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| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? A "bit too much" for what? The USA and most other countries represented on this site practice free enterprise. In the absence of monopolies and other nefarious/illegal practices, merchants set their... | |
| Looking for pure copper or Cu/Au bananas I like using pure unplated copper spades. The Pangea Audio Xtreme Spades are made from Tellurium Copper (C14500?) so conductivity should be about 90-93% IACS (International Annealed Copper Standard), which is as good as it gets for a copper alloy... | |
| McCormack dna-1 upgrade or no I really like the combo The question I haven't seen an answer to is, what about the sound of your system would you like to improve by changing amplifiers and/or speakers? IMO, McCormack amps sounded good in stock form. Your Revision A Gold sh... | |
| The Best Isolation/ Vibration Footers per component - what's your experience? I see below that a couple of years ago I was considering EVPs and other decoupling methods. I have since stumbled on damped springs and believe they do a very good job of isolation, particularly with large loudspeakers but also with individual co... | |
| McCormack dna-1 upgrade or no Steve McCormack and Patrick at SMc Audio have upgraded a pair of my DNA-1s, a large DNA-2, and a TLC-1 preamplifier that is very close to what you get from his highly regarded VRE-1. In short, the upgraded preamp and DNA-1 monos are very, very go... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Tito & Tarantula | |
| Audio Fuse Metal fatigue I do not have a dog in this fight, but you may learn something from this post. | |
| Amir and Blind Testing @daveinpa - Heck of a first post. IMO, you nailed the three levels of system improvements, which are very similar in my world: Clearly Subtly Maybe (not) Great descriptions of how these affected your system building. Well done. | |
| Amir and Blind Testing Enough of the us versus them. @mapman +1 | |
| Looking for pure copper or Cu/Au bananas @auxinput I noticed the pins on the Cardas male chassis mount XLR becoming loose when I changed cables and it progressively got worse to the point where it no longer made the connection. The manufacturer of my amps/preamp indicated other custom... | |
| Amir and Blind Testing It is nice to know your gear measures reasonably well. For example, over the years I have come to realize I seem to like the sound of amplifiers that double (or almost) power from 8 ohms to 4 ohms. Also, having a DAC with a high’ish S/N ratio is... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Gregg Allman Live Back to Macon GA | |
| Looking for pure copper or Cu/Au bananas I also agree on the Sonic Craft heat shrink. I like Furutech XLR connectors, both chassis and plugs. I would also not hesitate to use Vampire chassis connectors. I have made many cables using the expensive Furutech 601/602 connectors but more rec... | |
| Looking for pure copper or Cu/Au bananas I have struggled over the years to find just the right heat shrink for particular projects. I do like the 3M heat shrink for most things and it does come either with/without adhesive. However, sometimes I have looked for thicker heat shrink for ... | |
| Looking for pure copper or Cu/Au bananas @erik_squires @mitch2 Only 1 in stock, need 2. That is strange Eric - I loaded 2 and then 4 sets into a cart and they seemed to be in stock. However, the AECO bananas you chose look pretty good too. Tellurium Copper adds durability over pur... |