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| DIY AC Cable advice Here are a few other DIY power cord options.1. Western Electric Wire: Triode Wire Labs is known for good-sounding power cables at reasonable prices. Based on what I have read about the wire they use, I believe their 10-plus and 7-plus American Se... | |
| Footers under big heavy speakers (Stillpoints Ultra 5, Sistrum rack, Finite Elements,..?) Depends what you are trying to do. The suspended wood floor can complicate things, and may require decoupling for the best result.With my carpet over concrete floor, I try for as solid a base as possible for my 100+ pound speakers, and I like ede... | |
| Paying taxes/duty on used goods purchased in Canada IME, you will probably get a bill for brokerage about a week or so after delivery,. I have never seen the seller pay for this. | |
| Paying taxes/duty on used goods purchased in Canada Riffer makes a good point about preparing for the worst because it is like a roller coaster, once you go over the top, you are no longer in control. Best case is probably that you pay brokerage only, which I get charged for even small purchases f... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable My question would be, are they creating innovation for the sake of offering something new each buying cycle, or to really move the ball forward? I guess when you employ a R&D team, you need to keep them gainfully employed, whether they launch... | |
| New format, dislike..... I appreciate how Audiogon/Justin has pretty much hung with us, listened to the comments and continued to make changes that have been suggested and that Audiogon has believed to be improvements or enhancements. Even though they haven't, or cannot,... | |
| Server to DAC connection I went with an Audiophelio usb to spdif converter, and this dramatically bettered the straight usb to usb connection in every musical sense.Kennythekey, I am considering trying a converter (Off Ramp 5) with a server that has only a USB output. I... | |
| Music Servers-Why so few? Agree with Audioengr, the Antipodes DX was a significant improvement over a pretty good Mojo mini in my system. Better body, tonal density, dimensionality and quieter. The DX has two USB outputs, one that is powered and the unpowered output I us... | |
| New format, dislike..... I like the ability to sort and display the newest post in a thread first. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I also bet that Ayre will be coming out with a newref DAC within the year too and probably sooner now that they have the Twenty series gear out. ctsooner, is that statement speculation, or have you heard something? I find it interesting their ... | |
| Granny ring, Jetrexpro, all Just finished a power cord using double runs of WE 10awg twisted pair wire for an aggregate wire size of 7awg to each the positive and negative legs.I retwisted the four 10awg wires in a star-quad configuration so the two positive wires are across... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... If I owned a Pass Labs amplifier, I would definitely add fuses...the more the better...and I would try all of the same type and then one of each, I would also try them in series and then in parallel, and try them in each of two directions and in d... | |
| New format, dislike..... Count me among those who would like to post pictures....they can really enhance a thread if folks can share images of what they are discussing, plus...cloud storage is relatively cheap.Also count me among those who would like a background other th... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... You guys are killing me.....especially you wig, when you say; The Red/20 are much thinner sounding and bright in comparison to the AHs which are much fuller and natural sounding... Of course, I am looking for a little more in the "fuller and nat... | |
| BHK Sig. 250 ? Thanks for your comments on the PS Audio BHK amp Bill. I have read lots of hype on the PS Audio site so far and heard about a couple of quality issues reported, but not much else.I like the idea of a hybrid design with a standby mode so a one hour... |