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| Plinius 8150i vs Bow Tech. ZZ1 and Wazoo Listen to Fld - I concur entirely. | |
| Shelf Material Sorry Craig (Garfish) - slip of the tongue. I have indeed come across and experimented with the single spike idea as Theta have used it in their transports, and I have owned a few of those. I have found that the best footer for an application is v... | |
| The best and worst Audiogon poster's I was a bit perplexed by the idea behind this post, but have finally figured out how to respond. The best posters are those that express their opinions honestly. Sure, express your opinion on a component, but please state whether this is based on ... | |
| Digital RCA vs AES/EBU connections Garfield. I know from experience that the Sonic Frontiers preamps are significantly better when using balanced out - this is because they have better dynamics this way - it has little to do with the bal vs unbal debate, just the way the SF gear is... | |
| Shelf Material Caterham 1700. I have posted it off to you and it will get to you early next week - in fact the plane it is on arrives in the US today Saturday. The Caterham motors were lovely creatures. You may or may not know that when Lotus aborted the Lotus 7... | |
| Shelf Material Thanks for your kind thoughts on beaming me the slab Dekay. But 100lbs would normally cost about $US400 to get here, and that assumes they don't sting me for the awkward shape. I do actually have a cheaper way which is to get a NZ freight company ... | |
| Shelf Material I can report on experiments 131a and 131b. A friend who likes acrylic shelves told me they were best, not on spikes, but on a hardish damping sheet - some of which he lent to me. So if you recall I found the Corian to be OK on spikes if one used a... | |
| DIY Power Cable Advise Needed Leafs, the geometry is also very important - much of the effect of good power cables is due to how the geometry achieves common mode rejection (CMR). CMR is relatively easy with two cables, but this changes when dealing with three and adds complic... | |
| Shelf Material Playing around with the Corian yielded some good results. I have the Corian shelves sitting on up-pointed spikes, and don't have any plans to try any alternative means of support. But sitting the components directly on the Corian is not great, as ... | |
| Digital RCA vs AES/EBU connections I have always found digital AES/EBU connections to sound relatively thin in the midrange. I have also found that using BNC or true 75 ohm RCA connectors is a significant upgrade if you use the coax connection. | |
| Shelf Material It is a long time ago that I used the Torlyte shelf Ken and it was under a Linn Turntable, which was just an ideal match. By memory the Torlyte was great with light components - say under 15 lbs, but sagged with anything heavier. Also spikes pierc... | |
| DIY Power Cable Advise Needed Dan, you are barking up the wrong tree if you think good power cords are merely made by using thick conductors. Cable geometry, shielding and dialectrics are more critical by far. | |
| Shelf Material Dekay, I tried using a very thin steel wire, coated in nylon, with a breaking strain of 90 lbs. I did this roughly first - as per my nylon experiment, and then used it to suspend a shelf properly. The results were fine except for the Transport, wh... | |
| Shelf Material I certainly don't like MDF in practise - a very muddy sound. I don't have the ability to try such things as the BDR or Polycrystal shelves before buying (since noone stocks them here), and hence this post. But I quite like the BDR cones and so bou... | |
| Coincident IC and Speaker Cable The Coincident IC beats out my Wireworld Gold Eclipse, Straightwire Viruoso, JPS Superconductor 2, Cardas Golden Cross and several lesser others. A fantastic cable for someone on a smaller budget to stretch up to, and then keep through several upg... |