tecknik
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| Axe to grind know it alls I have noticed that the people that this most applies too haven't responded. And Eric your not one of them. | |
| Guest suddenly takes it upon herself to move my speakers I agree its pretty off for her to just get up and change let alone touch something without asking first and it sure would of upset me as well, however like the post above if your single and she as well invite her back for a listening/speaker posit... | |
| Chain of command Power as in your ac lines has the most dramatic effect of everything. Address this first to get the most of everything that is plugged into it starting with your source wether it be ur computer, music server, dac, pre, amp, ect. ect. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Get your lies straight by Terry Evans & Ry Cooder, Use Me & Sweet Sixteen both by Juior Wells. | |
| Why is the Audio Research SP8 so highly regarded? I agree a ref 3 would be a good candidate to try in ur system. | |
| Why is the Audio Research SP8 so highly regarded? I had an old AR SP8 back in the day mated to a pair of Cary Audio slm 70 mono blocks driving a pair of custom speaker I built, man what glorious musical sound.Later I had one of the first AR Ref 1 and it was better in everyday as I recall, transpa... | |
| Tara Labs Muse or Nordost Valhalla 2 What interconnect are you currently using and off the top I would say your preamp is the weakest link, I had the 3800/A65 combo for quite awhile with WW Platinum Eclipse 7 cables. Id try a Audio Research Ref 5se or Ref 6 se . Preamps are the heart... | |
| Problem with Ref 5SE Try a different power cord and if you can plug the pass ( amp Im assuming ) directly into the wall. Could be a ground loop issue. | |
| More questions about dedicated lines I run 8 awg solid core for analog and 10 awg solid core for digital and one dedicated 5 meter grounding rod. | |
| Network Switches Another suggestion is to have all switches,lps, fmc's on a good shelf isolated and even dampening plates on top. Also replace those cheap dc cables that come with them with high quality aftermarket dc cables another big jump in sq. | |
| Network Switches The switch should always be as close has possible to the servers, the server should also be fed through a great LPS as well has the router and anything in the chain should be fed through an lps. for long runs of cable use fiber optic and run the F... | |
| Audioquest vs. Others For anyone having the Audioquest DBS on their cables highly recommend changing the batteries on any cable that is a couple years old. I changed mine even though the the light still came on and there is an improvement but after 24hrs a noticeable i... | |
| Wadia 861 Cosmo, check out the website VNAV, its in Vietnam where i live but they have alot of old Wadia,s for sale, 860,861,s, Wadia 6, and so on. Go to the market section and do some looking around because there their. | |
| Power Cords - Equipment Priority? Equipment Priority'#1. Ac power, pc, conditioners. Start from the box and work you way to pc,s.#2, speaker placement/position#1 can cost thousands upon thousands of dollars while #2 cost you time, patients and research to get 90% there. If funds p... | |
| Ethernet cable vs wifi for high definition audio streaming Fiber optical is a better option and cheaper then a high end ethernet cable especially for longer distances. Computer-audiophile site goes into great detail how to properly implement fiber optical. |