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| Audiophile Fuses: Helpful or "Snake Oil"? Here is a test for the believers. İf you mistakenly think a fuse improves sound, replace all wiring in the amp with fuses. Do you see how ridiculous it is ? | |
| Speaker cable length Simao,you will be fine with a 10 awg wire for those distances. No worries. | |
| Dedicated power Do you have an audio system or a welding machine ?If you really need 30 amps, you may consider changing your system. It is more like a PA system than an audio system :-)Besides, sockets used for 30 amp connections will not accept normal amplifier... | |
| Critical subwoofer tip The phase difference matters ONLY when it is compared to ANOTHER driver in the acoustic vicinity. It does not matter if the speaker is on its own, or it closely matches the OTHER speakers. In the absence of those, or when the sound from anything e... | |
| Speaker cable length If you are using 6 or 8 AWG wire and you are not running in excess of 30 - 40 feet, you will not feel any difference in the sound.Make sure the cable lengths to both the speakers are the same, and do not coil loose cable if there is any. Bend the... | |
| Grounding with a Earth box? It is snake oil.There is something called a ground lifter, which in a few bucks achieve exactly the same purpose and grounds your system as well as eliminating any possibility of hum arising from ground loops.It is probably trying to simulate that... | |
| Which Component Has the Greatest Affect on Low-Level Listening You answered your own question while asking it.It is amplifier with a loudness control.It is admirable that amplifiers strive to provide a linear frequency response. But that is completely the wrong pursuit. Engineers knew this about 50 years ag... | |
| Bulk power cables suggestions Any 10 - 12 awg copper cable costing no more than about $10 will do perfectly.There will be absolutely no difference to the sound unless your cable is extremely underrated, and with a 10 -12 awg copper cable that will NEVER be the case. And even t... | |
| 15 foot RCA cables out of TT with no pre amp? That seems a bit too long. Typically 5 feet is considered max, especially if you are using an MC but you are ok with Ortofon Blue since it is an MM cartridge.The MOST important factor in a phono cable is the shielding and the extra capacitance. ... | |
| looking for a Integrated amp $6,000 range A second hand Pass Labs INT250. Nothing else will come even close. | |
| Back to vinyl need phono stage help! Rega Aria | |
| FUSES, Finally!? Fuses do NOT contribute to the sound in any way AT ALL. They will keep your insurance company happy however.Do not believe the superhumans on this thread who claim they can hear a difference.For courtesy to the believers, I have tested them many ... | |
| What is the best speaker cable for Wilson Sabrina X? Not only for just the Wilsons but for almost ANY speaker up to about 1000W RMS handling.http://www.knukonceptz.com/home-theater/speaker-wire/karma-ss-speaker-kable/sp/karma-ss-8-gauge-spea...$1.65 per foot 8 AWG OFC wire. Incredible value to beat. | |
| High end Class D amps? Most hi end class D amps pretty much use the Danish company ICEpower class D amplifiers. Bang & Olufsen also used to use them. I dont know if they still do, but they are all ok. They are extremely efficient & space saving.For the perfecti... | |
| Integrated Amp Question for a Newbie to the Forum Add Pass Labs INT250 to your list of integrated amplifiers.It is in a league of its own. |