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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Fleetwood Mac “Then Play On”. Peter Green is missed as well… Ten Years After “Space in Time” Santana “Abraxas” It’s an evening to enjoy Guitar Masters! | |
| Reliable Mid-Priced 7.2 Channel Receiver Take a look at Pioneer Elite SC line. They have nice quality Class D3 Amps and sound very good. Big fan of Pioneer Elite AV Amps here. Used are a bargain too! | |
| The Right Speaker Cables Consider these super value cables. I bought the cable and made my own with 100% copper spades and braided black sleeves. I was shocked how good they sound. They replaced DH Labs q-10 sig and it wasn’t even close. Fuller warmer sound with improv... | |
| Power conditioner vs use of a audio grade outlet? Hard wire the power conditioner quality power cord directly to the outlet wiring removing two connection points, the male plug and outlet socket. Less is more. | |
| Where should I go from here with my digital front end? Add this to your optical set up. It made a nice improvement over the wall plugs. It has two cables and can power both FMC’s. Optical made a big difference for my system. | |
| Ethernet cables I also use Amazon CAT 8 in front of and after my optical set up. The optical made a significant improvement. I have tried a couple AQ cables (with the optical) and they made no improvement so they were returned and I use the amazon cables. Money... | |
| Not Chinese Fakes But Not big $$$ Either Nice post and looks like some fun. I enjoy doing DIY projects as well and have found buying from Chris at VH Audio a pleasure. He is such a nice guy and has great wire with helpful ideas and instruction. I have made his flavor 1, 2, 3 and 4 po... | |
| Advice on a tube tester Contact Paul Hart. Pkharthave@gmail.com He is one of the foremost experts on calibration, repairs and selling used testers direct in the states. He can give you a complete rundown on on the various testers and their limitations. He convinced m... | |
| BOOKSHELF SPEAKER RECOMMENDATION Agree on the Fritz line. I have a few years old pair of Rev 5’s and they're great speakers. No need for a sub here. | |
| Upgrading power system I’m just starting out in this hobby and have a question that may have already been addressed. Trying to keep electrical connections as simple and direct as possible, why not hardwire the power conditioner’s (or amp etc) quality power cord directly... | |
| Couple of OCC Speaker Cable Options @temmple I've bought these all copper spade connectors several times. Very nice build quality. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09GKHZ7XD?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title | |
| Couple of OCC Speaker Cable Options On the Xangsane Kimber Kable 12TC copy. For fun, I bought 6m of the wire and a set of all copper spades to make a Diy Kimber Kable copy just to see how it would sound. Total cost = $60 US. I have to say they sound very nice Deep clean bass, cle... | |
| Zavfino Nice. VH Audio is a great site and Chris is a great guy to work with. I have made all four flavors of his DIY recipes and they perform very well. He has some really nice wire to have fun with. Time to explore some of these highly regarded cables... | |
| Zavfino @juanmanuelfangioii which cablbes did you settle on? Prima mk II speaker cables? Arcadia or Fusion IC? | |
| Looking to partner with someone regarding the SR Purple fuse 3 for price of 2 offer @willgolf They say they are not directional but i would try them both ways to be sure. I have had no issues with these fuses over 6 months of use. |