westcoastaudiophile
Responses from westcoastaudiophile
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? "that a power cord needs to be of significant gauge to handle amplifier voltage drop” claiming as thicker than 100ft house wiring 3ft PC will tangibly affect sound is not justified! | |
| Do I need upgraded power cables? @bzawa I would love to help you if you’d tell: 1) do you like your current SQ? 2): are all current power cables original? 3) does the wall outlet have significant IR drop, dimming light etc. when high current load is applied? vacuum cleaner turned... | |
| I’m considering upgrading my speakers internal wiring @bobbyloans "I have a beautiful pair for PBN M1!5 in a Black finish which I love and sound incredible" - .. what is the actual problem statement? | |
| Recommendation for phono stage Teac PE-505, comes in silver and beautiful black! Professional grade phono pre, same tech as more expensive Esoteric offers! | |
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? @devinplombier +1 the best PC is no PC/IEC! House wiring and quality of power supplied to the house is the key! | |
| $50k - $80k Budget…Opinions please. @toddcowles -since you loved Harbeth’s sound, get latest ones, and class A SS amp.. I would recommend to look at Accuphase pre-amp combo, class A amp such as 48/80 series if no problem with summer heat, P4500/4600/7500/.. series if power efficien... | |
| SL-1200 G Power cable "I have the GAE & a firm believer in cables” WOW! | |
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? @aberyclark +1 Yep, fuse resistance is significant impactor of IR (voltage) drop in amp’s power supply. Major problem with amp’s internal power quality is power transformer/rectifier/capacitors, not PC! if outlet wiring exceeds 20ft length, PC... | |
| Best MC step up transformer If phono-pre (MM etc) isn’t good, there is no SUTon earth, which can help! I found Phasemation T500/T550 the best SUT for my MC carts, Including AT-ART7/PhasemationPP300 connected to Accuphase AD2850 Phono-pre. | |
| SL-1200 G Power cable "AudioQuest Thunder with the 1200g” what was the reason other than promoting third party cable? | |
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? @helomech +1 "Use caution when shopping for “audiophile” cables and cords. Some of them are poorly designed and actually inferior to cheapo manufacturer-supplied cords/cables." | |
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? @jfrmusic +1 on findings "I have tried several upgrade power cords on my Accuphase P4600 amplifier. None sounded better than the stock Accuphase supplies. Upgrded cords seem to darken the sound, reduce openness and airiness. Accuphase documentatio... | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? @inna some fb to OP: discussing sound quality, using only price of cartridge, is pointless.. there are many $400 cart (80s price) outperforming $2k+ current offers. the biggest task of building perfect analog system is to match cart/tonearm/phono... | |
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? @inna +1 "Accuphase stock cords are not too bad”, indeed! Accuphase cables are very good electrically speaking! More expensive cable upgrades cannot not change sound anyhow, assuming no other issues like RFI nose etc. In analog design PC is at bot... | |
| 300 Watt Tube Monoblocks @yoyoyaya +1 |