steakster
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| WHICH POWER CONDITIONER IS BETTER PASSIVE OR ACTIVE WITH ISOLATION TRANSFORMERS My electricity is very noisy. For my source components, I use both an active balanced power conditioner and a passive conditioner (in series). For my amplifier, I use just a passive power conditioner (non-current limiting), | |
| Best $10-15K bookshelf speaker? For a big sound - neutral, high resolution - respectable bass: the TAD ME1. For a more intimate sound - textured but limited bass: Wilson Audio Tunetot. | |
| Furutech PC's? @audphile1 Thx for posting that link about the Shunyata Z1 outlet. In the video, Caelin mentions how a poorly constructed, cheap outlet can become a fire hazard. Years ago, I couldn’t figure out where a very mild burning smell was coming from ... | |
| Vinshine X Collaboration with Kinki Studio, TheTai Hang power enhancer In this video, Alvin states that the Taihang is non-current limiting - so amps can be plugged into it. The two small round devices in these photos are inductors - not transformers. Interesting design. | |
| More on XLR vs RCA considerations? Perhaps a different wording for the title: A truly balanced circuit (XLR) vs a single-ended circuit (RCA). A note. | |
| Piano high notes very bright The piano is my favorite. I spent a long, long time trying to get my revealing system to reproduce the piano correctly - especially, the high notes - and especially via digital streaming. It finally happened with clean power and quality cabling. Y... | |
| I feel for you Here are personal observations from @markphd. | |
| Power cables and power conditioners OP: But, again, I could be looking at this all wrong. . . . while gear with wallworts or fixed plugs . . . As others have suggested, simply get an affordable 12awg or 10awg power cord to start. You’ll probably hear more improvement in SQ by r... | |
| Confused about adapter for RCA to BNC If you wish to lighten your bank account a little more, here's another solution. | |
| Best Used Tube Based Preamp $2k Or Under? This updated Audio Horizons TP 2.3sV should be of interest. It has everything that you’re looking for - including a remote. I have a similar version. Mine is an original TP 2.3SvB with updated balanced circuitry, an R-Core transformer and larger ... | |
| I Was A Skeptic Now I'm Not So Sure Congratulations on your discovery. Yes, cables do make a difference - especially digital ones. The 1’s & 0’s ride along an analog carrier - which can be tweaked. After reading this review, I purchased this SR Galileo digital cable. Wow! It’s f... | |
| Cayin D30 DAC outperforms Weiss, Playback, CH and MSB 46Kg shipping weight in a wooden box. Even after deducting the weight of the crate, that's one very heavy power supply in a separate chassis. The quality of the power supply is where high-end audio is heading. No surprise. | |
| Directional wires/cables @jea48 These types of technical discussions seem to be about: What is known and can be measured vs what is yet to be known and has not yet been measured. This reminds me of the America’s Cup Race in 1983 where Alan Bond’s Australia II snatched ... | |
| Directional wires/cables retiredaudioguy . . . It would seem to me that the best construction using drawn cable would be that each of the two conductors be a pair of wires, arranged in opposing directions to minimize the grain structure distortion. Does anyone know of ... | |
| OK Audiogon, help me out please OP: The problem with my current speakers are they seem very bright in the mids and harsh in the upper. What you’ve described is probably the most common complaint in this forum. I suspect that new speakers may not be the solution. Typically, th... |