tecknik

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Projects, rebuilds and or modifications….
The school of hard knocks, my father used to say he had a masters from the university of hard knocks. Hadn’t heard that in years.    
Projects, rebuilds and or modifications….
barrysandy there’s a guy on WBF who,s done a beautiful job on his ref 40 the same resistor upgrade along with extensive more mods, look it up its worth a look up to see the extent he has gone with many photos of his journey. A couple months ago I... 
Projects, rebuilds and or modifications….
I’m in the middle of rebuilding and modding my shunyata ps8 , so far I have installed 5 Rifa X2 Y2 Y2 caps with the leads replaces with mundorf silver gold wire, replaced the inlet with furutech NCF , internal 12 g wire replaced with furutech 10 g... 
Accuphase E650 XLR Input issues
One thought here is that Accuphase Input / output ( balance) XLR is wired differently then most , try a cable wired at the input side per below from accuphase website. 1, Ground  2 Inverted (–) 3 Non-inverted (+)           
Network Switches
+1 richtruss and david_ ten and there is no wall wart that can compete with a LPS   
Audiophile-grade ground rod?
The ground rod referred to in the link states copper material $550.00 . I’m wondering what true audiophile rod made from OCC copper would cost and would it provide better sonic,s . I bet it would , 
Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling
WilliewonkaAfter reading this thread and your website several times I discovered the Jantzen wire for neutral was also recommended which I was able to find here in Vietnam, I’m an expat retired and you just don’t go down to a radio shack or order ... 
Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling
Steve, how long of a neutral would you have on a dc cable 3 to 1 , 4 to 1 ?thanks you 
Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling
Thank you Steve I appreciate you sharing your experience and knowledge and hope to try some mil spec silver plated cable from take five audio one day, 
Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling
I’ve been playing around with the helix design on my dc cables with some Input from granny and am very pleased with the results using leftover mundorf 18g silver gold and plain 16 g copper for the neutral rather then military spec silver plated co... 
Preliminary DIY Grounding Box Result
For me in my system I found three and even better four 18 g stranded silver wire sounds best , 2 is minimum even mixing a couple of 18 g with several 24 g sounds great just use more then one Entreq uses a few in each ground wire . 
Is There a Way to Lessen Vibration On Cables From Powered Speakers
Rubber bands do work they just break after awhile how do you get around that MC .  
Boutique/custom vs production tube linestages
Wow Toolshed looks impressive, would like to see them offer separates or do they.Truely a work of art. 
I'm in love with Betty
I have done business with highend electronics and agree they make you feel like family and go out of there way to help. Great people to do business with. 
Grounding boxes which ones have YOU tried? And results?
I have found grounding boxes to clean up the music in all areas.I started out with the Entreq boxes and then built my own version, I have 3 large boxes one each for amp, digital source grounding and the last one for chassis ground.They work but ta...