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| Do powercords make a difference in sound? Liguy, I sought no war either, and I totally agree that better power supplies can minimize differences, but that is not the real issue. Are there still differences? I hear them even with some very substantial power supplies.My real question was ho... | |
| Do powercords make a difference in sound? Liguy, I certainly can conceive of a power supply that show no response to what power cord is used to connect to the wall outlet, but I have not heard one apparently. I do have a question, however. How did you choose a power cord to use on these s... | |
| Modern Linestages Everything is priced at what the manufacturer thinks the market will bear as long as it is sufficiently above costs and a sufficient profit. If it doesn't sell either he lowers the price or goes out of business.I think 5X parts and labor is the ol... | |
| Modern Linestages We use this phrase "a straight wire with gain" and say a passive is very close. Despite this no two straight (why straight I have no idea) sound the same. So what we need is no wire with gain or an attenuator with no sound of its own. | |
| Modern Linestages Georgelofi, what you say in posting #51 does not prove the superiority of passive line stages.I do not believe for one moment that EE laws are all there is to know. This is just another stage of the argument that ultimately can not be resolved. Wi... | |
| Do powercords make a difference in sound? Liguy, have you ever heard a properly designed power supply?Mrtennis, is it possible to design a perfectly neutral cable? If so, what theories would lead you to it? | |
| Modern Linestages Georgelofi, Why would you say, "A properly implemented passive comes closest to this," I don't know how you would ever prove this. The only proof that I can imagine would be for music going into passive and active units compared with that coming o... | |
| Do powercords make a difference in sound? I think much of this discussion focuses on power cord differences that are of low magnitudes. I have certainly experienced instances where I had to struggle to decide which I preferred. Finally, I decided to keep which ever pc I owned.But I have a... | |
| Modern Linestages I have never seen the merits of arguing the virtues of passive versus active line stages and have had many of each. Presently, I have a BMC DAC! PRE which is the BMC dac with a passive insert to use as a line stage. It has two RCA inputs and one b... | |
| Azimuth and the Fozgometer Mauidj, I thought "baited breath" looked funny so I googled it. It actually should be "bated breath" where bated is a contraction of abated or almost not breathing in anticipation. Thanks for the fun of looking up all these crazy words and phrases... | |
| Tidal Speakers owners Maceear, Long ago I read your comments on the Zilplexes. I got a set in for review and must say on my rereading your comments I totally agee about the walls disappearing. They are amazing little devices all working in harmony. | |
| q3 magico It looks like this thread is going the way of almost every thread here and elsewhere. There is no consensus. I suppose this should be expected as we have different tastes, listening opportunities range from awful to great, and associate electronic... | |
| Tidal Speakers owners Bases on a review by Jeff Fritz of SoundStage, many are claiming that there is a new king of the hill in speakers, the Magico Q3 in a thread by that title. In my opinion the Magico Q3 is very good but not the equal of my Tidal Contriva Diacera SEs... | |
| q3 magico Keithr, lack of cabinet resonance is the goal not the materials involved. Where are the measures of cabinet resonance? | |
| q3 magico Usermanual, fine! |