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| Have Hiss-Need Help ASAP Yes, exactly. That is why so many high priced interconnects have three conductors even in the single-ended RCA termination. The inner conductors are the signal and return path. The shield is then only grounded at one end since it is no longer need... | |
| Have Hiss-Need Help ASAP No need for new cat, just get a muzzle for the current puss. ha, ha.It is correct that many components share a common ground via the interconnect grounds, but not all circuits are also referenced to the chassis ground. In other words the IC's may ... | |
| Have Hiss-Need Help ASAP Get a three prong male "Receptacle Tester" from Radio Shack or your local hardware store for $4 to $8 cost. Check all your outlets to make sure they are wired correctly. Sometimes the Neutral & Ground wires are reversed causing a ground loop p... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? Yes, we discovered that the IC that sounded best for playback did not sound the same for recording as it did in playback mode. We're still deciding which is "best".One of the IC's gave less record surface noise on the CDR. The other gave less reco... | |
| Win Labs strain gauge cartridges I had one of those for a while. I always thought it sounded a little strained. No, I'm not trying to be funny. That's just my best word for that and other strain gauges sounded to me. My other friends liked them, though. I guess it always had a li... | |
| Solid state amplifier $2K Used or New Flip a coin over the Krells. You can't go wrong with either. | |
| Best SS Preamp w/remote under 2k?? I would recommend a used Krell. | |
| Best match with Proac Response Series I've heard them with Audio Research tube amps and could recommend that combo. | |
| How can power cords make a difference? 702 makes some valid points in my opinion. I rarely do blind testing, but several days ago I did and was surprised by the results. A friend made two recordings using different cables from the source to the recorder. Then he played the two recordin... | |
| unequal cable lengths In my experience, I was able to hear the difference between different lengths, especially when the difference was as great as you are talking about."adverse" and "different sound" are subjective terms, in my opinion, and better decided by you in y... |