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| 10 Audio Cable Myths and Facts You might try posting when sober, next time. Just a thought........ Sober as a Judge.. few decades now...Magic Kool-aid??Do you actually read what others post? Keeps me rollin'I don't know so you CAN'T know, I can't hear so you can't hear.Same bu... | |
| 10 Audio Cable Myths and Facts bobedwards10147 posts04-06-2020 11:04pm That .47 picofarad bypass cap could only start affecting high frequency roll-off at well over 100 KZ. Which means it has zero effects on audible sounds! A question, where did you come up with the numb... | |
| Do speaker enclosures need furniture polish or oil? Spraying Pledge Furniture (wax) on my black gloss piano finish speakers helped to reduce fingerprint problem. A lot of folks don't know the old pledge is just good ol wax, just don't spray it on dryer wood (oil first, then wax). My kids were g... | |
| 10 Audio Cable Myths and Facts The quote is "One bad apple, spoils the whole barrel" One, not 75%, (and growing) with an edigicated HiFi community. The naysayers are in the vast minority not majority.. I agree with one thing. Cable prices do VARY, and so does quality..Second K... | |
| 10 Audio Cable Myths and Facts steakster993 posts04-06-2020 10:17am This esteemed professor totally missed the fourth scale of intelligence."One who understands that he doesn’t know what is yet to be known."His arrogance leads him to believe that science has already discovered... | |
| Need help on McIntosh meters I had 600 MB, kids wrapped the meters one night, don't ask me how?I tried to fix the meters on one amp.. no luck. No way to recalibrate the ones I had. Shame, kinda spendy.. LOL it's a Mac.. it's worth it..4 months to get the part though.. Regards | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R I put Mcap Supreme Silver/Gold (non oil) I had both. I thought it was Supreme Alu.. I had to leave the room for about 45 min. Making some pretty wonkie noises. settled in a bit, after 6 hours of playing, sound almost SS like. Razor sharp. KT88s.... | |
| Do speaker enclosures need furniture polish or oil? Unfinished wood, or sealed wood loves oil. High gloss finish over wood likes wax, Polly finish likes clear hard wax and a touch up with the OLD pledge, pure liquid wax, just not a hard bee's wax..Unless the manufacturer recommends something differ... | |
| 10 Audio Cable Myths and Facts OP post1. The skin effect is only an issue in high-frequency applications. 20kHz is the highest frequency that humans can hear. If we calculate the skin effect on a 12 AWG speaker cable like Gene from Audioholics does in this article, we find that... | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R Where did they go? They haven't gone anywhere yet. That is what I have in hand. The Supreme Silvers oils are a great sounding cap with 6550 KT88 and 90. I'm not an el34 guy. Though I'm trying.. LOL Silverfish reminds me of Marantz. 7C 7T 33, 330... | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R Take back the Mac fix. NOISY... uhhhh Thought I had it with just a bad valve... Silly me...Right side works but noisy..Left perfect..Amp graveyard in the sound room.... LOL, maybe.. | |
| Help me with a speaker cable build, Ideas? I wonder why it sounds so good? I've been waiting on some parts from Ukraine for 2 months and China 6 weeks.. Use to be 3-4 weeks. Trulythe slowest boat they could find from China.. LOL. I'll check it out, cool looking for sure..Regards | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R Hee Hee. It's running right now, with Telefunken, smooth grays, I pulled a pair of black plates, TOO mellow. I'm real close on the sound. The Amprex have a bit more detail, I was surprised. The Two combos that are working VERY well is eL KT90s x ... | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R Thanks, yea I knew there is a timing issue. Ones faster so to speak.I've used, copper, copper/silver clad, silver, and alu/copper clad. I've brightened a few and toned down a few too. I've used wire and speaker terminals (copper, copper/nickel, s... | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R bradluke0155 posts04-01-2020 10:22amPlease do yourself a favor , don't start screwing around inside the amp . Play with the 4 or 8 ohm taps for the speakers , play with the bias , roll the tubes , use 2 , 4 or 6 per channel and try different pow... |