westcoastaudiophile
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| Power cord length @rsf507 LOL +100! sales distribution agree, longer/fancier/$$ better! | |
| Power conditioner wire gauge? Serious issue @clearthinker +100 to:"the wire gauge needs ONLY to be thick enough to carry the current being drawn by the component to which it is connected" end load in the AC power line typically is a power transformer, which has primary and secondary windin... | |
| When were the best tube amps made? typo above: MQ88uC | |
| When were the best tube amps made? today - Japan Luxman SQ88uC sounds awesome! | |
| Made in USA @hilde45 "Not many American made products with nothing but American made parts" +1 - zero to be precise | |
| Small form factor, SS phono preamp recommendation. Teac PE-505 | |
| Zavfino Majestic USB Cable @brunomarcs "Custom made to his measurements” correct! I don’t buy critical cable-assemblies on amazon, those are custom and built of military grade bulk cable and professional terminations, e.g. Amphenol (for dig)/Neutrik(analog). All standard ... | |
| Do speaker cables really make a difference ? @tjag what is your “good cable” definition? | |
| Zavfino Majestic USB Cable @soix thanks for sharing your story! | |
| Zavfino Majestic USB Cable @thyname for digital interconnects I choose cables with best EM shielding 90dB+, lowest diff-common mode conversion, common mode filter, lowest Tx-Rx crosstalk, freq. dispersion, and lowest insertion loss at least at 6th clock frequency harmonics... | |
| Zavfino Majestic USB Cable @soix “better” cable/s without any technical data to back it up aren’t really “better”! | |
| Zavfino Majestic USB Cable @soix "I’d suggest you try a better digital cable" please define "better" | |
| Cartridges + 1 to “both” without high quality vinyl records you never will be able to discover high-end cart/TT and arm/phono/pre/amp/spkrs sound advantages! | |
| Do speaker cables really make a difference ? @rsa speaker cables improvement' leading to lowering loop resistance and inductance, does make sound impact. the longer cable is the more impact you will hear. 4 Ohms speakers also will show higher impact vs 8 Ohms set. | |
| Why do Tube Amps sound more romantic v SS amps "You may not get 100,000 hours on the equipment before corrosion has had a chance to damage the semiconductors" -good point on corrosion! In my experience corrosion hits tube amp sooner than SS! Just look at the power transformer, capacitors, out... |