westcoastaudiophile
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| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? “end point” what’s that? LOL | |
| Using non-terminated speaker wire? @erik_squires +1 "The lightest movement of the speaker cable, whether you use bare wire or a spade and the nut comes loose” - Yep, bananas for speaker end are the best! I used Neutrik FL4FX series connectors for up to 80kW Pro-Sound setups, - w/o ... | |
| Using non-terminated speaker wire? @immatthewj shortening Kimber 8TC is not that simple, here is my advice: 1) strip isolation using good, matched to wire, professional stripper. check wires to ensure no damage made to wires. 2) use perfect fit ferrules and crimp-tool to get all wi... | |
| How long should high quality speakers last? good OP! speakers need to check periodically(3..10yr), for: cabinets integrity, internal connections deox, bipolar electrolytic capacitors values, inductors, damping material etc.. simplest test is a slow sweep 10Hz..25kHz, starting at low loud... | |
| Does anyone experience sound improvement from restarting power off and on of DAC? @markcasazza +1 "Every streamer is a single purpose computer and every computer operating system benefits from the occasional reboot." | |
| Does anyone experience sound improvement from restarting power off and on of DAC? @mitchb "I find by doing this once every 5 days or so much improves the sound quality” Wondering how PS Audio will respond to such observation! | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) @mambacfa keep writing and please post something on YouTube, to make $$$ LOL! "delusional people with more money than brains” - it’s about enjoyment, not efficiency! | |
| Koetsu cartridges. They must be something special. Koetsu is special indeed! it’s on my hunting list.. https://medialux.blog/2019/07/07/the-koetsu-story-japanese-art-part-1/ https://medialux.blog/2019/07/08/4-koetsu-compared-japanese-art-part-ii/ | |
| Using digital 75/50 ohm cables for analog 75 Ohm characteristic impedance cable can have very small signal conductor resistance (few mOhms) between output and input. Ground / shield is a second conductor involved, which typically has much smaller than signal line resistance. | |
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? @atmasphere +1 "I don't think the 'greatest possible bandwidth' is all that important, since the charging time we're talking about is milliseconds rather than microseconds" power delivery capacitor charge speed is limited by: 1) power network, wi... | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. "- samples of wines are assessed by a reviewer" yeah, samples provided by winery! LOL Product manufactured in volumes has variation between units of the same kind, also some modifications made during production time. | |
| Using digital 75/50 ohm cables for analog 75 characteristic impedance cable is better due to lower capacitance. Lower Er (dielectric constant), is better, because it shortens electrical length of cable, even the same length. important is also to look at central conductor resistance and sh... | |
| A life sentence!!! @dynamiclinearity +1 “My Technics EPC 100 MK4 moving magnet cartridge with bandwidth that gives any moving coil a run for the money" somehow ppl are shy to discuss why MC needs double of track-force (needle pressure) vs advanced MMs.. problem wit... | |
| Do I need upgraded power cables? @richardbrand +1 on "an expensive power amplifier is likely to benefit least from power conditioning” in analog design requirements, more noise / ripple / drops in the AC power requires more circuitry, higher cost components, etc., to isolate “no... | |
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? @atmasphere I am measuring R/L/C very accurately at 50Hz/1kHz/20kHz freq. point often, using 4-wire RLC meter. Please ping me in IM if you need some guide. Measuring Voltage drop isn’t trivia, DMM isn’t enough, you need scope.. |