larry_hb

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amp to compliment NAD 1155
I am running a Hafler DH-200 I picked up on eBay for less than $200, then added a few mods that really made it sound good. I replaced the input electrolytic capacitor with a Solen polypropyline 10uf, and added 1uf polypropyline bypass caps to the ... 
Recommended Component Cable
Um, Ezmeralda11, according to Belden, the 1505A has a foam PE dielectric. If you want teflon, you need the 1506A, which is the plenum version of the 1505A. 
RCA to BNC adapters
Canare rates their 75 ohm RCA up to 200MHz, whiile their 75 ohm BNC's are good up to 2Ghz. At the lower frequencies, the RCA's are a close enough match, and are well inside the frequency requirements of both SP/DIF and video signals. 
Why do digital cables sound different?
Impeadance matching is the most important factor.This is going to get a little tekkie, so hang on.It does not matter if the signal is analog or digital, the higher the frequency, the more important impeadance matching becomes. At RF, when a signal...