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| Long runs- digital or video S-Video is supposed to run into signal loss after 15 feet, although I run 21 feet without too much problem. Other cabling is probably less prone to signal loss than s-video, so if you can, run longer lengths of others and shorter lengths of S if y... | |
| Pioneer DV 05 Mods and Tweaks I don't own any movies so I can't comment on improvements to video performance, but the audio performance on my DVD player (not a Pioneer) was improved immensely by the following. Take off the lid and fasten industrial floor tile (80 cents each at... | |
| S-Video Cable - is there much difference Have to admit George, I've been impressed in the past by your lack of pretentiousness-you seem to be a no BS kind of guy and I like that. What S-Video cables are you using currently? Can you return the Monster if they don't work out? I honestly th... | |
| S-Video Cable - is there much difference I recently switched my system around and had to go from a 1 metre S-Video cable to a 7 metre run, which is supposed to be very bad. I was using Monster M1000V, which, at the time was the top of the line Monster, and ended up going to the base Trib... | |
| CD player:Arcam 9 or Rotel 991 If you're thinking of the Arcam, wait, as it's about to be discontinued and replaced with (according to Arcam) a better sounding player at the same price. | |
| Know of a "Dirt Cheap" tweak? Had a brief "thread discussion" with Dekay on this about a week ago and decided to try it as my CD player went out of warranty about a month ago. Go to Home Depot and buy the industrial vinyl floor tiles (3 at about 80 cents apiece). The industria... | |
| Mapleshade Vibration Control Dekay: Some interesting posts at Audioasylum about internally damping the chassis of CD players with good results-some different materials mentioned-can't actually recall but I believe one of the materials is quite commonly used in car audio insta... | |
| Mapleshade Vibration Control Sorry-posting quickly-attaching the vinyl tile to the top side of granite slabs-just want ot be clear on that! | |
| Mapleshade Vibration Control I use a Target shelf, but also use granite slabs on vibrapods within the Target shelf and have found that attaching "peel and stick" vinyl floor tile eliminates to a great extent the "ringing". Very cheap too. | |
| How Much Do You Need to Spend on a PC? I have owned or have experience with the following cords MIT Z (original), XLO, LAT, BMI Edge (entry level cord), Blue Cirlce BC 62 and Cardas Golden. For the money, the BC 62 and the Cardas Golden (I paid $200 for the Cardas, about $160 for the B... | |
| The best Neutral Power cord ? If you want to keep both the cost and work down, you can buy a Volex 17604 cord, already terminated with an iec and molded male end, and proceed (if you want) to hack the male end off and terminate it with a quality hospital grade plug from the li... | |
| Audiolab 8000S I own and still use a first generation Audiolab 8000A (about 12 years old). The criticism of the first version of this amp was that it had a slightly glassy treble and could be a bit analytical. I have mated mine with a Cardas Golden power cord wi... | |
| Biggest Baddest Audio Cables You might check into a recent post (and numerous responses!) at Cable Asylum, within Audio Asylum, regarding a pair of $25,000 speaker cables from Transparent. Slightly out of my price range (I'm a Kimber 8TC guy right now) and don't know of anyon... | |
| Cheap Tweak? Try TPC (the Perfect Connection) made by XLO, costs about a buck a packet-you should be able to find it at shops that sell XLO products. | |
| Neophite needing advice An Audiolab 8000S on closeout from Artech Electronics at $439 for a demo or $549 brand new (I use an old 8000A with a Cardas Golden power cord on it and it's outstanding). An RCA 5223P DVD player (last year's model-I have no idea what current RCA'... |