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| Anyone compare outlets? In my modest system, I've compared some older orange isolated ground Levitons and Bryants, the Pass and Seymour 5262, the Arrow Hart 8200 and the Hubbell 8300 (the P&S is and industrial grade plug-the Arrow and Hubbell hospital grade). In my s... | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit I just finished using some smaller pieces of OTA as jumpers from some female rca's (to PCB) that I replaced on an amp that Dekay very kindly sent me. If anyone out there has any leftover wire that they would consider selling, please e-mail me. I'm... | |
| Question for users of bare wire ends speaker cable As the 3 posts above mention, you are going to have some exposed copper somewhere which is going to oxidize. I asked Ray Kimber about bare wire connections at Audioasylum (I use 8TC) and his response was that a number of the Kimber cables were act... | |
| I can't believe there is no difference Gunbunny: Check out my 12/04/01 post in your "Is my dealer lying to me?" thread! If your Panasonic sounds ok now, it will get quite a bit better with a better power cord (which you can use with a Harmonic Tech adapter, available for about $40) and... | |
| High Quality Outlets Where to get them?? I will second Maxgain's suggestion on the Arrow Hart. I would suggest the AH 8200 unless you need 20 amp outlets. In my experience, at around $8 U.S., they are a better performer than the Hubbell 8300 I used (although the Hubbell is also pretty de... | |
| Improving bass response Your most cost effective solution: power cords. You have some nice equipment. I own both the Blue Circle BC62 mentioned above and the Cardas Golden. The BC 62 at $125 is a steal, very neutral across the board and much, much better if you float the... | |
| Integrated for Dad Check with Artech Electronics (do a web search-they're a distributor) to see if they have any Audiolab 8000A's left; they selling them I believe around $550-phono stage MM/MC but no remote, or the 8000S with remote but no phono. Excellent value fo... | |
| Which cable will reduce harshness of CD player? I experimented with about 6 or 7 different cables up to $200 US used and settled on the Cardas Golden (if you watch here you'll see the odd one come up for around $180-$200). I have 2 in my system, one on my DVD/CD player and one on my line condit... | |
| no difference between 4k meridian & 400 DVD? I would agree that you should either use two copies, or two originals to make the comparison. That being said, I have been happily using an RCA DVD player-model 5223 (similar if not very close to the Panasonics in terms of internals) for the past ... | |
| Shipping from US to Canada I'm in Canada and have purchased a number of power cords from US sellers. Have them send it to you via U.S. postal service (will cost about $5 or $6 surface and will probably reach you just as fast as air which is more expensive) and tell them to ... | |
| Budget DAC It should be kind of hard to not look at the Art Dio based on all the positive feedback it has been attracting. | |
| AC PWR cable to PWR Conditioner??? My experience is that there is as much audible difference with power cords on my line conditioner as there is with any of the other components. As usual, it's try and listen to them within your own system. | |
| Tweak worth 100X It's price - Vibrapods Sean: interesting on your Dad's speakers. I also have speakers with a downloaded (or is that uploaded) woofer, and have had excellent results with vibrapods (my speakers are floorstanders that weigh about 45 lbs. each). I have a suspended wood flo... | |
| Is my dealer lying to me? Gunbunny: The Panasonic DVD players have a pretty fair reputation for sound; I'd compare the Panasonic to the Cambridge-my guess is the Panasonic would smoke it. | |
| One Song Before You Go... Snatch it back and hold it...Junior Wells |