shadorne
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| Cable Costs Relative to System 10% rule is way too much for something that has such little audible effect on sound (electronics engineers will predict that after a minimum basic size of copper cable is met then it has zero audible effect and ABX testing of ordinary cables again... | |
| xStream speaker cables and B&W 804s Unless you place some electronics in your speaker wires or go to an unusually resistive cable or incredibly long lengths then you are unlikely to change the sound of your system by changing speaker wires.In order to sound warm the cables would nee... | |
| Do long interconnects degrade sound? I would add that the music sound is most unlikely to differ audibly between the RCA and the balanced XLR cables....it is just the background hum or hiss that may improve (from ambient electrical noise from appliances power and AC's etc.)....so my ... | |
| Do long interconnects degrade sound? I have experience with long interconnects 75+ feet.RCA type have a tendency to pick up more hum or ambient electrical noise which is apparent when you have the volume turned up and no music playing....hiss or hum.XLR driven by balanced amplifier c... | |
| Which one benefits more from a better power cord? Muratc,The DAC has an anolog output which is why I called it an analog device....your transport has an optical digitial out and this is why I referred to it as all digital.Digital signals are very robust - they tend to either work pefectly (follow... | |
| Which one benefits more from a better power cord? Muratc,Interesting. Thanks for sharing this. Intuitively I would have guessed the opposite. I would have thought that the transport, being an all digital device with optical digital output, would be very robust with respect to power supply conditi... | |
| ATC SCM-35 I have not heard the 35's myself, all I can say is that the specs and the reviews are impressive...it looks like great value. Since I have the space, my best option was to go for a second hand pair of 100A's...excellent value for sound performance... | |
| Which one benefits more from a better power cord? Since you own the statement already I would try a blind test experiment with a friend to see if the statement in various positions sounds better/worse/same to your own ears in a particular position. If you can hear a significant audible improvemen... | |
| ATC SCM-35 SCM 100's, Is my 12' by 10' room too small?? Jrmanders,The 100's are a big speaker that was engineered for music playback for professionals; they are about as far from esthetically pleasing as you might get (WAF rating of -1 from 0 to 10 and near... | |
| Need help making TV decision EDTV will give me better viewing on non-HD sources and TiVo than HDTV? (Perhaps I should ask, will HDTV give me worse viewing than EDTV on these sources?) Yes the Pansonic EDTV pixel format fits the DVD/TV format optimally and it does a farily go... | |
| ATC SCM-35 how does a double bass or bass guitar sound on the active 100? i suppose quite nicely. not to mention percussion...Pitdog75,On the 100's, double bass guitar is very distinct and clear. Bob Dylan's album "Oh Mercy", and particularly the track "Man... | |
| Need help making TV decision I recommend the Panasonic TH-42PD50U 42" Diagonal Viera Plasma EDTV - it will give you best viewing on regular non-HDTV and DVDs/Tivo....and it still does a fair job of down scaling HD source. It has an HDMI input aswell, which may become standard... | |
| ATC SCM-35 just after i changed my previous speakers for atc, i was like: where the hell is all that bass. but it turns out the previous product had a lot of boomy, slow, puddingy kinda bass, while atc is much faster, to the point and much more varied Pitdo... | |
| ATC SCM-35 Pitdog75,I would be interested in the results of your cable blind tests...as you may have gathered I respect that there must be small differences between different cables....my obsevation is simply that, at least for my ears, I have not found thes... | |
| ATC SCM-35 I have tried a variety of thick cables for a variety of passive speakers, especially for long runs, from as cheap as power extension cord to moderately expensive Monster Cable.Honestly, I simply can't hear the difference, which is maybe just a ref... |