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LittelFuses Series 285 AUDIO/MEDICAL Quality
With interconnects, the MOST important thing is proper shielding. Unless you are running very long cables, most are ok. You dont need to spend more than a few bucks. I found this one to be the best for my cartridge to phono preamp, it works absolu... 
What's going on with Synergistic Research fuses?
Again, for the umpteenth time, fuses do NOT affect sound in ANY way.If you think otherwise, you are either delusional and/or very gullible to the power of suggestion from marketing folks.If it was otherwise, dont you think manufacturers of audio e... 
LittelFuses Series 285 AUDIO/MEDICAL Quality
For the last time, fuses do NOT affect sound in ANY way.If you think otherwise, you are either delusional and/or very gullible to the power of suggestion from marketing folks.If it was otherwise, dont you think manufacturers of audio equipment wou... 
LittelFuses Series 285 AUDIO/MEDICAL Quality
roxy54, Abraham Lincoln once said "If you are arguing with an idiot on the internet, make sure that he isn't doing the same thing." Meaning "you may also be an idiot on the other end".... I did not know they had internet then... Very interesting... 
LittelFuses Series 285 AUDIO/MEDICAL Quality
@brubin,If you think you will have a fuse in an audio equipment which even momentarily can withstand 1500A, you better talk to your fire insurance agent very carefully to renegotiate your rates.Fuses are just wires with a small bit of resistance. ... 
Length of speaker cables
The shorter the better but with wires thicker than about 10 awg, noone will be able to tell the difference, unless you are a superhuman spectrum analyzer. 
What makes a DAC so expensive?
What makes a DAC so expensive:Audiophiles who think that the more expensive a product is, the better it must be.... 
What other hobby...
speedboats 
Analog or Digital and why?
"Quality endures"Exactly my point. Digital quality has already surpassed analog at one quarter of the cost. Thanks for emphasizing my point. :) 
Analog or Digital and why?
Digital all the way now. Analog will be dinosaurs in a few decades, maybe even less.Best digital today is as good as and in many ways better than analog. Noise floor, dynamic range and ease of use alone makes it a winner.Almost all the recent anal... 
What do you think of this power cord?
As I said previously, please read some more books about amps, especially when the speaker load drops to 1 or 2 ohms of impedance at certain frequencies.Here is some very basic education to start with:https://geoffthegreygeek.com/speaker-impedance-... 
What do you think of this power cord?
cleeds,Please read a bit more about amps, dynamic & transient loads 
What do you think of this power cord?
cleeds,That is why the factor of 2.5 was mentioned.... to account for differences in the class of the amplifier and more as described below:The back panel measurement is done with a 1khz STEADY sine wave signal. The REALITY is that with music, esp... 
What do you think of this power cord?
Yes, 12 awg is adequate :-) 
Options for ridding records of static electricity
1) Get rid of the felt mat, replace it with rubber or cork, there are many options.2) Rinse your records under the tap, such that the record, the water stream running on to the record and the metal spout of the faucet makes ONE UNBROKEN electrical...