dgarretson
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| How often do you clean cables? And which types do you clean most often? @perfectpathtech Where did you read that? I find no literature suggesting that silver oxide or silver sulfide are better electrical conductors than silver metal. My own experience is that removing tarnish from silver spades improves sound quality. | |
| How often do you clean cables? And which types do you clean most often? Doug, I suggest that you also clean the amp & speaker binding posts as part of your comparison. I will be amazed if you don’t hear an meaningful improvement. Then work through the entire chain of ICs, fuses, tube pins and sockets, AC prongs an... | |
| How often do you clean cables? And which types do you clean most often? Hello Doug, The efficacy of contact cleaners is proved quite simply: by the evidence of crud and oxidation on the Q-tip after cleaning. This is one area of the hobby that doesn't require blind testing. I only wish that reviewers of cables would e... | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... Au contraire, the difference that I’m hearing between EN "looms" <$50 is remarkable and refreshingly cost-effective. I hope that Doug’s forthcoming review of extravagantly priced EN cables includes comparisons to some of the cost-effective shie... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I haven’t tried MinimServer, but have been using Roon on a QNAP NAS with a i5 motherboard and 16GB RAM. It sounds great and is fast enough to run Roon’s DSP engine that outputs DSD128. Together with a Sonore microRendu Ethernet-to-USB streamer at ... | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... I just received from Amazon a 50' Theo & Cleo CAT7 and a five pack of 3' PiperCables TM Pro Series CAT7. The Pipers were advertised as tested on a Fluke meter, which at least implies better than no-name quality. These replaced generic CAT5 be... | |
| Best produced rock albums......... Pretty much anything Glyn Johns touched-- partly because of his talent, and partly because the bands were at their peak during his tenure. From Sound Man by Glyn Johns, from Blue Rider Press/Penguin Random House.1964, Georgie Fame, “Rhythm and Blu... | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... Doug, thanks for the missionary work in this area. It may the missing link in CPU audio. Puns intended, of course. Best, Dave | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... @almarg After following those links I just ordered a few CAT7 cables to compare to the CAT5 I’ve been using between NAS, Ethernet hub, and microRendu. I suspect some of the variations observed between Ethernet cables are system dependent. Moreover... | |
| Roon vs. Squeezebox Server (Logitech) I have lived several weeks with Roon 1.3 and have the Unix version of its core on an SSD in a QNAP NAS/RAID server with a i5 processor. A Roon-ready Sonore microRendu Unix-based streamer does the conversion from Ethernet to USB into an Esoteric K... | |
| Are you using DH Labs? @thiefoflight 17pf/ft. (measured silver conductor to silver conductor) and 27pf/ft.(measured silver conductor to aluminum foil shield.) | |
| Are you using DH Labs? @thiefoflight With the Connex/DH Labs BL-Ag bulk wire I use KLEI solid silver RCAs and Neutrik XLRs. I have a hankering to try some boutique XLRs with this wire, but have not gotten around to it. My thought is that to obtain top performance fro... | |
| Are you using DH Labs? They retail for around $50 per set. I can't seem to get the URL to stick to this post, but the headshell leads are on their web site. | |
| Are you using DH Labs? I give highest marks to Parts Connexion/DH Labs Connex BL-Ag bulk IC balanced wires and to DH Labs silver headshell leads. It's all you'll ever need, well above the entry level, and all I need. | |
| All Things Must Pass Looking forward to purchasing the new All Things Must Pass. I also have the original LPs. On a modern system they reveal much better SQ and less wall-of-sound congestion than is remembered from listening during the ’70s. However the somewhat thin ... |