mitch2
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| Do Cables Wear Out? Naw, they sound better because after cutting the ends off the cables are shorter and have lower inductance, capacitance and resistance (sorry, couldn't resist). | |
| Pet Peeves - my Rants and Raves After over 70 successful transactions, I have had three different buyers totally back out of "confirmed" agreements to purchase in the past month, for different items. These were situations where we had negotiated and come to mutual agreement to t... | |
| Loudness of TV Commercials Because the broadcasters know you are going to get up and leave the room when the commercials are on. Move your beer refrigerator further from the tv. | |
| Replacement Fuse's - What are my options ???? and where you can get them? | |
| Cable Termination try this:http://www.moon-audio.com/look for cable retermination on the LHS of the page. | |
| Long interconnect or short Speaker Cables Forgot to add, a lot of people like the Goertz cables described by Sdcampbell above. They do have low inductance, which is desirable in a speaker cable. However, they also have very high capacitance compared to many other cables, and their use at ... | |
| Long interconnect or short Speaker Cables As others have said, it depends on your specific system and electronics, and differences may range from subtle to clearly audible. If the pre and amp are fully balanced, this is a no-brainer, use the long IC's and short speaker cables due to the n... | |
| Do Cables Wear Out? Pabelson, I doubt if he feels anything, after reading this thread he is surely numb. As an observation, with the moniker spl, and considering his concern about wearing out his cables after "years of hard rock" he is either unmarried, or happily ma... | |
| Do Cables Wear Out? Three observations, first, nobody has mentioned corrosion, which can occur to copper cables over time;second, to Guidocorona, last time I checked coal or whatever fuel is used to power generators and does not cause impurities in the electron flow,... | |
| What's wrong with a DVD player as a transport? I seem to remember the "measurements" section of a review where John Atkinson discussed DVD players being able to generally read the more difficult test tracks without error, compared to cd players. OTOH, I found this post where he indicated their... | |
| DIY CDP Platform... There are many choices depending on what you are trying to achieve (e.g., isolation, damping, resonance transfer). I recommend thoroughly searching the archives here and at audio asylum for more discussion on this and information. Your best soluti... | |
| Mapleshade Silclear Instead of kerosine, you might try using a citrus based degreaser product like for cleaning bike chains, etc. TSP is also good for cutting grease (its the active ingredient in Dawn dish soap).I came across this thread when researching contact enha... | |
| Machina Dynamic Brilliant Pebbles? This manufacturer is making a fortune when the DIY recipes are readily available on the internet. Everyone knows if you steal some pebbles from your neighbor's Koi pond, and polish them with squirrel spit intermittently over a period of two weeks,... | |
| Replacement Fuse's - What are my options ???? How about the HiFi-Tuning fuses, you get gold over silver end caps, silver element wiring, and ceramic casing. Anyone tried these or compared to Isoclean?Link:http://www.partsconnexion.com/Index/hi-fi_tuning.html | |
| OK...ONE LAST SPEAKER QUESTION cash cash Sorry about that, I wasn't thinking about having to pay up front for the Zu's (duh, brain fart!). However, if you have the cash flow to front both pairs, having both in your own room for direct comparison would be the best way to audition, and whi... |