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| Balanced Cable recommendations for Ayre equipment ..and if you want the best power cords, make them from Oyaide C-046, P-046, and Accrolink P-4030. Your jaw will drop. | |
| Balanced Cable recommendations for Ayre equipment Everyone you ask about the efficacy of Cardas/Ayre cables with Ayre electronics will tell you that they were designed for each other. I am here to tell you that if you use Ayre components, (I have Ayre V1xe, K1xe, and C5xe), there are far better a... | |
| Interconnect/Speaker cables As I have suggested in other posts, I use Anti-Cables with great success. They have a money back guarantee...its worth the effort to try. | |
| Power cord on audio innovations l2 pre amp The better the system, the greater the results. It would be interesting to try a borrowed power cord to hear if the results are cost worthy. | |
| Balanced Cable recommendations for Ayre equipment I have an all Ayre system, and have tried many, many cables...all balance, because balanced is the ONLY way any Ayre component can do its work the best. Oddly, the worst cables are the Ayre and Cardas designs, the best being the Audioquest Sky ser... | |
| Rollerblocks under turntable ? If it works for you, go for it. I manufactured a resonance control device called PonTunes that allow side motion and find them very helpful under the amp, preamp, CD player, power supplies, etc. | |
| The lid closed ? Those plastic lids resonate which is picked by your cartridge. I agree...get rid of it during playback, and keep it in position during rest periods. | |
| Is your image centred? Since I've set up my table with the Mint, I have very centered imaging. I have been in the live recording studio, and attest that singers are in a booth. Their performance is carried on an individual track and in the mix, is positioned in the cent... | |
| A Perennial Debate For Which I Seek Help I talked to Richard Vandrsteen about this wire issue. He uses specific wire for specific applications. A particular wire to connect the crossover to the tweeter as an example has different properties than the wire from the crossover to the midrang... | |
| Quality Cheater plug?? I had a similar problem regarding hum with my setup. I went from a dead quiet house to a problem when I moved here to Arizona with the left speaker humming. My speakers have amps in them. When I talked to Richard Vandersteen, he advised me to run ... | |
| Interconnect cable upgrade disapointment Cables are OH SO system dependent, you always want to try out the cable before buying it. Also... if these cables have those batteries as some Audioquest cables do, they are always broken in. When I auditioned cables for my system, Audioquest did ... | |
| Next step after B&W 802D ..mmmboy...those Cardas cables were awful in my system... You might try others see see if you like others better. | |
| Removing the ground on PC? I don't recommend using one of those 99 cent adapters...they ruin the sound. I would disconnect the ground from the outlet as ozzy suggested, | |
| good isolation shelf for rega planar 2 I use inverted cones with my Rega 25. The wide part is on the table top with the points facing up. I use 3 cones and position them in the wood surround from below. Works very well. | |
| reserve vta solves issue on zyx, triplaner Anyone setting up a tonearm should think about getting the Mint. I haven't used the Feikert, however, I have such confidence in the Mint, I surely would recommend its use. |