divesh
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| Chinese fake cables How fake, how good? As someone already posted, some of the stuff coming out of China is junk. I bought some bulk 'furutech' rca cable and it was truly junk. Looked crap, quality crap, sounded crap - ended up in the bin. But, there are gems out there too, as my experi... | |
| Chinese fake cables How fake, how good? I have personal experience in making my own DIY cables, owning relatively high end cables, and also with "fake" cables purchased from established hi-fi shops in china.On the whole, and considering the cost, time of DIY, quality of materials, and w... | |
| Suggestion on XLR Cables In defence of the furutech's, they sound great in my other system, which is designed to be connected via single ended. Further enforcing the importance of system matching a particular piece of equipment. Great in one system, lousy in another, and ... | |
| Suggestion on XLR Cables In my arc system, balanced xlr cables wins hands down over single-ended rca's. I'm embarrassed to say the balanced cables are my own cheap diy canare star quad vs expensive top of the line furutech rca's. As some have said before, use the connecti... | |
| Is it OK to have xlr and rca connected at same time on arc ds450? that's a fair point you make about the xlr's being durable. i'll just have to be careful (as always) when plugging/unplugging the inputs each time. Maybe steering clear of heavy, rigid interconnects that put strain on the terminals is also worth d... | |
| Leave preamp on all day, off at night i would really like to preserve the life of the ref3, and not waste it on background music and TV etc.My other pre amp is a quad 99, but it doesn't have any HT bypass.In regards to using a HT bypass, im assuming the connections would be:source >... | |
| Is it OK to have xlr and rca connected at same time on arc ds450? That's a shame- I was really hoping that I wouldn't have to connect and disconnect cables each time. These high end items don't take well to any sort of wear and tear...Thanks for your advice! | |
| Leave preamp on all day, off at night Thanks guys, appreciate your response. What you both say makes perfect sense, and is what I suspected. Will do, cheers, divesh | |
| Speaker jumpers replacing speaker jumpers improved the sound on both of my sound systems. i agree some stock jumpers are better than others, but most speakers can be further improved with better aftermarket cabling- the trick is to find the right ones for your sp... |