord? Why? Corona, I agree with you completely. My brother is a metallurgical engineer with 25 years experience. He has taught me a lot about this. This is why the wire needs to be fabricated properly and handled carefully in the assembly process. This is ho... | |
| Power cord? Why? Sean - what I heard from Roger (via my dealer) is that he is concerned about the capacitance of the speaker cable resonating with the transformer windings of the speaker. I don't believe he is concerned much about the amp oscillating. I believe Ro... |