westcoastaudiophile
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| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? "There is no better sound and there won't be better sound than my current audio system forever” - live music perhaps? | |
| Using non-terminated speaker wire? China “fakes” a lot of recent interconnect technology development, by plating over incompatible metal.. I see cracks and delaminated plating in the couple of Rhodium plated, very nice looking china’s own brands.. Japanese OEMs like Furutech have ... | |
| Fun with MM cartridge @joenies +1 "It put a big smile on my face" same feelings here, when I switched to Audio Technica ML180.. Try to get NOS/mint AT-ML170 or AT-ML180, still cheap comparing to newer models.. | |
| Using non-terminated speaker wire? rhodium layer delaminates easily.. I only rely on well recognized connector manufacturers like Neutrik/Furutech etc.. | |
| 12au7 tube? "For $180 you can get a NOS matched pair of Mullards” or pretending to be, more likely.. | |
| 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... |