williewonka
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| DIY power cord / cords - really good working on some diy audio connects as well...anything you could recommend in that department? Funny you should ask about Audio Connects :-)Same geometry - just a smaller scale...IC’s...http://image99.net/blog/files/4127b5fe2694586e383104364360373... | |
| DIY power cord / cords - really good @grindcore - I have also used the Vanguard, both the gold plated and the silver plated versions.If you lookup the conductivity of the various metals you will see that silver is the most conductive metal. Rhodium is far down the list, but is much... | |
| DIY power cord / cords - really good If you want to try another DIY design take a look at...http://image99.net/blog/files/be8de0c383c5434907610d6b55049e69-75.html It employs a helix geometry and you can tailor the gauge to suite the component.I use a 12 gauge for source components an... | |
| Shipping B&O RX2 Turntable Joel - For the Tone arm see this link for arm supporthttp://www.ebay.com/itm/Bang-Olufsen-Beogram-RX2-Turntable-with-MMC5-Cartridge-needs-tip/13201890703...For the platter I would layer a coule of pieces of "pink" so that they hold the platter in ... | |
| Which is the best Buy: Shielded and Unshielded Ethernet Cables? I agree with what @sfcable states - only you know your environment.Are you in a particularity noisy environment like an office - or a quieter space like an apartment or house?Screened Ethernet cables are really designed to maximize transmission r... | |
| Opinions @luvrockin - it sounds as though you are aware that a good cable is only as good as your weakest link - be it a cable or a component.- i.e. If you have decided on a cable, then all of the cables in that signal path should be of similar quality.If ... | |
| Shipping B&O RX2 Turntable The best material I have used for packaging is the 1/2 inch "Pink" polystyrene foam used for house insulation...- you can easily cut it with a carpet knife for a very custom fit- it absorbs lots of shock- it can take a pretty hefty blow from a s... | |
| Can I mix 5 ohm ( Front L/R) and 8 ohm (Surround & Sub) in a 7.1 speaker setup ? Provided your amp can drive 5 ohm speakers it should be fineYou will probably find the sound levels are out of whack, but you should me able to adjust those separately by speaker grouping (i.e. front/rear/center and left/right balance etc...If you... | |
| connect 2 different wire gauge to pos and neg speaker terminal Al - I just found this book and it is making things a lot clearer for me Audio Engineering Explained https://books.google.ca/books?id=aLDpAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT224&lpg=PT224&dq=is+the+neutral+condu...Let me know what you think pleaseCheers -... | |
| connect 2 different wire gauge to pos and neg speaker terminal Al - thanks for the informative responseHowever, I need your help again...Let’s take the IC connecting two components as an example...- the signal conductor has an AC signal on it- the neutral conductor is connected to the neutral sides of each co... | |
| connect 2 different wire gauge to pos and neg speaker terminal @almarg - you raise a point that has puzzled me for a very long time After all, they are conducting the same current, just in opposite directions at any given instant Granted, the current may be flowing in the opposite direction in the signal co... | |
| connect 2 different wire gauge to pos and neg speaker terminal @chalmersiv - although you will still hear music the sound quality between the two different combinations you mention may be differentIf you step up to a higher quality ground wire then the quality will not be impactedI currently use a high qualit... | |
| Dragonfly Red in desktop system - replace with Schiit Bifrost Multibit? @audioneo80 - RE: Maybe a Bluesound Node 2 and a pair of the Pulse Mini would be interesting The Pulse Mini has all the function of the Node 2 + amp + Speakers. It can get pretty loud and it still remains free of distortion to quite high leve... | |
| Gutwire Perfect Grounding Cable @slaw - re: Wouldn't all of this be unnecessary if there was an industry standard on internal grounding of audio components? YES! - wouldn't that be novel? - industry standards in audio? - no chance!Most components (way back) were correctly grou... | |
| Cable thoughts @luvrockin - cables in this snack bracket all tend to be at the top end of the performance curve - the difference in their performance would be marginal at best - so why change them?Your cables are also nicely settled/burned in - new cables might... |