mrdecibel
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| No preamp in system Good for you. Enjoy! My best, MrD. | |
| What next for a Volti Lucera based system Before you buy anything new, I would experiment with some other speaker placement options, such as a foot here, a few inches there, more toe in, further from the wall, etc. I would also contact Greg Roberts and speak with him about your concerns. ... | |
| My umbilical cable between my preamp and its power supply. @fthompson251 as you likely know, break in is quite real, and ime, substantial. It will continue to improve. I have almost 300 hrs of break in on my RAL umbilical, and the sq characteristics I find so important with my enjoyment of music listening... | |
| Do I need upgraded power cables? Why Preffair? Under $40. with free shipping...that is why......and I have built power cables costing more in parts, and my time, that do not do anything better than these. Never have I indicated that they are "real", but at the price, they are FAR... | |
| My umbilical cable between my preamp and its power supply. @fthompson251 , it will make a difference immediately, but does require break in. Brad states it could take 250-300 hrs. for full break in. As of this writing, I have 200 hrs. on mine, and I would say it is pretty much fully broken in. Incredible ... | |
| Revelation audio labs I recently had a wonderful, professional and friendly experience with Brad and Revelation Audio Labs. I talk about it here under the amps preamp section. Started another one here on the cables section. Do not know what Brad's situation was during ... | |
| Do I need upgraded power cables? Hello, and I hope you are well. You have a nice system. I would go to Amazon and purchase power cables (brand is Preffair and visit their site) for your amp and subwoofers. I am not affiliated with this power cord company or Amazon. I did build po... | |
| Picking a power amp I have owned Lascalas forever and have been a Klipsch Heritage fan, forever. I have met, twice in my lifetime, PWK, and have so much respect for him. I do a lot of tweaking and damping on the entire line, because unfortunately, I feel they need it... | |
| Boulder 866—Why Did You Sell? @helomech , I hope you are well. I see this trend with many pieces of audio gear, as it never seems to stop. Audiophilia is a disease (not necessarily a bad thing), and I understand it, completely. However, I do feel there are too many listeners (... | |
| I could have started this on the cables thread.....but.... @lordmelton Brad has been extremely professional with me during my cable design/purchase process. In my case, the cable is "set and forget", meaning it suspends from the preamp chassis down about a meter to the power supply, and all is well. Your ... | |
| I could have started this on the cables thread.....but.... Ralph, what do you mean by " if you don’t bypass an umbilical? The cable is directional, and reading Brad’s material talks about grounding at one end (source), and not the other (component). The power cables I have built, I do this the same way. M... | |
| I could have started this on the cables thread.....but.... Some miraculous breaking in of the RAL cable going on the last 12 hours. Brad states his cables can take 250-300 hrs. to fully break in.....I have always believed in cable/equipment break in, but this is a preamp that is truly, now, showing what i... | |
| I could have started this on the cables thread.....but.... @grunge1000 I am so sorry you are a non-believer. The factory cable was not damaged, but a "throw in", based on keeping the cost down. I am now assuming every other preamp I have owned with an outboard power supply, without question, would have b... | |
| I could have started this on the cables thread.....but.... Wow, and not unexpected, doubters of cable differences, jumping in here. The laugh is on you. "Bottleneck"...= anything that delays development or progress. A point of congestion or blockage that leads to inefficiency and delay in a process, syste... | |
| I could have started this on the cables thread.....but.... @gbmcleod , @jl35, hope all is well, and thank you for your contributions. My best, MrD. |