mceljo
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| Do good power cords have to be stiff? @drbond Until very recently I would have agreed with your assessment of power cords making a difference. Out of morbid curiosity I picked up some very inexpensive (fairly stiff to address the OP) W Audio cables on Amazon. I have three of them in... | |
| Tube Integrated vs Tube Seperates Are you familiar with Raven Audio tube amplifiers? I'll let myself out...😆 | |
| Using a splitter to connect DAC output to 2 different systems I think you want to stick with the balanced connections since they should reject noise better. | |
| Bigger and Better: Integrated Amplifiers @coppy777 you win the award for most off topic reply. I do, however, agree that it's essentially impossible to have an credible opinion on audio product if you have not personally heard them. I'd also add that because mixing and matching compone... | |
| Tube amp repair. I had a Yaqin MC-30L amplifier that world flawlessly for me for several years and a friend of mine has it now. I think Yaqin is above the Chinese "junk" stereotype, but repairs can still be expensive. My local shop (across the country) charges a... | |
| Damping factor It sounds like your subwoofer amplifier hasn't changed, so you're wondering why the sound of the bass has changed so dramatically. The digital processing of the signal will different between the Hegal and Brysten which is what I assume the low le... | |
| Bigger and Better: Integrated Amplifiers Imagine my entertainment when I noticed 35 posts on this thread after essentially forgetting about it. I think one of them might have been a Pathos Classic One Mkii (close enough) to a McIntosh MA252 @deadhead58 which moves the thread to step 2. ... | |
| Interesting Result of Comparison of Expensive and Budget Setups @mofojo My first true hi fi experience with with Vienna Accoustics speakers at a local shop and it sort of blew my mind. When I was in the market the shop was exclusively Focal and I immediately fell in love with the sound from Grande Utopias dow... | |
| Never Spend More On Cables Than Your Equipment Cost$$$$$$$$$$ I actually think that it's best to select the best cables you can afford and then upgrade your components as you can afford them. No reason not to start with Nordost cables across the board and Goodwill components (if necessary) as budget allows. | |
| Interesting Result of Comparison of Expensive and Budget Setups I recently did a quick A/B between my original setup (essentially) and my current setup. Original - Integra 50.1 Receiver (direct mode) to Focal 836v speakers Current - Maverick Audio TubeMagic D2 DAC (with mods) to Pathos Classic One MkIII (wit... | |
| Musings of a Budget Audiophile @secretguy Indeed they do. The digital coax is certainly not something that I'd look at upgrading further based on my experience, but I'd choose the Audioquest over the BJC if I had to keep only one. I didn't really expect any improvement from i... | |
| Musings of a Budget Audiophile I put the Audioquest Cinnamon digital coax cable in my system last night and I can't say that I immediately noticed any difference. I only listed to one song prior to the swap and then again after before going to bed, but I might be able to convi... | |
| Affordable digital front end cable My experience with power cords is very limited, but my working theory is that there's a lot more involved than just the power cords and equipment. In my case, a W Audio power cord improved my system on my integrated amplifier but didn't seem to m... | |
| Power Cable Suggestions - Budget My experience with the W Audio power cords was that I got two. I put one on my Pathos amplifier and the other on my DAC. I fired things up and was impressed with the sound. Then I realized that I was using my SACD player as the source, so the d... | |
| Power Cable Suggestions - Budget I recently picked up several W Audio power cords on Amazon and noted a nice difference with my amplifier. I think it's about the most affordable way to get your feet wet in the world of power cords, the results might be shocking for you. |