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Finding a Power Cord that sounds great
The wire in the power cable adds little to the sound, it is the ac connectors that gets you the most sound effect from a power cable. AC Outlet to ac connectors and component matching comes into play too for good sound... 
What's the best HDMI cable that you have tried ?
They make a new power cord adapter for the HD satellite receivers now called cloverleaf C5 IEC adapter and some of the HDTV's will need a power cord IEC adapter too. 
What's the best HDMI cable that you have tried ?
I replaced my stock power cord on my directv HD receiver with a diy dh labs power plus with wattgate connectors and my silver starlight 5.2's colors really POPS OUT at me now!..After I replaced the stock power cords on my pioneer HDTV and HD recei... 
Favorite HDMI cable under $100/M?
I replaced my stock power cord with a diy dh labs power plus with wattgate connectors and the silver starlight hdmi 5.2's colors really POPS OUT at me now!... 
What's the best HDMI cable that you have tried ?
I tried some diy dh labs power plus power cables on my pioneer plasma and video gear and liked it better than my CryoMax 3 power cable with Oyaide p/c-004 connectors!.. I found a review on the dh labs power cables and the reviewer replaced his hig... 
Has anyone tried the Shunyata Diamondback PC?
If your looking for a cheap power cable try a diy DH Labs power plus cable with Wattgate connectors for less than $70. These cables work a lot better on video than audio... 
What's the best HDMI cable that you have tried ?
The very best power cable I have ever used with video gear is diy CryoMax 3 cable from cryo-parts with Oyaide p/c 004 ac connectors... 
Favorite HDMI cable under $100/M?
Sakahara, the best power cable I have ever tried for video gear is diy CryoMax 3 cable from cryo-parts with Oyaide p/c 004 ac connectors.... 
Favorite HDMI cable under $100/M?
I would get another WireWorld silver starlight 5.2. These are good as they get and they are on closeout now so you can get a great price now. If you replace the stock cords on your video gear (HDTV's too) with BETTER power cables, your see just ho... 
What's the best HDMI cable that you have tried ?
If you replace the stock cords on your video gear (HDTV's too) with better cables, you will see the differences with HDMI cables more.... 
What's the best HDMI cable that you have tried ?
From Dave Schulte, the technical explanation why 2 meter length is better than 1 meter length is that there is tremendous ringing produced by the short length, the 2 meter length creates a "delay line" so that when the signal bounces at the end, w... 
What's the best HDMI cable that you have tried ?
Dave Schulte of the Upgrade Company did some tests with 1 and 2 meter HDMI cables last summer. From these tests they found out that 2 meter cables performed far better vs 1 meter cables. The best performing HDMI cable from these tests was the Wire... 
The Last Breakthrough in Speaker Technology
I think speakers sounded a lot better with vintage AlNiCo magnets. Its nice to see AlNiCo magnets are starting to make a comeback! 
Vintage loudspeakers....Sleeper models....
These are very hard to find but they are one of the best vintage speakers ever made...Sansui sp-5500 (the only sansui speakers that were made in Japan) 
Synergistic LED's How long do they last ???
Mine run a lot cooler after I put teflon tape on both ac prongs and ac pins of my LEDS! I do this to all my audio/video gear too.