tom_nice
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| Pwer Cord For BAT Pre-Amp and Muse CD? I'd check out the Stealth power cords, viewable at www.interlinkhouse.com. I'm using three and they made a major improvement for me, over (old) Cardas, Classe and homemade ones of my own. Affordable, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. You stand t... | |
| Argent Room Lens I've made several imitations of the Argent Room Lens, using PVC pipe that costs about $12 for a set of three Lense, medite and masonite. I don't fully understand how they work but they do work, though not, I think, in the bass range. If anyone wan... | |
| Budget phono stage- advice appreciated If you want to keep well below $400, I'd recommend Parasound's phono preamp, MM or MC, for not much over $100 new, under $100 used if you can find one. (A "Wanted to Buy" ad might get one out of the woodwork.) I have one in a dining room system an... | |
| DIY Made Easy! I looked at his braided interconnects, and I'm not saying they wouldn't sound great, much better than the ones I'm about to describe. But just to throw out an idea, I don't begin to see the rationale for so much wire, which makes his braids extrem... | |
| Problem with inputs Can you solder a bit? Replacing input jacks in a power amp, if they look accessible when you take the cover off, should be about as easy as any internal repair. Lots of places can sell you female RCA's, The Parts Connection (800-769-0747), part of... | |
| upgrading interconnects In my experience (and I've been testing Stealth cables for Interlink House, Inc.), preamp to power amp is the most important link: I could hear differences most clearly there. If you got a pair of interconnects from a source who allows you to retu... | |
| Interconnect with good bass If you believe Malcoml Omar Hawksford, whose "Essex Echo" article was reprinted in Stereophile within the past couple of years, you'll believe that Kimber, Tara and most other "name brand" makers pay no real attention to "skin effect", and if you'... | |
| Cd direct to power amp stnemo@starpower.net will make you an affordable Stealth interconnect XLR to RCA's. I strongly suspect that if your system sounds worse with the Wadia straight in, there's something else improvable in your system. The Wadia can be set, as another ... | |
| Need Speaker Cable advice Sorry for the misprint: a 30-day money back guarantee. | |
| Need Speaker Cable advice Since you've gotten conflicting advice on Nordost, why not email stnemo@starpower.net for a Stealth cable recommendation in your price range? Models can be seen at www.interlinkhouse.com, and there's a no-day money-back guarantee. I had MIT CVT Te... | |
| Power cords at ridiculous prices? I use a Cinepro Line Balancer, whose creator, Eric Abraham, says that it makes power cords less important. Still, when I tried a Stealth HAC power cord, the improvement was very obvious. At well under $200, with a 30-day money-back guarantee, I th... | |
| Power Cords Email stnemo@starpower.net and learn why his Stealth power cords are so good. (He's the designer, and all his cables can be seen at www.interlinkhouse.com.) I've found his a lot better than Classe and Cardas and some homemade ones of my own that w... | |
| Power Cord for CAT I have a CAT SL-1 III with phono, and at first I was using a homemade power cord that I liked better than Classe and Cardas power cords I've had before. (I've sold some of mine to audio professionals--they're not too bad.) But the Stealth HAC powe... | |
| Interconnects between DAC and Pre I'd look at www.interlinkhouse.com, at Stealth interconnects and Varidig digital cables. My favorite Stealth interconnect, and I've tried four or five models, is cross-wrapped ribbon, CWR, with the sparkle of silver, and if there's any coloration,... | |
| Power Cord Advice I've used Classe (old) and Cardas, then recently Stealth, which were MUCH superior. Since they come with a 30-day money-back guarantee, you have only shipping costs to lose by trying them. See some details of their technology at www.interlinkhouse... |