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| Freeze first, or cook first? Your recipe? I recently had a pair of Audioquest Anaconda XLR interconnects cryo'd by Jena Labs and the improvement is real. These cables had been burned in on a Cable Cooker and then used about 150 hours in my sytsem. We used my buddy's identical cable as ref... | |
| Do new tubes undergo break-in like other devices? Dozer, yes, wall outlets open up. I had an FIM 880 that started out OK for my system, but got progressively brighter over the course of 4 or 5 weeks. I finally had to take it out. I sold it to my buddy with a tube system and he loves it. Also, pow... | |
| Power Cable for Wadia 860X I'll second UCMGR's recommendation of a PS Audio Lab Cable. My buddy has an 860-x and I have a Wadia 301. We're both using Lab Cables and are very happy with the results. They seem to be very neutral, as was mentioned- improving everything, withou... | |
| Cary Audio I once had a similar situation where Nelson Pass personally worked out a solution to an imcompatibility problem I was having. He called me back with the answer, and then emailed me a diagram of the fix.PS Audio has also proven themselves to be ext... | |
| Review : PS Audio HCA 2 amplifier I have this amp also, and like every other new component I've owned, I had to do a little tweaking to make things work right. This amp is capable of excellent sonics, but you need a high quailty power cord to achieve it. I started with a Mini Lab ... | |
| Power cable question. The PS Audio Lab cable is well worth the price IMHO, based on what it did both for my system and my friend's.He has a Cary V12 and it just made an incredbile improvement. I have a PS Audio HCA-2 amp which draws very little juice, so I bought the M... | |
| Best HDCD Jazz CDs Patricia Barber- Cafe Blue (PREM-737-2)Maybe not pure jazz to some, but a fine CD found in most eclectic jazz collections. Outstanding sonics. | |
| Anybody auditioned new Wadia 301 CDP? I got one of the first ones and I can tell you that the Wadia 301 takes a long time to break-in, about 100 hours minimum and 150 is better. It also needs a high quality power cord to sound it's best- I'm using a PS Audio Mini Lab Cable running thr... | |
| Has anyone tried home-made PCs offered on AudiogoN A friend bought a "home made" power cord marketed on Audiogon. The maker's philosophy is lots of copper, no shielding, and a low price. The sound was absolutely horrible. My buddy gave the power cord to me for free because he didn't feel right sel... | |
| Qualitative test of Auric Illuminator Thanks Tekunda, I'll give that a try also. I think there's hope for redbook CD's after all, based on the above suggestions. | |
| Power amps: Bel Canto v.s. PS Audio Hybrid I bought one of the early HCA-2 amps and am basically very happy with it. I'm still breaking-in other parts of the system, so I'm not 100% certain I've achieved best sound yet. But in that regard, buried in a thread on the PS Audio website is an o... | |
| Qualitative test of Auric Illuminator Zaikesman, the reason you need to have two stacks of test discs (both treated and untreated) is so that you can go back and forth and not just convince yourself you are hearing something because you want to believe. Also, you can't have a valid te... | |
| Qualitative test of Auric Illuminator Sean, very interesting. Did you still use the markers to darken the centers of the disc, or did you find optimum sound with no marker pen at all, but just using the "illuminator" treatment?Speaking of "unstrained", one of the test discs I used was... | |
| Cleaner AC Source for Better Sound Oh, life would be sweet indeed if one high quality power cord going into the power conditioner would be all that was needed. Actually, I've found the opposite to be true. Your best power cords are needed coming out of the power conditioner (in my ... | |
| Cleaner AC Source for Better Sound I'm using two PS Audio Ultimate Outlets (15 amp high output) and can highly recommend them for all components (including video). They will not restrict current and have the same capacity as your wall socket. The power strips/surge protectors of th... |