dorkwad
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| Speaker cable recommendations Cost effective wires that don't sound like they are--they shoot well above their price. For years I used Speltz Anticables and it took much more expensive ones to beat them in some areas. You can buy a specific amount and easily make your own. E... | |
| How is Quality and Customer Service defined in the 21st Century? Deltronics in Woodridge, IL has been excellent at fixing several different components for me over the years. They always get it done right. They also tell me whether it's worth doing and discourage me from having it repaired if it isn't. Modwri... | |
| JW Audio Signature Interconnect - I can't get anyone even to try them @audiojerry, Not only have I tried the JW Signature ICs, but I've used the Schroeder method of running identical IC pairs using 4 sets of connectors to a particular connection. As with all the combinations I've tried, using 2 rather than 1 set o... | |
| Cable elevators I tried elevators a couple times--just OK in SQ. Krissy had me try using 100lb. fish line to suspend the cables about 1 ft. off the floor. I had mono amps so I tried doing this on just the right channel first so I could hear if there was a signi... | |
| Should I steer clear of class D amps I have owned the Nuforce Reference 9 SE mono amps for about 6 years. Bob Smith did the TDSS level 3 upgrades to them about 5 years ago and he then did the latest CapCellBar upgrades to them about 3 years ago. The level 3 upgrades were very sign... | |
| VMPS speakers--Who has had great success in bringing their VMPS speakers to new heights? jmsmy, I've now owned about 5 very good speakers since the VMPS RM40 BCSE w/MLS cabinets. The other speakers ranged in list price from $3400-$36,000. I had each in my system at least 1 year and tweaked each to its max so each was significantly ... | |
| To use Auric Illuminate or not. One last thing: I treat the discs while I'm listening to music. It gives me something to enjoy while taking the time to fully treat each disc. To do a group of 9 discs at one time, I averaged about 90 minutes to do all steps to the 9 discs incl... | |
| To use Auric Illuminate or not. I have used Auric Illuminator II for about 1/2 year now. This is the improved formula over the original. I've now treated over 500 discs counting SACD's, DVD's, and CD's. Every single one sounds much more real, live, dynamic, detailed, with muc... | |
| VMPS speakers--Who has had great success in bringing their VMPS speakers to new heights? Update on the VMPS RM40 BCSE w/MLS cabinets and all the upgrades except the OXO. Krissy made me 4 E-boxes--one is now used on the power supply of my Modwright 5400 Signature Truth; the other on the side the power cord is on of the actual MW CD... | |
| The new CapCellBar upgrade by Bob Smith on Nuforce Ref 9 V3 SE mono amps Sorry for the delay, I've not been able to access the forum from lack of password recall until now. Bob Smith is officially done with audio as of November of last year. He has devoted all his spare time trying to study and develop a cure for his... | |
| Low profile CC speaker that is good sounding @soix, I found a great deal on a Paradigm Reference Studio V2 CC and had to make a platform at the top of my entertainment cabinet to put the bigger and much better speaker on. It took the speaker out of the cabinet, but I had to angle the part ... | |
| How long is the break-in time for a Sophia Electric Blue 6SN7 tube? Thanks all for the helpful information. I must eat crow on a couple things I wrote: 1.) There was an incredible difference in sound quality when I finally replaced all 5 tubes in my TRL DUDE was NOS RCA tubes from Andy's Vintage Tubes in Michiga... | |
| Low profile CC speaker that is good sounding 15 months later I put NPS-1260 on the speaker end of the wires along with each power cord in the system. The contact enhancer has been on for about 6 weeks now. More lifelike and clear sound with more distinct bass lines. Dynamics are also imp... | |
| How was the sound of your TDSS upgrade to your Nuforce Ref 9 amps? Couple months ago, Bob Smith at TDSS did what he calls the CapCellBar upgrade to both of my Nuforce Ref 9 V3 SE mono amps. He replaced the large bank of 20+ capacitors with larger, but fewer caps that were as much as needed, added his Smith Cell V... | |
| NPS-1260 Connection fluid I just completed painting all contacts in my system except for the fuses. Afterwards I immediately played some music on my Modwright 5400 Signature Truth CD player. I wasn't expecting a great improvement right away, but the SQ was way better tha... |