carlsbad
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| Two powered subs with bookshelf speakers or two floor-standing speakers? You can make bookshelf speakers with subs work, but it is harder to do. Some like it if they are the type that wants way more bass than the artist put on the original recording. I've heard one great system in this configuration using Raidho and ... | |
| Add a Linear power supply or iFi SPDIF Purifier2? Small green computer appears to be a branded version of the ebay ones that sell cheaper and have the same case and cosmetics. I have 4 of the Farad (not cheap) supercap based LPSs for my DAC and upscaler. they are excellent. they run cool. I've... | |
| Has anyone tried the new Synergistic Research UEF Performance Enhancer - Ethernet Filter? "noise cannot travel over light". Huh? Fiber optic, like any other medium, transmits what is put in. Garbage in, garbage out. One downside of fiber optic is the signal has to be converted to light and then back to copper so 2 steps are added where... | |
| The revolution has begun! I love my digital amp. It can turn a 100Mb digital file into 1Gb file. -Jerry | |
| What is the most important cable in your system Which one does the signal go through? Both of them? they are both important. I guess if you have to make a choice, I guess we can make a generaization that errors installed by your cables (no cable can ever improve, it can just minimize degrada... | |
| Wiring 2 outlets to 2 dedicated 20 amp circuits with a single 10/3 electrical wire. I have both a AV system and a 2 channel system. I have lots of external linear power supplies. The stack of three on the left is now 4. Plus one red one under the right side. I have every port in my PP connected to a 2 channel sound component.... | |
| Which speakers to isolate first? Whichever is more important to you. midrange is my favorite so I would start there. The Nobosound spring suggestion is a good one if your speakers aren't too heavy. Put those on the set that you can't afford to isolate right away and they will ... | |
| Experience buying from Europe? I've bought a lot. Good chance when something that expensive goes through customs it will be held up a while and then you'll get a bill for perhaps $30 to $50. I usually get the bill after I've already gotten the item. The shipping company pays... | |
| Has anyone heard of Audiocadabra cables? @tony1954 I think you can now see how little the cost of the components matters to the price. Like a fountain coke. Cost of materials is the same for small, med, and large (about 2c). Jerry | |
| Wiring 2 outlets to 2 dedicated 20 amp circuits with a single 10/3 electrical wire. What I did. One leg has 3 duplex outlets, one has 2 duplex outlets and a 240V outlet. Jerry | |
| Chord Dave and lInear power supply Mattijs is great. He will ship your DAVE supply in multiple boxes because mine got tied up in customs because of the listed value. The single power supply for the M-scaler flew through customs. Jerry | |
| Chord Dave and lInear power supply Update 2: If you're using the M-scaler get one for it too. I didn't do that the first time. Not sure why I ovelooked it. Maybe it wasn't in my system at the time but made a big differene there. I now have a stack of 4 Farad super 3s. System ... | |
| Has anyone heard of Audiocadabra cables? Common nomenclature is to set copper conductivity at 1.0 and compare others on this scale. Silver is the only metal more conductive than copper at 1.07. However, I do stand corrected. Looking this up I see silver listed as 1.05 to 1.07 so 1.06 is ... | |
| Power cable break in? Got it. If you coil up your cables it take 24 to 48 hours to re-break them in. | |
| Has anyone heard of Audiocadabra cables? They claim to have solid silver which they call 106%. Silver is 107% of copper. They make no claim about the purity of their silver. It looks to me like they are a high end Chinese maker wth a very good US based website. The website is definite... |