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| Unfair Competition: Orchard Audio Bosc Monoblocks vs. Pass Labs XA30.8 This is getting interesting. After hearing the more open top octave of the Starkrimson monos compared to my old Aleph 2 monos...with NO compromise in harmonic richness nor soundstage depth, I sold the Alephs, their Nordost SPM 8' cables, as well R... | |
| Cable Burn In Sorry that I don't have the time nor bandwith to argue the old stuff re expectation bias, blind studies, anecdotal experience. I CAN tell you that in the 70's I had extensive experience with molded and machined very expensive PVDF (fluorocarbon) s... | |
| My First DIY Power Cable Years back I provided to a few hundred A'goners cheap all-Teflon 13 and 11AWG power cable kits, and star-ground power boxes using the fireproof Belden 83000 series starquad iterations. Indeed, the included shielding was useless, but the fluorocarb... | |
| Can cables have a shelf life? Here's a weird one I learned in the 70's when playing with uber-expensive molded PVDF for laboratory apparatus. Fluorocarbons, although damned inert, can have a stressed state from tooling or molding. This stress will be self-healing over perhaps ... | |
| Unfair Competition: Orchard Audio Bosc Monoblocks vs. Pass Labs XA30.8 Thanks for the comparison. I'm just about to give the Orchard monos a trial, deciding that 600w idle and an hour warmup is just becoming burdensome with my pair of Aleph 2 monos. I'm unwilling to give up their richness and very deep stage. But bei... | |
| Amp for Verity Parsifal encore I still love my PE's with Aleph 2s via Aleph P, Nordost SPM from Electrocompaniet EMC1-UP. Totally natural. | |
| where's ernie? and his power cords Hi Folks!I've been busy playing Beethoven Sonatas, seakayaking, and enjoying my first grandchild too much to bother with assembling power cord kits at no profit for fellow A'goners.But now that I've moved this workshop to the basement I see that I... | |
| Dedicated Line, Surge and Safety Tom, I use the same SPDT 30/30A switch on both the 12AWG and 9AWG PoBoxes, so EACH outlet has overkill 30A rated contacts. Cheers, Ern | |
| Good, Neutral, Reasonably Priced Cables? Phew! Sean, Robert, thanks for the eye-exercises. Sean, just gotta disagree with your statement re the inappropriate use of Teflon (or other low DA insulation) in PCs. Whereas one would think that bandwidth constriction is useful for AC propagatio... | |
| Power Cord for Jadis Orchestra Reference Trelja, 3 runs of 22AWG equals about 17.5AWG...awfully skimpy. I make a true 13AWG silver/copper matrix PC for front ends, but it is NOT as neutral as my all-copper version. I'd keep that 17.5'er off any tubed gear...or any amp, as well. Cheers. | |
| POWER CORD for Electrocompaniet EMC1-UP I currently use my Prelude N13 in Cu on my EMC1-UP. Simply more natural than my PCK13Q. | |
| Material Specifications/Layout for AC line I'd try both, with an eye toward separating digital from analog (esp preamp), if possible, keeping in mind Lak's comment above. | |
| Review: Ernie's (Subaruguru) PCK12 + G and PoBox Power cord More-sophisticated 4 conductor "starquad" models have pretty much superceded the original "twisted-pair" PCK12 ($45) reviewed above. The PCK13Q ($42)is thinner, and thus more flexible, and VERY refined for front end components.The beefier PCK11Q (... | |
| Old Classic Receivers: A Mistake to Buy? The tuner section of my old NAD7400 receiver continues to outperform the new one in their T751 receiver, nearly matching that of my Magnum Dynalab.$100 spent on a couple of power caps and a thorough cleaning restored this dozen-year old battleship... | |
| What are the advantages of offset tweeter location Offset tweeters result in unequal, or staggered, distances from baffle edges, hopefully preventing reradiation from summing lumpily. Also can allow more flexibility in setup, as you can compare tweeters in vs out, very helpful to balance room side... |