nsgarch
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| Best Phono Cable for SME Series V Jtimothya -- what other phono cables did you use/consider before settling on the SB? | |
| Best Phono Cable for SME Series V I am wondering if you had a chance to compare the Silver Breeze tonearm cable with the Purist Audio directly?No I haven't. My purchase of the Silver Breeze -- which was all but a done deal -- was inadvertantly sabotaged by Jim Aud (owner of PAD) o... | |
| Best Phono Cable for SME Series V Hi Frank: I'm pretty sure your arm has the latest internal wiring. The Ikeda silver sounds lik a good wire -- but basically, all silver litz wire is the same. The important difference between various ones will be in the quality of the clips, and t... | |
| Is it proper to leave amp on all the time? Most modern amplifiers, both tube and ss, employ some kind of inrush current protection, even something as simple as a cheap thermistor -- (this is not to be confused with surge protection.) When you consider that both tube and ss amps take about ... | |
| Best Phono Cable for SME Series V The OEM SME vdH cable sucks. Sounds like you're listening through a blanket.The PAD cables are great. I can only afford the Venustas, but John has gone right up through the line, so you can believe him when he says they get even better.Cardas GR, ... | |
| directional cables? In the early 80's, at Christopher Hansen's audio showrooms in Beverly Hills, I had the pleasure of meeting Bruce Brisson right after he left MonsterCable, and had begun making his famous MI330 interconnect and Music Hose speaker cable. He was ther... | |
| directional cables? Herman, if you want to nit pick about the physics of energy transmission (which is NOT what my remarks here concern) then we can have that conversation privately, and not bore these folks. Is sounds like you accept that a cable (material) will con... | |
| directional cables? Clio, the Mogami 2549 is ideal for making shotgun interconnects, using the two center conductors for the signal (hot and return), and floating the shield at one end.Stan, the kinds of conditions you mention are "direction neutral" in the presence ... | |
| directional cables? Jea48, you (and they) are talking about the crystalline structure of the conductor metal, and yes, it *can* sometimes have an asymmetrical geometry that lets electrons flow better in one direction than another (the basis of solid state devices by ... | |
| directional cables? Grounding the shield on the cable at the "source" produces the least noise (hum). That is the reason for the "direction".Don, I'd be interested in the science on which you base this pronouncement ;--))Clio, the cable you describe is either:(1) the... | |
| directional cables? The "arrow convention" was started by Bruce Brisson when he developed the "shotgun" interconnect while at Monstercable (he left to start MIT cables.)Cable manufacturers now put arrows on everything! However the arrows were originally meant only fo... | |
| High powered point to point tube amp? I think this is what you're looking for:http://www.wolcottaudio.com/WA_presence.htmbut that said, I'm wondering why you think you need so much horsepower to drive Sashas?I also want to mention, that if you were driving your Quads through Cardas Go... | |
| phono stage / step up for Koetsu carts Well, if your going to get a Koetsu cartridge, and you want to use it with a SUT, why not get the Koetsu SUT which they make specifically for their cartridges? Go to Melvin Ang's website. | |
| Sme arm "Bridge Removal" Sme10 - I did not hear any of the changes you and others have reported. Frankly, if I did, I would would be more alarmed than pleased. But I'm still very anxious to understand what this "loading" terminology refers to, and hope someone will explai... | |
| Sme arm "Bridge Removal" Could someone explain to me what "loading" the bearing means? And how having the bridge in place, or not, affects that "loading"?Yesterday, I removed the bridge on my SME V, and to me, it looks simply bolted to the main tonearm yoke casting. The a... |