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What are the audio differences you hear with turntable Mats.
My direct experience of a substantial improvement over a Felt Mat on a Linn Deck has been when a 5mm Thick Forex Foam Mat was used. Forex Foam is a mat made from the same material used for the Commercial offered DAT Mat. On the day the Forex Foa... 
Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling
@lemonhaze Thank You for your continued description on the perception of the CCC Wire. I have the perception that CCC Wire as a standard Cable configuration cleans up the presentation in a improved manner over a OCC Wire as standard cable configu... 
Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling
@williewonka Hi Steve Thank You for your support.  
Pre-owned cartridge recommendations for $500 and $1,000
Some of the updated designs for a Cartridge can be as simple as a different damping material being selected. The use of the New Material can have a substantial influence on the Cart's capabilities. Third Party Build services are able to add to a... 
Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling
@lemonhaze I was quite taken with the PC Triple C wire. Others I have introduced it to have given it a very good appraisal, and I have been demonstrated some of the designs been put in place for it. As a Wand Wire and Internal Phonostage Hook Up... 
A Thought Exercise: Consolidating Analog To One Table and Two Cartridges
@kennythekey A good report on your encountering of a variety of products and demonstrations that allowed for yourself to discover a Sound that was attractive and desirable to be maintained. I am all for 'sit in front of' demonstrations and well a... 
Passion, or ..... Precision?
The idea of having a second set of speakers does make sense. I really enjoy Chicago Blues Music and there is no better encounter that when I hear the sound produced from a Cheap Tannoy Speaker. On the ESL Speakers it sounds great, but does not h... 
Brand New Vinyl Static and Pops
It does seem crazy the expense that one will go to, for a Mechanical Means to Clean a LP. There is nothing to suggest prove the method is improved over a Manual Method using Purpose Produced Solutions. Where the Mechanical Method has its most sig... 
CD TRANSPORT THAT MAKES AN AUDIBLE DIFFERENCE
I have been few a variety of Cables over the years, exchanging OFC Wire Cables for OCC Copper/Silver Wire Cables. Most recently OCC Copper/Silver has been superseded by PC Triple C Wire and D.U.C.C Wire that is used in Cables. The D.U.C.C Wire u... 
Brand New Vinyl Static and Pops
Small Micron Dimension Particles are easily responsible for creating the interferences referred to. All Ambient Air in a Industrial Environment will have many types of Particulate of this dimension suspended in the air and able to contaminate a s... 
CD TRANSPORT THAT MAKES AN AUDIBLE DIFFERENCE
I step in and out of the 'must upgrade arena', this is seemingly for the reason.         I am new to using Digital as a Source within the Main System, with only a few+ years of CD in use as a Source. I moved quite swiftly from CDP to CDT > DAC... 
Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling
When the System is reassembled, the intension is to be using this design of  Cable. In the interim, I am having a few changes put in place. The Power Amp's are to being returned to the Designer/Builder to be converted to work as Balanced and Sin... 
going from tube preamp to solid state
I have not read all the posts in this Thread and after approx' 30 Years of use Tube Amplification no longer use a Traditional Design Tube Pre-Amp. Valves that are mentioned in other Posts, I have got a familiarity with and have even Rolled types ... 
Does Hearing Loss Disqualify Me from Audiophiledom?
There is commonly seen, a mixed thought on what is Audiophile. There is the Camp that lean toward the idea, it is the enjoyment of music and enthusiasm to maintain musical encounters as a replay of recorded music. There is the Camp that lean tow... 
Tube amps - what 3 things…
The following might seem to be have a air of Negative as reply. Note I have had a Tube Pre Amp > Power Amp in use since the 90's. Tube Amp's command a slight alteration to the disciplines of use that can be used with a SS Amp'. There is a co...