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| SET amps ? You might be surprised at how far 8 watts of SET power can take you SET amps are ~~anemic,,wimpy, sterile, colorless, no dynamics, ~~ just a pile of p**p.Push pull is the king of tubes. Speakers for SETs are the same, just bland, lack luster.H... | |
| DIY "HiFi" cables - and why I don't trust BJC and the likes I have made many, the latest power cord version I made is with pure 10 gauge .9999 solid silver covered with a very high quality Teflon. I braided the 3 conductors lightly and terminated them with Furutech NCF fittings Now THAT is a expensive ... | |
| DIY "HiFi" cables - and why I don't trust BJC and the likes I can say with a fair amount of confidence that YOUR speaker cables would NOT make my systems sound better. It takes a great speaker design, to sound great to begin with Excellent post.Exactly,, My Thors will sound exactly the same with DIY 12,... | |
| DIY "HiFi" cables - and why I don't trust BJC and the likes I posted the vid to show that I suspect a lot of online audio cable companies basically are nothing more than DIY cable albeit a bit fancy in the appearance. Oh yes no doubt about it,,, commercial cabels are nothing more than ~~refined~~ DIY,, ... | |
| DIY "HiFi" cables - and why I don't trust BJC and the likes DIY cables are so bad, such a total waste of time and money Now i agree, Interconnects are not easy to do,,and the right wire is essential. As soon as my DIY Ebay purchase arrives,,maybe saturday,,I'll posta comment on some of my topics. They ... | |
| DIY "HiFi" cables - and why I don't trust BJC and the likes I do not employ banana plugs. But agree with your position in part, Some audiophiles are lazy and do not want to take the effort fora small DIY project. I just made some DIY speaker cables with Home Depot 12 gague, and DIY power cords with 12 gag... | |
| Beryllium Tweets one of those people. Most ( say 90%+) of the Beryllium drivers I have heard can get bright and unpleasant to my ears Thats what i am guessing will be my response after a seassion with the Be midtweet.Metal has that fault at the highest fq;s. ... | |
| Beryllium Tweets Lower distortion are faster transient response, are just 2 areas where they excel ~~EXCEL~~~ you are actually describing the superior qualities of the SEAS ~~EXCEL~~Millennium~~ fast, neutral, transparent, voices human vocals with high fidelity... | |
| Beryllium Tweets In a recent speaker project, I went from a Seas Excel softdome ($322) to a Seas Excel Berillyum ($770). The change was night and day. The Beryllium was much cleaner and much more realistic with a higher resolution. No harshness at all! hummm ... | |
| powercords In my main system, I do hear an improvement with good upgraded power cords however I hear much greater improvement on all my other components. I am not sure if I can hear subtle sonic gains with my new 12 gague DIY power cords to my amp and CD ... | |
| What's your profession? Age? Retired, 64 yrs old. worked in scaffold Brand Energy/Brock here in New Orleans area starting in 2013-2018, waking up at 3-4 am driving 1 hour + to get to refinery, sleeping 45 minutes before work time,,now finally retired in 2018.also am a chef an... | |
| Has anyone shipped things back to China? Research before you buy, I am near purchasinga new Cayin SC6 mark2 preamp from chinahifi, ship is $160 and unit $1300, I know i can resell it for $1K on ebay if I d not like it. But my hunch is like 99% its a keeper. Hchinahifi is willing to give... | |
| good discussion on power cords Not to offend, but IMO - If you have a $10K amp. properly matched with your pre amp and speakers and it takes a $2K power cord to make it sound good, - I'd ditch that sucker and buy an amp with a decent power supply and save yourself a couple of... | |
| good discussion on power cords I just finshed 2 DIY power cords, Pure copper ends with Home Depot 12 gague copper strand wire. AWESOME!!. can be seen in my latest YT upload. Type in SEAS Thos.I made 2, one for the big Jadis, 1 for the 220 V cayin cdp, and have another set of en... | |
| Seeking advice on Speakers that create an intimate 2 channel listening experience you can ck out my SEAS Thos speakers, go to YT type in SEAS Thor,, The cheap mic does no justice to the solid musical bass line. Ona scale of 1- 100, the Thors rate zero on fatigue level, = non existent. |