mitch2
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| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? SMc Audio DNA-1 Ultra G20 Monoblocks | |
| What other Hobbies or Interests Do You Have? Bicycling - all types, road/gravel/fat/mtbSharing experiences with family and friends | |
| Amplifiers weight @geoffkait Isolate any amp, even a very heavy one and it will sound better I have been curious about how my SRA stands work to isolate, damp, or whatever they do for my two new monoblocks. The SRA folks apparently also do work for the defense i... | |
| Amplifiers weight @adurerca ....2 plates in my PD-65 if I remember correctly, intended to isolate the power supplies from the digital stuff. I believe the chassis was copper. The player read the CDs turntable style (upside down) and visitors would always put t... | |
| Amplifiers weight @elliottbnewcombjr .......Toobox safety talk - Don't lift and twist! | |
| Sonnet Audio Morpheus For clarity, I believe the Pavane used for comparison by the OP was the original version and not the Level 3 Pavane. The Level 3 is basically equivalent to the Adagio, sans volume control, and both of those were clearly superior to the original Pa... | |
| Amplifiers weight @millercarbon says, " Mass matters."The designer of my new amplifiers, SMc Audio, agrees and added their new "Gravity Base" to each of my new monoblocks. The Gravity Base is basically a heavy brass plinth that anchors key components within the a... | |
| Amplifiers weight Thanks @cakyol , that was an interesting read.Pass’ thoughts on weight vs. power and amplifier class, and the benefits of a suitably large power supply, seem logical but from the standpoint of sound quality there must be more to it since he contin... | |
| Amplifiers weight What does amplifiers weight has to do with performance? Larger transformers weigh moreLarger capacitors (and/or more of them) weigh moreThicker chassis material weighs moreOtherwise, not too much. A thick face plate and heavy footers weigh mor... | |
| With what you know now what components doe you wish you had bought years ago? Higher efficiency speakers. Starting down the road with higher efficiency speakers would have opened the door to less expensive, but excellent lower-powered amplification options, both tubed and solid state. Not talking flea-watt 2-5 wpc power, ... | |
| Something For The Fuse Guys ... Interesting comment below on copper wire used as the fusing element for low amperage (i.e., most audiophile) fuses. I also find the use of "silver-plated copper" as stated for the X Fuse interesting since it seems the plating thickness and overal... | |
| Something For The Fuse Guys ... Ok, so other than the conductor and silver-plated end caps, it seems you can get at least some of the benefits of the Verictum X Fuse by using standard sand-filled ceramic fuses, polishing the ends using the felt pads on your Dremel tool, mayb... | |
| New Breaker Box-Should I upgrade? Fremer was using the $18,000 AC Nexus Advanced Power Distribution & Ground Enhancement System by SMc Audio, and for an additional $8K they will throw in a four-foot EnKlein David power cord.The SMc Power Distribution device uses a 15A input.... | |
| New Breaker Box-Should I upgrade? @erik_squires move your audio lines to a separate sub-panel, and put a filter on that! Good advice. I did that in a former house (except no filter) and it worked great. Currently running three 20A lines a short distance from the main (200A) panel,... | |
| Need help finding good quality spades that accept larger gauges I have used the Furez spades for a situation where I was co-joining a bi-wire set of two huge gauge speaker wires with a single spade at the amp end. I like that they are solid copper and seem well-built.I also like Furutech's FP-201 (R or G). T... |