holmz
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| How Big of a Difference? @williewonka that all sound correct and true. The only part that has me chin scratching is: most use UP-OCC copper and the best use a solid core wire, which translates to faster response to transient current demands - so better dynamic perfor... | |
| What do $2500 speaker cables sound like? Some cable risers I made many moons ago from bowl blanks. Just modified them to accommodate the Fideliums. Have lead in the bottom for more stability. These really help to keep your routing neat and tidy. I have no need to run power cables thr... | |
| Other factors affecting sound @mike_in_nc thanks for the sound rock tip. Most definitely, though they are rare today. I was raised in a New England house with lath, horsehair, and plaster walls, and you can tell the difference just walking into the room. The random thickness... | |
| What To Do? You can get a top shelf cartridge and a phonostage for maybe 4-5 K$. Personally I would start there and then decide it if it is good enough. | |
| Taking a 110v Luxman Integrated to Europe It would be better to change it to operate off the higher voltage. Most can be changed easily, but not sure about your Luxman, check it out. ^I would tend to agree^, but for my preamp… they wanted 750 USD to supply the 240 power supply. And it... | |
| Other factors affecting sound Last thing, I have to blow my own horn. OKIE DOKIE. Whichever ones you want just don’t use "hospital grade" thinking that is better, it is the same crap as everything else, thicker but just as crappy. There is much more to audiophile outl... | |
| I Don't Want to be an Audiophile, What am I... Anyone with a collection of LPs might like devyneophile. Very masculine. I think it is a divinylphile? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Touch_Myself https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Touch_Myself | |
| Other factors affecting sound I almost never go for any of the power woo… but all the previous posts make sense as one never has enough outlets, and if one needs new outlets you might as well get the hospital grade ones. And a bigger 20A circuit makes sense too, as does them s... | |
| Advice needed on power cables, wall warts, conditioning, electrical outlet You’ll get hundreds of people saying yes. Do you have hums and other noises when the system is on, turned up, and nothing playing? My advice would have been is to take all the $ you already spent on the whole enchilada of that stuff and buy bett... | |
| Taking a 110v Luxman Integrated to Europe I have a fairly new Luxman 590AXII integrated amp that was purchased (and fully paid for) and meant to be my last piece of stereo equipment as I enter retirement. I'm considering a move from the US to Spain and uncertain about taking this and co... | |
| What do $2500 speaker cables sound like? The whole notion of cables "getting out of the way"...or, having neutral or "no sound signature of their own" is ridiculous. I’ve never heard my system without speaker cables or interconnects. Have you? As cables get shorter and shorter, thei... | |
| Which taps? Along with the amp, he gave me a pair of early 1970s 15 ohm Rogers LS3/5As. Which taps should be used for these speakers? I know nothing about tubes and don't want to damage the amp or speakers. 8 ohm. (It is closer to 15 ohms.) Also, I have ... | |
| Can recommend some non-fatigue SMALL bookshelf for near-field listening? Guys, it seems nothing is left now. Maybe evoke 10 or Elac solano, or maybe I should give up...... ;-) I listened to these in a room, and not on a desk as near field, but they seemed good. If you like numbers: https://audiosciencereview... | |
| What makes the biggest difference in sound quality? It will be great to hear what the OP reports back, and how it helps his/her system or not. I am not even sure what components are in the OP’s system… maybe I lost track of it? | |
| Static electricity affecting sound reproduction. Please help!! As an added bonus, getting the relative humidity over 40% and towards 50% kills airborne covid a lot quicker than down around 25% RH. There is a bunch of research on this dates back to the earlier corona type viruses. |