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| Thought on OTL tube amps I had a pair of Fourier Panthere monoblocks with 8 6C33C Russian military triodes each that powered a pair of Essence Super Gem and later Wilson Sophia speakers through an autoformer. When things were right, the sound was glorious. Not the lean,... | |
| In Memory of Glenn Frey...Favorite Eagles song? For the Eagles in the prime: The Last Resort. For newer Eagles: Waiting in the Weeds. Why the Eagles were never credited for The Long Road Out of Eden must have been due to limited advertisement and distribution. Some of the music on this dis... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz John, I agree on the current limiting. I tried several conventional power conditioners and they all seemed to do the requisite audiophile thing: better transparency and detail but sucked the life out of music and limited dynamics, perhaps throug... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz From my somewhat limited knowledge of electricity (I am a chemical and biomedical engineer and somehow survived EE class), 10 amps would translate to about 1200 watts. From looking at the 3 pieces I power from my HFC URH power conditioner, it onl... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz Philipwu, I am not sure what you are asking. I can confirm that in my system I heard a startling difference in sound. Whether others will experience such a difference, I cannot guarantee that, obviously. My guess is that most would hear a large... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz I received my MC-0.5 today and plugged it into an unused AC outlet on the dedicated AC line to my listening room in which my HFC URH power conditioner is plugged. This conditioner powers my phono stage (with URH power cord), and my amp and preamp... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz Wow! Something from HFC that won't send me to debtors' prison. I just ordered one, will be here Friday. I will report on my findings. Thanks for the reports. | |
| I think I've Just Seen Absolute Proof That Audiophiles Are Insanely Gullible Yes, I have an advanced engineering degree and often have a difficult time with some of these so-called tweaks where someone waxes rhapsodic about how much more real the music is. We audiophiles are probably a gullible lot. However, I once owned... | |
| Premium distilled water for ultrasonic record cleaner IMO, using expensive double-distilled, RO purified, or reagent grade water is probably overkill. Even distilled water from the grocery store only has a few ppm of impurities, something overwhelmingly contaminated from the junk on your records. I... | |
| What used speaker would you buy with $20,000-$35,000 and why? I agree with the poster that you should head to one of the audio shows to hear many expensive speakers, which is the rule at such shows. However, in my experience, and I have had a number of really expensive speakers, you should try some of the s... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz Has anyone heard and/or could anyone post a review of the URH and Pro series cables? Not that I could ever afford them but I still like knowing about the state of the art products. I can't afford a Bugatti Veyron SS or Konigsegg car either but I... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz I see that the HFC website now shows the Pro series interconnects and speaker cables. I am sure they take sonics to an entirely new level and come complete with a 30 year mortgage. If you can afford these cables, best to you. Wish I could. | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz Kazuist, there may indeed be a viable competitor to the HFC power cables for similar money but I have not heard it. Myself, I have had hugely expensive power cables from NBS and Intuitive Design, and they were decidedly inferior in most ways to t... | |
| Power cords at ridiculous prices? I am old enough to remember when speaker cables were 18 gauge lampcord and interconnects were the cheap vinyl-insulated RCA cables bought at Radio Shack. I also once thought that buying 10 gauge Monster Cable for $1 per foot and gold-plated inter... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz Dunno about the power cables, but in my experience with HFC signal cables, they don't seem to follow the same pattern as that of other cables in that a lower level cable will act as a "bottleneck." By that I mean that adding a higher level cable ... |