cakyol
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| Power cable education needed As long as your existing power cable is not any worse than the Romex that is used in your house electrical system, it does NOT matter. Remember, your house wiring is insurance mandated. Unless your house was built by a cowboy, you are guaranteed... | |
| What is better, analog or digital? Digital of course...It is more precise, noise free, much more practical to play and it is 21st century technology.Plus, you do not destroy the medium every time you listen to it, albeit small. | |
| Why Do So Many Audiophiles Reject Blind Testing Of Audio Components? Because their ordinary'ness would be exposed. They know that everyone would finally know that their ears are just like anyone else's and that simply would not do :-) | |
| Linn Karousel bearing That was probably wise....Even Microsoft Windoze does not have this many upgrades LOL | |
| What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital? I personally listen tovinyl: approximately 10% of the timedigital: rest of the time | |
| What do we hear when we change the direction of a wire? Douglas Self was right.All those anomalies people hear are in their heads. I am seriously concerned for them. They should seek immediate medical and/or psychological help asap :-) | |
| Turntables.....A point of diminishing returns? About $2k. | |
| Looking for recommendations for a pair of full range speakers for ~8k or under Have you tried GoldenEar Triton Reference speakers ?At about 4k each, the sound is unbelievable.They also have active subwoofers built in, and as far as WAF goes, they are pretty thin. | |
| I have been on the hunt for the best turntable I can buy. Any suggestions? It all depends on how much you are willing to pay.... What is your budget ?You can buy these....: https://www.whathifi.com/us/features/10-worlds-most-expensive-turntablesor these:https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/2018-editors-choice-award... | |
| Looking for a turntable around $1k... Technics SL-1500C, direct drive, absolutely perfect for around $1k.No messing with belts and pulleys.I have a Linn LP12 which I am thinking of retiring and switching to the above Technics.... | |
| Speaker Cables While you are at it, I also recommend you change your crossover capacitors to the following:https://www.partsconnexion.com/Jantzen-silver-cap.htmlThese are at a very nice sweet spot of price per performance ratio. There are many more better film c... | |
| Speaker Cables @jjss49 The significance of tin plating a copper wire is that it is MUCH MUCH easier to solder it. It makes soldering a breeze.In addition, ferruling your wire will also make it much easier to work with, especially with 8GA wire since it is a bit ... | |
| Speaker Cables @jjss49 For your speaker wiring project look at this:https://www.mcmaster.com/6276T21/Especially check the current rating on it. It indicates 124 Amps for 8 AWG wire.The amperage rating of this wire is a testament to its low resistance.As for indu... | |
| Speaker Cables @pesky_wabbit2I do have a PhD from a British university named UMIST in Electrical & Electronic engineering and I have been in electronics & software industry for the past 30 years, currently developing wifi software for Broadcom. I can giv... | |
| I have been on the hunt for the best turntable I can buy. Any suggestions? Technics SL1200 series.. |