pauly
Responses from pauly
| How to connect headphone amp when system has separate transport and DAC? Why don’t you just use the RCA output on your DAC? Why do you want to use the XLR output? | |
| New silversmith fidelium cable Scratch built amps, no websites.Post to post the binding post are 7/8" apart. Then I have my RCA input about 1 1/8" to the left of the binding posts. On the other side I have a grounding post and the gap there is about 1 1/4". No obstruction above... | |
| New silversmith fidelium cable Looking at the pictures on web page I would think these cables would be a complete pain-in-the-rear when trying to attach them to binding posts. I doubt I’ll get them to fit the binding posts on my amps given how close the binding posts are to one... | |
| Hooking up the Topaz Isolated Transformer The "tongue test" that people do to see if their 9v batteries still have juice is not recommended. | |
| Best Preamp and Amp combination, interesting finding!!! I always thought that the amp has a greater impact to sound quality, but my experiment proved otherwise. Your experiment proves nothing. The more expensive preamp, less expensive amp combination happened to be the better option given the compon... | |
| Advice for upgrading my system The McIntosh a tranny amp? Ok, I still recommend a fresh pair of speakers but without the tube friendly part. | |
| Advice for upgrading my system I would, like a few others, suggest a speaker upgrade but not any of those suggested. You need to find speakers that are voiced for your amplifier i.e. tube friendly speakers.I’d start off by speaking to the folks at McIntosh and hear what they re... | |
| Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire? With so many words used to describe the effects and differences between cables why is it that the newcomer is unlikely to ever read that a $1000 cable remains sonically indistinguishable from a pair of twisted coat hangers connecting amp to speake... | |
| Audiophile quality fuse holders Great, thanks @dekay . Exactly what I was looking for. | |
| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? The dishwasher | |
| Canare 4S11 I was always under the impression that the higher the price, the better the cable. The fact that a $130.00 pair of speaker cables bested a $1500.00 pair should be a lesson for everyone regarding price VS performance. You don’t always get what you... | |
| Best Sounding Speaker Cables? Erastof, if you are interested in an objective or more science-based approach to this question, check this out:The Best Speaker Cable | Reviews by Wirecutter (nytimes.com) Excerpt from your URL "In our first round of testing we had a ringer: an... | |
| Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire? Nice answer about that there cosmic rays. Unfortunately nothing to do with the question I asked you. Now back to my question. How do you “scientifically” prove you see a light in the sky when I don’t? | |
| Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire? Nope because the Astronomers can prove with science what they see. Ok genius, you see a light in the sky, I don’t. Prove to me “scientifically” you’ve seen it. | |
| Best Sounding Speaker Cables? " I equate these “what is best” threads to trolling since there is no best and in our hobby there is so much room for subjective taste And system synergy."Agreed, although I’d call it something other than "troll". More like the "Clowns to the left... |