juliejoema
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| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz I have been using Rick Shultz's cables since they were Virtual Dynamics, and even still have a 'magnetic'/Everclear VD power cable with the technology used in the High Fidelity cables.Each time I've upgraded I always hear 'more'. More music, more... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz Hello Acman3,If you are in an area without much RF noise/interference, check with a local dealer (or with HF directly) about getting the 'RS-Labs tonearm Special' phono cable. Rick made up a non-shielded version of the CT-1E for me a few years ago... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz With three kids doing hockey, soccer, and cycling, I don't get as much regular listening to music as I'd like. (Falling asleep at 10pm after coming back from practice, after leading a training ride is becoming an all too common occurrence.)I have ... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz I finally got my CT-1 speaker cables broken in. Like others, I noticed I had to turn up the volume on my preamp to get the same volume, likely due to the increased impedance compared to my Acoustic Zen Satori Shotgun Biwire (which are great cables... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz Hello RLawry,I found that going from Hovland MGII up to CT-1 between my tonearm and phono-pre was a huge improvement, and going from CT-1 to CT-1E was also a big jump, but not as big as going from Hovland to CT-1. I would imagine going from CT-1 t... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz Percentage, not percentage points.I've seen the test results. The reduction was 14 % of the existing/measured THD. So... it dropped from something like 0.2 % to 0.172 %, which is a reduction in THD of 14 %.Please note that these aren't the exact n... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz While I expected that the CT-1U would be better than the CT-1E, I was slightly skeptical about how much people who have heard both thought the CT-1U was better. I knew that CT-1E was noticeably better than CT-1, but what some people were stating s... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz Hello Snook,As noted earlier in this post (which has gotten quite long), I received a custom, light-weight CT-1E phono cable for my RS Labs tonearm. It replaced an earlier custom HF phono cable (with earlier-generation connectors), which had, in t... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz Hello Nic10pin,For the CT-1 and CT-1E you can go shorter. I had Rick make me a special set of 0.75 m unshielded CT-1E phono cables for my RS Labs tonearm. The technology for the CT-1E includes an upgraded conductor (which is actually slightly more... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz After more listening to my custom 'low-mass' CT-1E phono cable on my RS Labs tonearm, I now have to add that the cable has removed some of the grit I thought was part of the recordings. Again, this adds to the enjoyment of the music, and allows me... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz As posted previsously in this thread, I had been waiting for updated 'prototype' RCA-RCA phono cables.I finally got my 'low-mass' CT-1E phono. This was specially made for the RS Labs tonearm, which only sits on the armboard, so heavy phono cables ... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz Re: Unshielded PhonoI need an unshielded CT-1(E) cable since the RS-Labs tonearm just rests on a blue polymer pad, it is not bolted/fastened to an armboard. For this reason, if you have heavy cables or stiff cables the cables can (sometimes due to... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz Re: Phono CablesI don't have a current HFC phono cable, but I do have one of the first phono cables Rick made with the conductor used in the current CT-1E and CT-1U. It uses an older VD UltraClear connector, and without shielding, so the newer CT-... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz I actually found that the high frequencies (especially cymbals) were immediately clearer with the CT-1, compared to other IC cables. Using a quick switch, with an audiophile buddy also comparing, we found that cymbals were 'splashy' with the other... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz Hello tbg, Your observations regarding sound levels differs from mine. I found that the CT-1 cables increased the sound level I heard, but, of course, my system differs from yours.Depending on the input and output impedences, and the voltage level... |