hickamore
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| Why perfect speakers dont exist the truth revealed Progress already! We've cut it down from infinitely large to an appropriate size. Which, sadly, cannot contain that infinitude of fiberglass. Oh, well. Today the pit, tomorrow the wrinkle. | |
| powercords Is there some risk that the mfr will misplace the power plug and component input opposite the cord wire directionality? If so, how would one determine that this has occurred? | |
| The Hardest Naturally Occurring Substance on Earth geoffkait is the Oscar Wilde of this joint, and that's good enough for me. | |
| Streaming: WiFi or wired?? "it makes no sense to run ethernet cable in your home that is rated higher than the cable used for your incoming service."Wish I'd thought of this obvious fact before buying a fancy ethernet cable. Oh, well. Surely it's doing no harm (?) | |
| Are current audio cable designs superior to 1980s designs? If unhappy with what I have bought, will certainly do just that. | |
| XLR Interconnects Thanks for the reminder as to true balanced as opposed to simply having XLR inputs.. I didn't know about that back when first using balanced cable. At that time I had a pretty long run and audio shop so advised. Here in these forums I have learned... | |
| Are current audio cable designs superior to 1980s designs? Preamp was Bryston BP series; amp was B&K 4420, dual mono in single chassis.Regular consumer grade components. | |
| Are current audio cable designs superior to 1980s designs? Simple question, simple answer, and just what I wanted to know, so thanks millercarbon. Are the cable refinements audibly superior or just conceptually niftier? Your assurance is enough.FMI I will go study the Ted Denney evolution. Sorry, ignori... | |
| Are current audio cable designs superior to 1980s designs? As I said upfront, same question, different title. I don't know about you, but my own decision whether or not to read a given thread depends on the title. If the title doesn't properly describe the substance of the question, I will either never kn... | |
| Switch from AB to D A/B to A/B is apples to apples. The Vidar will blow the Onkyo away. See how it sounds with your old preamp. And when you get a good excuse, audition the Schiit Freya+. 15 days to decide whether the Freya is enough better than your old pre to justi... | |
| Magico M9 The new 'norm' in speakers The height of folly just got stilts. | |
| Schiit Freya+(Plus) "If you switch between Kenrad and 6n8s, it is kind of having two different pre." Most interesting! | |
| Schiit Freya+(Plus) Schiit tells me you will have higher distortion and higher output impedance if not using matched quad (also if using NOS Sylvanias or GEs in place of new production JJ or Tung-Sol). I will of course listen for myself as shk and wolf-g have done wi... | |
| Schiit Freya+(Plus) Wow. A definitive answer. You have saved me years of fiddling. Off to the tube races! Thanks so much for sharing. | |
| Speaker stand spikes ~2” long? "A simple cone shape of just one primary angle allows energy to go down but will also some allow some energy to be reflected from the floor back into that singular geometry introducing interfering energy into the signal path. Tom" After much expe... |