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"Best" cable elevators?
Terra Cotta flower pots work fine at well under a dollar each..... 
Let's forget about being politically correct
We build an expensive SS preamp and most of the customers use tube amps with it from Atma-Sphere, VTL, CJ, BAT, ARC or Wolcott....Probably missed somebody....It was rough to get a SS preamp to capture what tubes do best and it was rougher to get a... 
are nbs cables neutral?
Sherod, it takes years of fiddling with things to come up with meaningful improvements as cable design is primarily by ear and not by measurement....Finally found someone who would make higher purity silver starting with 99.99 silver cooked in a n... 
are nbs cables neutral?
Sherod, you are darned right TG cables are crap as are all cables, but some are less crappy than others....I can only guess you saw little humor in my statement or maybe too much truth for your sensibilities....We cable guys do the best we can, bu... 
are nbs cables neutral?
All wires are crap, but NBS are some of least crappy of the ones out there...... 
Plinius warm-up
It isn't just Plinius that take about five days warm up to settle down sonically, they all take that long..... 
Power Cords with built in RF reduction?
I use a network in the TG Audio cords.... 
12 Volt Cable Burn In?
I run each roll of silver hook-up wire on the line side of a 100w light bulb for a day to precondition it....Been doing this for about a decade and it works fine to loosen things up, but don't go for more than a day.... 
Power cord and Sony SCD-1
Tek, the best thing to do is measure the AC potential with any new piece of gear as just need a cheap multimeter, decent earth ground and a cheater plug....Go to www.boundforsound.com and print the article for checking this under "tweak of the wee... 
Power cord and Sony SCD-1
Gmorris, measure the AC potential on the chassis of the SCD-1 in standard and reversed polarity and advise which has the lowest potential....All we have measured have had reversed line and neutral which screws up venue information for the entire s... 
Power cord and Sony SCD-1
The Sony SCD-1 has the AC polarity reversed as I recall so confirm this and order your power cords acordingly to fix this problem..... 
What kind of power wakes up electrostatic speakers
Btstrg, I spoke with Dennis Chern of Martin Logan this afternoon and they just got the JC-1s hooked up last week in their ML reference system and he just listened to them this past Tuesday and just loves them....He said fine to quote him BTW :-) 
A warm and rich sounding power cord
jitming1, I would stay with the stock power cord if I were you if you want warm and sweet....Buy $200 worth of recordings instead..... 
WBT connector upgrade
I'm with you Timo, but would take a much stronger position..... 
Bryston 7B SST vs. Parasound Halo JC 1 shootout...
Go to www.controlalt.com and take a look.....