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| Redwiki - About racks, shelves... I don't want the mantle of expertise on this issue. I just want to report excellent results with the light and rigid approach, when using Neuance shelving.Mwalsdor, your rack arrangement goes in the opposite direction, plumping for mass in most ca... | |
| Theta reliability? I have had problems with Theta Data IIs and a Data III. The worst part was the fact I wanted the machine fixed locally to avoid a very expensive freight bill sending them back to the US - but Theta were fairly uninterested. When we ordered a laser... | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit Hi Dekay. I am using the 47Labs for interconnect and speaker cables. I couldn't stand the idea of running them in separately either. I no longer use any digital interconnects and only need a stereo pair of ICs and a stereo pair of speaker cables i... | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit Just a comment on what I term smearing. If smearing of sounds occurs due to cables then it tends to happen to all sounds (as opposed to vibration which tends to just affect one narrow band).The effect it has on all sounds is to obscure the fine de... | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit The cables have gone through some interesting changes. But at all times there has been excellent PRAT, a grainless smoothness and minimal smearing - each parameter being significantly better than with any stranded cable I have heard. The lack of s... | |
| Dielectric? I have a feeling the quality of dialectrics is very important in all audio cables as well as PCs. I cannot theorise why as well as you do J.D. But I am trying the 47Labs cable kit at present, which has a 0.4mm OFC solid core conductor and thick hi... | |
| KT88 s Sovtek vs Valve Art I might put my JJ's back in and see if I agree. Difficult when I am in the middle of running in some cables so it will have to wait a week or so. Last time I compared them I preferred the Svetlana KT88 over the JJ, with the JJ being a little too p... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? Jhunter, if anyone criticises you for posting what you hear, then the RHUBARB cavalry will be on your side. | |
| What is the Sound of Impedence Mismatch? Lack of dynamics, recessed sound, and different interconnects making big differences to the tonality - are what you would expect if the ratio is too low. But you can also have problems when the ratio is too high. For example I has a ss preamp usin... | |
| This is THE powercord I want : Frank, I am not so sure. Certainly the recycled copper in the Taiwanese stuff you get at the cheap joints (here it would be Dick Smith Electronics, but there it is possibly Radio Shack?) does sound dirty. And I reckon the Harmonic Technology cable... | |
| KT88 s Sovtek vs Valve Art Then the Sovteks would definitely be a let down. The Svetlana 6550 are nice tubes, and the one chance I had to compare them with the Svetlana KT88s showed the latter to be only marginally better.I don't want to know about Genalex (etc) valves. Ple... | |
| KT88 s Sovtek vs Valve Art Pardon me in advance for not answering your question directly, but I am concerned you may be wasting your money. I know you are looking for "the cheapest", but for me there are very significant differences between the KT88s around and you owe it t... | |
| This is THE powercord I want : I do not find anything inconsistent between your view and mine Frank. And I know a good power cable occupying the last 5 feet makes a difference. But having played with making perhaps 20 different designs of PC as well as buying exotic PCs from th... | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit Yes Ken, when I tried the solid core stuff years ago, each thickness seemed to have its sweet-spot, with 0.6mm having it smack in the mid-range, rolled-off top and bottom, very smooth but lacking fine detail resolution. So far these cables don't s... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? Frap, I did not mean to imply I would react negatively if 702 surprised me by posting something of positive value, nor did I mean to imply I want to see him go the way of Jostler. 702 is what I call "on it". When people are "on it" they bang away ... |