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| Balanced XLR vs RCA for phono stage @elliottbnewcombjr I've ordered the same Zavfino Fusion cable but in XLR - it should be a good (fair) comparison. I'm away this week so won't get to try them until Sunday, will report back. Thanks all for the feedback. | |
| Balanced XLR vs RCA for phono stage @atmasphere thanks for the info. In my case, the GoldNote phono stage appears to be a true balanced output that is rated in their specs as follows “Unbalanced RCA @ 2V and balanced XLR @ 4V” also “Balanced Output +12dB” (compared to RCA) Does ... | |
| Balanced XLR vs RCA for phono stage @cleeds From the Goldnote manual: (Output specs) Unbalanced RCA @ 2V and balanced XLR @ 4V The specs on their website show +12dB for the balanced output. To your point, that seems like a lot of gain or s/n. | |
| Value of a premium Ethernet cable @tvrgeek If you think you are getting noise into your analog system via the Ethernet, I suggest you have a crappy Ethernet NIC so you are expecting magic cables to fix a bad design. I’m sure I was getting noise from my Panoramic modem that th... | |
| Any point in upgrading stock cables for a LPS? PS: FWIW All in My Digital source cost about $3700 including NOS Mullard’s, isolation base, vibration control, cables and LPS. It sounds pretty good and very satisfying when compared to my much more expensive analogue source. | |
| Any point in upgrading stock cables for a LPS? @williewonka Ha! About the LHY LPS: Yes, SQ improvement was not subtle. The upgrade requires replacing the internal powerboard as well as adding an outboard LPS so there is no need for adapters. I replaced the cheap PC to the LPS with a good qu... | |
| Any point in upgrading stock cables for a LPS? @williewonka Checked out your website - tons of info and some really nice photography. | |
| Any point in upgrading stock cables for a LPS? @williewonka The LHY LPS for the NODE N130 was the only component still using a stock/cheap PC. I have several Zavfino products: Speaker cables PC for the DAC Interconnects for DAC and PS USB Cable | |
| Five feet from the front wall @james633 You will want to be no more than 39” or more than 7’ for smooth bass due to 1/4th wave rear wall cancelation. I found this to be true for my Harbeth 40.3XDs, although I read somewhere 24" from the rear of the speaker so 39" from th... | |
| Any point in upgrading stock cables for a LPS? @mwh777 Again, keeping an open mind can lead to sonic benefits. I compared the supplied cable with a well broken in Raven Audio Sonequil PC. I used Norah Jones Come Away With Me and Chick Corea Trilogy 2 as test material. The vocals on on Don'... | |
| Any point in upgrading stock cables for a LPS? @mwh777 I also have a BS Node (N130). The LHY LPS improvement was not subtle. I'm an "everything matters to a point" guy, so skeptical about spending money on LPS PCs - after all the LPS is supposed to provide clean, linear power right? Having ... | |
| Cables for Aurender N150 @blisshifi Thx. Will do. | |
| WHY CABLES MATTER! @allenf1963 love that tune. I grew up in Canada - it got played a lot back in the day. | |
| Not selling Cardas cables online again, just wanted to share..... That’s nothing. I sold a perfectly good Pro-Ject RPM 10 Carbon turntable and got a PP charge back and a completely destroyed turntable returned to me 45 days later. The guy claimed it took him 30 days to open the giant wooden crate and refused to... | |
| WHY CABLES MATTER! There were 10,140 posts on AG with "cables matter" before this thread started. Now there are 10,151. Well done team. |