westcoastaudiophile
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| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? @ audio.. "I have noticed the most improvement on digital devices using better power cords” -more details, such as digital device name, original power cord (not known?) and replacement details would be nice! | |
| Revisiting Chinese Knockoff Cables @zigstien got similar cable, re-terminated with nice rhodium plugs and voilà! All measurements after some work around came perfect (R, C, L, all at 50-50000Hz)! I don’t take those cables as clone, it’s more like good material for DIY project. Good... | |
| New Accuphase Amplifier Experience lalitk, I see you have E-650 integrated, which is class A amp. class A amps have relatively stable current at different sound volume level, which helps to reduce transient current in incoming power, thus amp self-induced voltage drop is minimal. m... | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? "Why do you guys care?” .to share our own mistakes and best methods, is it wrong? | |
| New Accuphase Amplifier Experience @jfrmusic C-2300 pre looks cool! four freq. tone control is interesting! I decided a while ago to buy excellent quality analog or digital devices, not mixed ones.. analog stuff these days “never get old”, while digital units age very fast :-). | |
| New Accuphase Amplifier Experience @lalitk what length/gauge AC PWR wiring do you have, and how far it is from street transformer? I like nice cables, but many aftermarket cable stuff is just gold painted junk.. need to be careful with cables, because bad termination’ could damage ... | |
| New Accuphase Amplifier Experience @jfrmusic "I warn you once you hear it you will want one” +1! | |
| New Accuphase Amplifier Experience @jfrmusic congrats! ..after 40yr Hi-Fi voyage, I moved to Accuphase pre/pwr amps, (C-2450, A-48, P-4500) ASL/ASLC rca/xlr cables, and really enjoy the sound! I would recommend to look Accuphase pre, such as C-2450 with AD-2850 (or AD-2900) phono, ... | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? @phd "Power cords can make a huge difference. This difference can be on par with buying a new amp (component upgrade).” (-) in your bank account! | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? @dill "Have you tried an after market cord?” why? | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? @mapman +1M! the best comment ever! "The there is always the option of changing the amp. That will surely change the sound of the power cord" | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? @roxy1927 power cord change from original one one of respectful manufacturers, shouldn't make any listenable difference, assuming original cable is healthy. Many used separates are sold with random, no-one knows, power cords, and in that case, rep... | |
| Some cartridge recommendations @rauliruegas well, in the last 40y electronics materials engineering delivered much better wire, magnetics, isolation, magnetics etc., and I think phasemation is one of “analog dinosaur” companies on the top of the list today. Vintage stuff is vca... | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge @stereo5 why MC in the first place? MC requires to invest a lot of $$ in SUT, phono-pre etc, and uses higher track force g settings (2g MC vs 1g MM). if you have $$ to spend, check Phasemation PP-200 MC cart | |
| Technics SL-1200GAE or VPI HW-40 or …? @arvincastro get G/GAE 1200 Technics TT, and you’ll be free to move to “main dish” such as records and cartridges! |