mrdecibel
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| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Going back 40 years, I have been replacing hard wired factory power cords with larger gauge wire on 100's of amplifiers ( such as Marantz model 15, Citation 12 and 16a, Phase Linear 400, SAE 2200, Nad 3020, Rotel RB850 or a Soundcraftsmen A400, CJ... | |
| Nuforce STA200 Checking in. Japol, how are things going ? Hello to everyone else. Enjoy MrD. | |
| Nuforce STA200 Hi again all. Japol, if this shhhh sound is audible from your listening chair, again without anything connected to the amp’s input, through your speakers, I would not worry about it, although I understand the concern. Some of my other amps, specif... | |
| Nuforce STA200 With either of my STA 200s connected to my Lascalas, at 104 db efficiency ( no input connected to amps ), they are dead quiet, as I hear no hiss or hum ( of course, the amps are on ). I did have issues with hum through a few preamps I owned ( own ... | |
| Which power cords should I look at? Abery, what piece of equipment will get this cord ? Keep in mind, Zu cables, like most, require long break in times to mature into optimum sq, 400 plus hours if I remember. Please report back your findings. Enjoy ! MrD. | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Geoff, lets not forget the iec and power connectors ( Furutech, Oyaide, Wattgate, etc.) used on the cables, for reasons you mentioned, that play a large part of what we are hearing as well. Enjoy ! MrD. | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound I have a scenario for you. Talking with my friend via cell phones, he is driving home from work. 1st, using his vehicle's bluetooth system. He gets home, no longer Bluetooth, he is now on speaker phone, walking from his vehicle to his house. Now h... | |
| Which power cords should I look at? @dangcaonguyen. The CJ Premier 140 was definitely a step up over the mono 12's in sq. If I remember correctly, the supplied cord on the CJs were 16 gauge, maximum 14, and were 8 - 10 ft. Why a few feet of ac cable at the amps input ( or at the inp... | |
| Passive pre-amp/Quicksilver Mini Monos I own a Luminous Audio Axiom, Walker Mod, 3 in, 2 out, single ended remote unit. Never heard as much subtle, but yet dramatic, pieces of musical and spatial information contained in my recordings, until this. Incredible. HNY. Enjoy ! MrD. | |
| Nuforce STA200 The poster of the blown amp might be a competitor ( or owns a competitors amp ) at or near the $499 price. You never know. I do know a few individuals who returned the STA 200 because it did not work in their system, but the majority of people who... | |
| Skeptic or just plain hard headed Not only would you be the " skeptic king ", as you said, you will be known as the " listening test king ". Did you hear differences the 1st time around, when you replaced the ac cables, that you would need to repeat it ? If it makes you happy, jus... | |
| Skeptic or just plain hard headed barnettk, yes, it is all good. I do not think people being smarter than you is actually a true statement, as your test showed quite a lot of smartness. If anything, listening experience might be all that some of us have, to a greater degree. Your ... | |
| Skeptic or just plain hard headed barnettk. I appreciated your response, but I have to say, if you knew me from reading any of my posts, you would have seen that I was just playing devils advocate, and was completely messing with you. I hear pretty much everything ( specifically w... | |
| Skeptic or just plain hard headed I don’t know about this test. You and this audiophile buddy, discussed what it was you would be listening for : " imaging, dynamic range and overall SQ ". So, it was already " in your minds " that these differences would exist. 2ndly, 6 times ? Wa... | |
| Is it all in my head?? Thank you guys. " But sometimes the information they provide is presented as fact ". Yes, they present it, but they are not proving it. They are the ones looking for proof, for reasoning, for scientific data, as to why we are claiming sonic differ... |