john_g
Responses from john_g
| Value of a premium Ethernet cable antigrunge2 The cable you recommended arrived today, and was installed between the EtherRegen and Rock server. I noticed an immediate improvement in presence and sound stage. I really get a kick out of modestly-priced system improvements. Thank y... | |
| Value of a premium Ethernet cable jerrybj Yes that is the HD-Plex LPS. It wasn’t cheap but provided outputs for all the different voltages that each of those boxes below it demanded. The supplied DC cables are a bit on the cheap-feeling side but met most of my needs as shipped.... | |
| Value of a premium Ethernet cable Thanks to all who responded. soix: We have a (Google) mesh network in the house but most places I've read say Ethernet is preferable. antigrunge2: I've ordered one of those cables for the short run between the EtherRegen and ROCK server. Certa... | |
| Electric cars will ruin late night listening? Power around here is pretty reliable, although I don't know how quiet it is. I used to have a Furman power conditioner that displayed the line voltage, which was always around 117-121 vAC, except late at night when our Tesla was charging, at which... | |
| Dedicated power to audio system—how extreme to go? Thanks, @millercarbon, for the helpful discussion. | |
| Upgraded cords for linear power supplies? oldearsI'm sorry to bring this up again, but if the spec of your power supply is an AC output, it is NOT a linear power supply, even it the (Swagman) box it is in is labeled as such.Often wondered about this. People claim it improves performance... | |
| Where are the cheap home streamers? I replaced a home-built streamer PC with an exaSound Sigma streamer ($750) and have been happy with it. That's maybe a bit out of the "cheap" range. I probably had more than that in the PC I was using by the time you include the audiophile USB car... | |
| Power Conditioning / Surge Protection After reading this paragraph from the Stereophile review of the Richard Gray Power Stations, it's not hard to see why you never see them advertised in the magazine. Audio Line Source lobbied hard for a review. Here it is.... The Richard Gray's P... | |
| Your thoughts about an upgrade So I took the plunge and got the Quatro CTs in cherry, M5-HPA amps, a Rogue Audio RP-9 pre-amp and Audioquest balanced interconnects for everything but the Rogue Audio Aries phono preamp and Rega RP-3 turntable, which are unchanged. The exaSound e... | |
| Feet for my new home-made rack dekay: Curious though as to how the shelves are secured/joined to the uprights/legs (my vision isn't that great and I could not tell from the pic).I cut a dado (slot) in the legs where the shelves pass through them, and then ran long screws thr... | |
| Your thoughts about an upgrade tomic601: I’m bi-wired now with the 8TC and Treo CTs. The new ones, like the old ones, will be cherry, because I love it and it goes well in the room. I'm looking forward to expert advice on speaker placement and tuning all the EQ on the Quatros.I... | |
| Your thoughts about an upgrade gdnrbob, I might take you up on that. Got about $1K invested in the Kimbers. In fact the dealer did recommend AQ Yosemites for the interconnects. | |
| Your thoughts about an upgrade Well, after a couple of listening sessions with my own records, this week I went ahead and did it: Quatro Wood CT speakers, M5-HPA monoblocks, Rogue Audio RP-9 preamp, balanced interconnects between the preamp and amps, new balanced interconnect f... | |
| Replacing driver screws with brass screws Screwdrivers near speaker cones make me pretty nervous. | |
| What's your profession? Age? I just turned 71, and am retired from working in architect-engineer consulting for military clients. I got interested in audio stuff in the early 70s, had various systems over the years and then none at all for a while. Oddly enough this guy's web... |