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| Silver speaker cable question Oops I did the math wrong. 12 total AWG weights 0.5 Oz/ft total would be 24 Ft X 0.5 Oz /ft = 12 Oz of silver.The Market rate for raw silver is $7 / Oz.The processed silver usually cost 3 to 5 times more.You got to figure out where and how you can... | |
| Silver speaker cable question Jeffreybehr, audioquest price is too expensive for pure silver speaker cables. Assuming 12 total Awg weights 1 Troy Oz/ foot, your total length for 6 ft pair is 6ft X 4 = 24 ft = 24 Oz of silver.You can figure out how much it will cost you. | |
| Silver speaker cable question Hi Howard,That's correct. Plugin number of conductors ( or strands ) in the spreadsheet from tnt-audio.com website.It could be 6 or 8 or whatever number of conductors you use. Take that total AWG number, length, speaker nominal resistance and amp ... | |
| Silver speaker cable question Oops I mean DIY.... In your case,20 AWG X 2 = 17 total AWG17 AWG would give you damping factor of 79 for 6 ft ( assuming your nominal R for your speakers is 6 Ohm )To do it right, your'll need to make 13 total AWG cable to get 200 DF.For 8 Ohm spe... | |
| Silver speaker cable question Howard, In most cases from my DYI pure silver DYI speaker cables, it takes min 50 to 100 hours for it to settle in. 200+ hours to be fully burn in. This is no different from DYI interconnects as well. The problem you have is not because the burn i... | |
| Which Hi-end monitor for near field listening The SR17 we tested was used 2nd version. I agree with you Marco that low power tube amp doesn't make the SR17 sing. It will make the SR17 sound sleepy. We've used the good old Mac MC240 (55 Watt/ch) as the based amp for both speakers during the te... | |
| best 5-20K speakers for high-end tube amp? May I suggest build your own speakers?Since you are in China, finding the right folks to build speaker cabinets for you would be quite easy.For starters, I would recommend the vintage EV 12TRXB and Jensen CX-120 coxial drivers.This is what I build... | |
| Which Hi-end monitor for near field listening No correlation between sensitivity and tonal balance.It has to do with crossover design again.I'm using 94db large coxial speakers on my second system and they sound very full.My friend using 100+ db JBL and Altec horns and they sound just fine to... | |
| Which Hi-end monitor for near field listening Beheme, I think neutrual sounding mid is the best : )Most of monitors has good sweet spot for mid. Some just sound less weight than the other. As far as tweeter choice goes, I think the crossover design in these speakers is probably more critical ... | |
| Which Hi-end monitor for near field listening Marco, I've compared them SR17 with many. The spec and actual don't match. The SR17 doesn't go as deep as the ATCs. I have the passive SCM10s driven with 60 Watt/ch tube amp ( the tube amp sound better than 5 high power SS amps I've tried.) and my... | |
| Which Hi-end monitor for near field listening The Guarneri Homage price has dropped in used market to under $5000. I guess I have not follow up the pricing. | |
| Review: van den Hul Blackbeauty Cartridge For voltage conversion, you can get a nice industrial/medical step up voltage converter. A lot of Japanese folks use them this way. The most importantly is the frequency. As long as it is 60 Hz, the AC motor speed should match. You can check the s... | |
| Which Hi-end monitor for near field listening Here is my 2 cents worth of input. You should always audition it first. What we hear might be different from your opinion.I Best recommendation is ATC SCM10. Aside from being a choice of recording studio's reference speakers, it's hard to find any... | |
| Your opinion on the evolution of amps since 70s? Off the topic, There are too many things to do these days than audio ( computer, internet, HT setup, gaming..etc.)Inflation also driven the price higher these days.i.e. MacIntosh MC275 used to cost $300 back in the 60s ( gas was only a nickel per ... | |
| Your opinion on the evolution of amps since 70s? I heard the BAT at Lyrics hifi with B&W 802s and got scared away. Still prefer the old Mac over many of the new comers.Other than better parts from modern technology, the old school design in tube amp is still in. Not much has improved. The tr... |