delkal
Responses from delkal
| Correct Way to Invert Phase According to this thread 92% of all CDs play with inverted polarity (I heard similar stats before).https://www.head-fi.org/threads/all-tracks-on-approximately-92-of-compact-discs-cds-play-in-inverted-polarity-on-approximately-92-of-compact-disc-pl... | |
| Trying to find someone with a cable cooker in Metro NY I am not sure if I believe in cable cookers.......But some people do and who am I to argue (at least until I saw the price of commercial cable cookers are they kidding me?)I don't know if the OP wants to burn in speaker wire or interconnects but I... | |
| Something For The Fuse Guys ... It is simple to test if your fuses are limiting something without having to invest hundreds of dollars. Just jump them with some spare wire and have a listen. You can even get fancy and jump them with pure silver solid or other exotic wires. ... | |
| Hum Super Sleuth Needed It should not be a standard ground loop problem if you just have one component plugged in with no other connections. Are your speakers powered? That doesn’t mean you don’t have some kind of grounding problem internally. I would look inside and ret... | |
| How to replace hardwired stock power cord ? How bad is the original power cable? The main problem with most cords is the cheap nickle plated brass plug with the injection molded plastic housing. As long as the power cord gauge is sufficient you might just try upgrading the plug.You can easi... | |
| Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad Put your speakers as far in front of the rack as your room allows. Problem solved. | |
| AC Dedicated Line With AC the neutral wire carries as much amperage as the hot wire (the current goes back and forth). You cant hook up 3 hots to one neural and expect the neutral line to carry 3X the current. And how were you planning on wiring one neutral to thre... | |
| Interesting/unusual concert pairings. Gentle Giant opening for Black Sabbath. I don't think it gets any stranger than that! | |
| Using Solar battery for DAC and Pre-amp Batteries give an exceptionally flat DC power supply....,..But getting it to a usable voltage for your equipment (AC or DC) is the tricky part. Most transformers / inverters rely on some kind of switching circuit that messes up the "pure" current ... | |
| CAN YOU OVERPOWER A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT The amp rating for an extension cord /fuse/ or breaker is the Maximum amount of current it can draw without overheating the wires. If you plug in anything that draws less you are fine. Electrical components just draw what they need........Un... | |
| About the cheapest cable elevators (for those with empty pockets) What is the dielectric strength of a pool noodle? With it wrapped around your speaker cable it might suck up all of the special magnetic waves traveling to the speakers and make your system sound flat. But this will only happen if you get somethin... | |
| Any cable delivers more bass than Cardas Golden Reference? @drumbeat. I am not doubting what you heard but you should switch the cables on the left and right speakers and try the A/B test again. Very few listening rooms are totally symmetrical. I can hear slight differences in bass response between m... | |
| Could headphones be used to evaluate speakers? I have seen videos on youtube where they demoed new speaker cables or other tweaks............and you could hear the differences listening on your laptop speakers!So if you believe them I guess the answer is YES. | |
| What is wrong with a sub? @elizabeth Exactly! Seems like most people with subs just want to hear the thump, thump, thump. Used correctly a sub should just extend the lower range of your mains linearly within a few dBs. At least that's the "audiophile" answer.But lot... | |
| So I bought a Pro-ject Pre Box RS... (Valve suggestions?) The 12500-12750 and 12400-12500 numbers are the readings from a tube tester (in UMhos). The tubes have 2 plates in each and those are the numbers for each plate. Without looking up what the numbers should be these seem like well matched tube... |