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| Power Cables diminishing returns Robsker wrote,"But power cords no. I talked recently to Frank Van Alstine on power cords and he laughed at the notion that people spend over $50-70 for a PC... said, from an engineering standpoint, that anything more is a waste of $."There are qui... | |
| WA-Quantum GmbH's Quantum Chips Tbg, as a manufacturer of products involving crystals, actually the first if you don't count the Shakti thing which almost doesn't count, before anyone had a gleam in his eye about such things, I agree about trial and error. However, as fate would... | |
| WA-Quantum GmbH's Quantum Chips Jade is typically Na(Al,Fe+3)Si2O6 - Jadeite. Quartz is typically siO2. A lot if crystal are somewhat similar in chemical structure yet not similar in terms of physical characteristics when it comes to audio applications. For example Acoustic Revi... | |
| Power Cables diminishing returns Unless one burns in the power cords on a cable cooker and or cryogenically treats them, in addition to the usual break in, I suspect it's very difficult to say one has really gone all the way with a particular cord. The costs for burn-in and cryo ... | |
| WA-Quantum GmbH's Quantum Chips Never heard of jade quartz. I've heard of jade and I've heard of quartz. Have you tried Acoustic Revive's small beads of smokey quartz for room walls? Myself, I'm rather fond of topaz, sapphire, onyx, aquamarine, carnelian and others. | |
| WA-Quantum GmbH's Quantum Chips Tbg, I suspect WA Chips are an excellent illustration that audio is a hands-on hobby. It's not really for the reluctant couch potato who just wants to plug and play. Experimentation is the order of the day for everything from speaker placement to ... | |
| Is it just me? It would appear that weather plays a large role, with wet conditions and low pressure systems being quite bad for the sound, the electrical grid most likely being affected. It would also appear early mornings and nighttime are better times for cri... | |
| External HD VS Flash Drive Sound Quality Question Actually, jitter is produced by vibration of the CD, by slight wobbling of the CD that's caused by out-of-round condition of the disc (exacerbated when the transport is not absolutely level). We won't even get into the jitter produced by the backg... | |
| LOUSY SOUND AT LIVE CONCERTS It all depends on what you're used to. Most venues, like most systems, have so much distortion I'm surprised anyone can take more than 5 seconds of it. | |
| WA-Quantum GmbH's Quantum Chips I have quite a few WA chips now, lots if semiconductor chips, capacitor chips, a few Cable chips and a few inductor/transformer chips. What it all comes down to is one needs to try a WA chip one at a time and see if it improves the sound. If it do... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Swampwater wrote,"Geoff, what he really needs is for you to invent a quantum fan that will cool a COVERED pre-amp or better yet, teleport it to another dimension ;-) "So, it sounds like what you're saying is the tubes are covered, too. No wonder t... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Mental, sounds like you need one of them new-fangled outboard fans; can I suggest the batty powered O 2 Cool fan? | |
| Have you tried SILCLEAR from Mapleshade? Silclear from Mapleshade more or less morphed into Quicksilver Gold from Xtreme AV, the current king of contact enhancers. Cryo'd high purity silver with gold content. Cannot beat with stick. | |
| Do expensive cables/wires REALLY make a difference Mrtennis wrote,"It's all in the mind."That's a rather big matzo ball hanging out there. Just curious, is that comment intended to convey the idea that differences among cables are all psychological? In other words, that differences can be explaine... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Mitch2, The bottom line: if someone is overly suspicious or not competent changing fuses and or insuring proper fuse direction he should probably not get into the whole fuse thing. On the other hand, if someone can't hear the effect of aftermarket... |