williewonka
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| DH Labs Silver Sonic Power Plus Cable / DIY Power Cords Guys - don't let the look of the helix put you off - it is simpler than it looksTry out a prototype using generic household wire to get the hang of making the helix spiral.For the UK use 14 gauge - for north america use 12 gaugeYou'll find that th... | |
| Room Response @handymann - the best treatments I have applied have been at the upper "layer" of the room...In my old 12 x 15 x 8 room1. I had an 8ft wide vinly blind behind the listening position - it was only lowered about 15 inches - any lower made no differ... | |
| Best arm for a mono cartridge @jyprez - it depends on how $erious you want to get?Contact Jeff at Audiomods for his opinion on his arms.He builds them almost from scratch and probably has a lot of knowledge in this area.He is very responsiveCheers | |
| Is tonearm cable the most important cable in the system ? @inna - I have experimented extensively with cables/connectors over the past 11 years, One of my first endeavors was replacing the tonearm wire in my RB250 tonearm with a one piece Cardas harness. The resulting improvements were easy to hear over... | |
| Is tonearm cable the most important cable in the system ? Eric - the Brit's do seem to have a "knack" when it comes to most things vinyl, although there is much more competition from elsewhere these days, but the Audiomods and the Terminator do seem to be among the best on offer.Looking through his web s... | |
| Is tonearm cable the most important cable in the system ? @bdp24 - and....What did you think? You can't leave us hanging like that ;-)Mine are installed on an Audiomods Classic tonearm that supports a Soundsmith'd Denon DL103 into a Simaudio Moon LP5.3 PhonoAre there better combo's? Probably, but this on... | |
| Burning/breaking in new equipment? One last thing to add to the above burn-in advice - during the burn-in period you may experience times where the system does not sound as good as it did previously.This will pass after a few more hours burn-ine.g. I have cables that sound great in... | |
| DH Labs Silver Sonic Power Plus Cable / DIY Power Cords @soma70 - I have tried the DH labs Encore and Power Plus bulk cables and compared them to similar gauge Furutech cables....- Both use extremely high quality conductors- Furutech is designed/built to withstand harsh environments- DH labs is better ... | |
| Is tonearm cable the most important cable in the system ? @inna - if you want to improve the performance of your one piece harness you could install (or have installed) a pair of Absolute Harmony RCA's from KLE Innovations.https://kleinnovations.com/kle-innovations-klei-products/klei-harmony-plug/They ar... | |
| want to upgrade spkr cables @roseofsa - if you can solder bananas onto a wire try these...http://image99.net/blog/files/d048bbacfce9bcad4a025be804771d9a-76.htmlI can guarantee they will surprise you by their clarity, detailed presentation, spacious imaging and dynamic perfor... | |
| Recommedation for Phono Pre for my modest rig Simaudio Moon 310LP gets my vote every timeBut it's little brother - the 110LP is also extremely goodhttp://www.simaudio.com/en/product/40-phono-preamplifier.htmlIt handles MC and MM and is extremely quiet - even at full volumeI have an older vers... | |
| Mod my Rega P5 OR...time to move on ?? @bdp24 - apologies - I misread your post. I read it as saying the VPI arms were very different.I have the Audiomods Classic, so I know about them.From what I have read the compliance between the two brands is different.Apologies for the confusion ... | |
| Mod my Rega P5 OR...time to move on ?? @bdp24 - i would be very interested in knowing how the arms differ.Do they offer different compliance?Is their compliance matched to a given TT model?I've been more focused on their plinth design than their arms to dateThanks for any info | |
| Mod my Rega P5 OR...time to move on ?? I purchased a Rega Planar II 35 years ago and applied the following upgrades over that many years ...- sub platter/bearing ball - all metal/ceramic- platter - acrylic- motor - latest version from Rega- counter weight - Michell Techno-weight- arm -... | |
| Power cord for digital stuffs? I have had achieved very notable improvements installing good power cables on my Digital sources. Generally - If the source is in the $400-$1500 range the improvements are more noticeable because the power supply tends to be less than perfect.In h... |