carlsbad2
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| Why it is so difficult to find a hifi power cables from IEC-C14 to IEC-C13 terminal? Since you brouht up making your own, yes, that is the best answer. But I wonder where you are shopping. the standard C14 cable is very available everywhere I've shopped. are you in europe? Jerry | |
| USB to Dual Coax Bridge for Qutest DAC @drlou77 I think I made my opinion clear. but I’m just a guy on the internet. Many will disagree with me. but many 5 digit price DACs are built around USB still. Seems like $300 is a lot for a box with 4 wires in it. I don't think any electronics... | |
| Speaker Spikes - Working Principle Spikes are an attempt to anchor the speaker to the floor. They are full of uncertainty: what is the rigidity of the floor. How well dod the spike couple. do the pads that protect the floor actually uncouple. and finally, and most important, d... | |
| Benchmark AHB2 Power Cable Upgrade Your post intrigued me as I didn't know Benchmark was using better connectors. I moved my crossovers external and used speakon connectors from the crossover to the speaker. I agree they are superior. I then looked at the Benchmark power cord. ... | |
| Tekton Open Baffle Speakers @audioman58 I rebuilt my crossovers in my Tektons and indeed the parts are mediocre, but no more mediocre than B&W, Focal, or any other speaker under $30-50K. In fact, better than some. Tekton attracts tech savy owners who are eager to do such... | |
| What to do with a large collection I sold my CD collection on Craigslist. I got $100 from a guy that I’m pretty sure was planning to sell them on ebay or flea market. Vinyl I have no idea but seems to be in more demand. Also, anyone buying vinyl from you can be sure it was well t... | |
| USB to Dual Coax Bridge for Qutest DAC So I take it you've bought into the marketing pitch that "USB is crap". I have a chord DAVE that I ran for years on USB. Spectacular DAC. Switched to AES/EBU when I bought a Grimm streamer and the sound was different from the different streamer... | |
| Speakers - Your "Safest" Choice Some real first world travelers here. | |
| Tekton Open Baffle Speakers @pinwa Absolutely agree about the Moab (or other full size speakers) being a better buy. But smaller speakers appeal strongly to those whose spouse won't let them have bigger speakers. Tekton is all about the sound rather than the room decor. ... | |
| Tekton Open Baffle Speakers Ricevs, I see you’re good at repeating all the negative speculation you’ve read. Your hatred is emotional though, not intellectual. Please come over to my place and listen to a pair and your tune will change. Jerry | |
| Tekton Open Baffle Speakers Not a huge fan of open baffle but there is a demand and Eric sees a challenge is making one. I wouldn't buy one on speculation to make money but if you think you might like it, you can certainly resell it easily if you don't. They don't even hav... | |
| Hum in speakers, and suggestions for stopping it Your best bet is to get plugged back into a PSA PP. The PP3 is indeed small for 2 x 350W amps. Try plugging one into the wall and one into the PP3. One amp should be good in a PP3, if so, you can find another PP3. Or just upgrade to a PP10 or ... | |
| A little deeper on amp power please.... I forgot to mention, I agree current capability of the amp is more important. --Jerry | |
| New Goldberg Variations Not on Qobuz....I can't figure a way to get it onto my system...still working on it. | |
| A little deeper on amp power please.... I'm using a 2 wpc amp right now with great success. I've been told that the "rule of thumb" is that you need 20dB headroom which means that if I'm listening at 70dB, I should have enough power available to go to 90 dB just for the extremely loud ... |