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| Directional interconnect cables I should say, the common ground comments are only relevent to unbalanced interconnects. It's not an issue with balanced and you may connect most either way.Going "with the flow" when your ICs are meant to have a common ground would generally be a ... | |
| Directional interconnect cables 07-27-08: Mofimadness said:"I totally agree with Narrod. This is the correct orientation of directional cables"Maybe you missed the rest of the thread. It can vary by maker, so you need to find out from the maker.Dave | |
| Directional interconnect cables Yes, check with your manufacturer. On some the arrrows will only serve to connect them consistantly if they're undone or moved. If there is no grounding theme, then the electrons don't give a rip which way they run; however, once the cable is burn... | |
| Headphones vs loudspeakers I wonder about the ambiant noise level in your listening room. It may be masking the details of your speakers. Headphones have close proximity to your ears and anywhere from a little to a lot of isolation. This can make it easier to hear details.I... | |
| Directional interconnect cables Point the arrow toward a common ground (usually the pre-amp or integrated amp). It's not showing the direction of signal, but the ground.You may or may not hear a difference, depending on the freedom from 60-cycle noise in your system.Dave | |
| Recommendations For New Table/Arm Under $4k Jazdoc, I love your last post.If you have the Galibier, why would you move to the Tere's or TW Acustic? Why not stay within the Galibier line? Do those other TTs sound better to you, but didn't fit your initial price range, or what?The reviews of ... | |
| Recommendations For New Table/Arm Under $4k As the proud owner of over 100 TTs in his audiophile life, Audiofiel clearly comes from the school of constant change and fleeting satisfaction. That's a fine school and I have friends deep into studies there; however, getting "stuck" with a good ... | |
| Oppo as transport In my system the Oppo sounds very good when run through the Playback Designs MPS-5's DAC.It's a little clunky getting it to read the right layer of an SACD or DVD-A, but pretty faultless otherwise. I prefer my Pioneer Elite DV-58AV, mainly because... | |
| class d I love jeff Rowland's implementation of ICDPower in his 501, 312 and Continuum 500 integrated designs, all of which I've heard pretty extensively. I've had single-ended tubes, class AB tubes, class AB SS and now my new Continuum 500. I can't imagi... | |
| Recommendations For New Table/Arm Under $4k Thanks. How could I miss that? I retraced my steps and I was looking around on the "Order" page and saw references to the Euro/$ exchange rate and delivery backlog estimates, but no pricing. I guess I got waylayed in scrolling down the "Serac" pag... | |
| Recommendations For New Table/Arm Under $4k Tvad, as I've said several times before, I thought that the Serac with the recommended arm pairing was $4600. The company's web site doesn't give any pricing info so I searched around and found a couple of references to $4600, so that's what I tho... | |
| Recommendations For New Table/Arm Under $4k Dougdeacon said:"The bearing and motor alone are head and shoulders beyond any other table in this price range"I don't think this is accurate. The bearing has to be considered in combination with the effective mass of the platter. I don't know abo... | |
| Class D amp with Tube Preamp Combo? Well, three days isn't enough burn-in, but if you like extra midrange bloom, then Bel Canto is probably not for you. Rowland will not work for you either. You'll need excellent sources with most Class D/ICEPower amps.Dave | |
| Recommendations For New Table/Arm Under $4k I never mentioned the Artisan Audio. As I said in my earlier response, I thought that the lowest price for a Serac with one of their offered tonearms was $4600. Apparently that was incorrect.Right, that MMF (Pro-ject really) tone arm wasn't 10", w... | |
| Recommendations For New Table/Arm Under $4k Well the price I saw was $4600. Unfortunately, Galibier's site made it hard for me to validate the price, so I went with another recent quote that I found on A'gon. Evidently the price I found was not the lowest available. Still, you need to facto... |