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| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? rodman999994,355 posts05-16-2020 5:22am"@turnedown- Yeah, that settles it!"HAVE A NICE DAY! | |
| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? cd318889 posts05-15-2020 9:27am"....Take a look at what Gene at the excellent Audioholics site has to say on the matter."https://youtu.be/7YIGLnbc12IThere seems to be an ongoing battle between Gene (Audioholics) and Ted Denney (SR)....https://ww... | |
| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? boxer124,625 posts05-15-2020 8:06pm"turnbowm, heaudio,Please list the aftermarket power cords you have compared to stock power cords?"Have tried Audioquest and Pangea power cords of various flavors on my Bryston B60R Integrated and it doesn't se... | |
| Power cable for REL sub -- modestly priced hilde45 OP455 posts05-15-2020 4:48pm"....But look at the Volex page:https://www.volex.com/products/detail/v1625It says:Wire Gauge 10Rated Current 7A, 10A, 12A, 13A, 15AWhat could "Wire Gauge 10" mean except "wire gauge 10 AWG"?"Every Volex V1625 p... | |
| Power cable for REL sub -- modestly priced hilde45 OP454 posts05-15-2020 11:29am"....The cord that comes with the REL is a Volex 1625 cord: Wire Gauge = 10, rated current =10A....."The Volex 1625 power cord is rated for 10A but is 18AWG, NOT 10AWG. Same for my Rel sub and I replaced it w... | |
| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? cleeds2,958 posts05-15-2020 10:44am"It's true that even abundant empirical evidence is not by itself proof. But this is a hobbyist's group, so this wouldn't be the place to expect participants to be conducting the kind of scientific testing you ... | |
| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? cleeds2,957 posts05-15-2020 9:48am"....There is abundant evidence that "expensive power cables" can make a difference - a virtual mountain of it! There are countless testimonials in print, online and in real life from users that have first-hand ... | |
| What your choice speakers with spikes or speakers with a vibration isolation device? Speaker cones should move but NOT speaker enclosures. | |
| speaker stands--general considerations ctsooner2,291 posts05-13-2020 3:49pm"Call ME crazy, but why buy a stand mounted speaker that takes up a footprint and needs to be further out in the room that a properly designed floor stander? I've always felt this way. Vandersteen started th... | |
| speaker stands--general considerations Lots of choices when it comes to speaker stands. For my Kef LS50s, I chose 24" Skylan and filled the vertical columns with sand and used Blu-Tack between speaker and stand. Have hardwood floors over slab and use spikes w/spike cups.As a general ru... | |
| Do we ask too much of our audio systems? oregonpapa4,224 posts05-13-2020 12:45pm"The Holy Grail in Audiophilism is to recreate the live event in our listening rooms.... we are chasing something that is unattainable."Went through audio "burnout" on several occasions until I realized (an... | |
| cable choices, bluetooth, preamp. pakchiro,The Golden Reference is a Cardas Legacy cable that is very high quality but pricey. Only buy the length you need. Parts Connexion has the cable at 60% off MSRP. Be aware that Parts Connexion does NOT accept returns unless the cable is def... | |
| What are small gold colored "caps" that came in bag with perfect path products? millercarbon4,299 posts05-12-2020 7:48am"Because for like 20 years now they all have lots of extra plugs for surrounds and crap...."That's true for receivers but NOT true for CD players. | |
| LessLoss Firewall for Loudspeakers From what I can determine from the Less Loss into, these are very expensive ferrite cores which serve as a high-frequency (HF) filter. They will, as Ozzy experienced, "round off the highs" which can be beneficial in a "bright" system. I personally... | |
| What are small gold colored "caps" that came in bag with perfect path products? millercarbon4,296 posts05-11-2020 6:53pm"....In other words the CD player is connected to the system, but not selected, and yet listening to the turntable the sound was better with these things on the CDP!...."How can you put the caps on the CD ... |