spatialking
Responses from spatialking
| What is the best phono preamp you have heard? 1. Anything I designed myself.2. Anything anyone else designed which sounds better than what I designed.3. This list is not neccessarily in order. | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Clearly, it has to be the Plasmatronics, which hasn't been made for years now. This monster used helium gas and converted it to plasma, the fourth state of matter. Then, this purpleish glowing spherical ball of plasma was modulated by a direct dri... | |
| Installing a dedicated AC line Oh, I forgot to mention, put in a dedicated earth ground for your system. I have done this several times in several homes and it has always helped reduce EMI interference and made a whopping difference in FM reception. That being said, I wouldn't ... | |
| Installing a dedicated AC line If you are willing to pay the extra money for 10 gauge wire, then go for it. You will have less voltage drop, less surge drop, and a more robust system. You need to make sure all of your circuitry, such as breakers and receptacles, support 10 gaug... | |
| Need Help - IC , Speaker cable & power cord You might look at Blue Jeans Cables at www.bluejeanscable.com They have some very good stuff; I was certainly impressed. | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? Here is a modification of above speaker cables: Twist the red and black wires together, one pair at a time. Then, put all of them in one large bundle and slide into some nylon flex housing in a color that complements your system. Use the red for t... | |
| DIY cat 6 FEP "TEFLON" You might try using one half of each twisted pair for the hot signal and the other half for the ground. This will increase capacitance a bit but it will lower inductance, which is the real problem at these currents and impedances. Note that a tigh... | |
| Always on ? Speaking of leaving stuff on, the old Spatial Coherence preamp required 7 days to warm up, per the owners manual. Actually, it really took 6 weeks. If you are thinking this is a design flaw, you are thinking right. Of course, it only drew 4 watts ... | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? I just read all the posts on this thread; a very interesting thread to say the least. Here is my suggestion:Go to radio shack and buy four spools of solid 18 gauge wire in both red and black colors. Each spool has 60 feet of wire and you will need... | |
| Best Pink Floyd recording CD or LP All of them, some are just better than others. My wife is into Pink in a big way, which works for me. | |
| Good Y Cables? Sugarbrie has it right, I just bought two pair of Monster cable Y's, one male and two female. They are made well and look good. The cobalt cables Dan mentioned look good too and the price is fair. | |
| Looking for a source of vibration dampening sheets I don't think this will do what you want, but it is so inexpensive, you ought to look at it. At the local hardware store, you can buy sorbathane peforated mats, which go in your kitchen drawers and cabinents to keep things from sliding around. The... | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? This is a very interesting post. Everyone who posted a comment is right; well, maybe except the one about Nicole Kiddmann. Ideally, it shouldn't make a difference in which digital cables you use, but really, just because it is one and zeros, it is... | |
| Spatial Coherence Yeah, I still have mine, I never sold it. I do have other preamps I use. Still, the old Spatial does have coherence which the new tube stuff only hints at. Thanks for getting back to me. I have always wondered where the old high end gear goes? Do ... | |
| termination of power cables It isn't a hard task. You can find a wiring book at most hardware stores for a few dollars, but what you want you can just read it there. Make sure the black wire connects to the gold and smaller tab, green or green/yellow is ground, and white is ... |