jasonbourne71
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| ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords "... hospital grade high clamping force outlets are a must." Really? You can hear that too? | |
| ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords This thread has gone way off topic with talk about speaker positioning! As if that is going to make one power cord distinguishable from another! Oy ve! | |
| ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords The companies producing these expensive power cords have no engineering data to corroborate their claims. Therefore Hitchins' Rule applies: That which is asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. | |
| ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords @lordrootman +1! The OP was brave to post his results here because they are upsetting to those so invested emotionally and monetarily in their gear! | |
| Quad 303 I have an original nicely restored 303, along with a pair of the Quad 50's (the mono versions). | |
| Solar flares are here, everyone unplug your dryer! The 1859 Carrington Event knocked out the world-wide telegraph system. The cause was a particularly intense solar storm. Pray that such an intense storm doesn't happen as today's electrical grid remains vulnerable! | |
| A.I. Rock & Roll travesty Commerce has no shame! I have no desire to hear a doppelganger Steve Marriott! | |
| must you play music to break in tubes Send them back for a refund! | |
| Accuphase A-80 Go to Amazon and buy a 120 to 100 volt stepdown transformer. | |
| Should I upgrade my preamp? Wrong! The biggest upgrade would be to get better speakers/phono cartridges. These are transducers. They convert one form of energy to another form. Audio electronics have been a solved problem for decades. | |
| Power cords: does length matter? In the dark all power cords sound alike! | |
| Power cords: does length matter? By that reasoning the best sound would be having the amp power supply right at the breaker box. Then two long pieces of wire to carry the + and - DC of the rectified AC to the rest of the amp circuit. Absurd! | |
| A stupid question(s) about power cords Whether it cost $10 or $1000 "No diffawrance" as the French Chef said about margarine! | |
| 4ohms or 8ohms for refurbished WATT/Puppy 5.1's? The 4 ohm tap has half the copper windings of the 8 ohm tap. Use whatever sounds better. | |
| Those rare albums that are great on first listen. 801 Live Cream Disraeli Gears Captain Beefheart Doc at the Radar Station John Coltrane A Love Supreme |