williewonka
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| Rega P8--GROOVETRACER Upgrade @mervo - if you want an excellent upgrade for just a little more than $700 - take a look at the Audiomods Arms - the latest line is amazing and the new series III is very well suited for the Rega turntables www.audiomods.co.uk I bought the older... | |
| Tubulus Argentus I2s @dcpillai - unfortunately, I donot use this type os cable, so I am not able to make a recommendation. My comments above were based on the construction of the cable you mentioned and also which aspects of cable design that I have learned over the ... | |
| Prioritizing Power Cable Upgrades by System Component. @imaninatural - RE:... For those that have upgraded power cables, how would you prioritize between the pre-amp (tube), power amp (ss) and powered sub...and possibly even the DAC? That depends an whether you want... immediate grattificatio... | |
| 209 or not to I use these, they provide a longer crimped surface area and are easy on the hands Crimping Pliers Regards | |
| If I wanted to make my own speaker cables, is this a good choice for wire? @tubeguy76 - 2 x 16 gauge would make a good signal conductor for a speaker cable. But for the neutral I would recommend a 12 gauge wire. Take a look at this thread - it’s very educational with lots of great DIY ideas for cables/conncetors that ou... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @lemonhaze - having a slightly smaller neutral will not impact performance singificantly. You could add a second 18 gauge Neutral which would make it larger than the revised signal conductor, but I would wait until you’ve listened to it and then ... | |
| 12 AWG Mains Power Cable From Wall To Power Conditioner Sufficient? @ryder - as someone above posted - the Gauge of the power cable is not the full story The wire in the wall is genrally solid wire it is capable of delivernig better/cleaner power than a normal power cable Power cables generally use a ... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @lemonhaze - I would NOT recomemnd mixing copper and silver wires for a single signal conductor - the speed of transmission of the two metals is different and the resolution/clarity will suffer Adding the 20 gauge Ag to the 2 x 24 Ag wires is a m... | |
| Questions about Resolving Systems @lanx0003 - there is no Phase issue with the helix cables due to it’s longer neutral conductor because the neutral is a thicker gauge, which balances the resistance of both neutral and signal conductors to the same level (approximately) Howev... | |
| Questions about Resolving Systems @cdc - RE: "Okay, I gotta ask what is it???" Its a yamaha integrated rado/CD/usb/amp unit with seperate speakers I upgraded the speaker cables and it resolved all of the distortions and improved bass perofrmance coming out of the silly little sp... | |
| Questions about Resolving Systems @lanx0003 - I responded to your question via the Private Message function Hope that helps - Steve | |
| Questions about Resolving Systems jay73 - To answer you last question first i.e. Is that only for system that employ high end components? Tha answer is no - you do not have to have high end components - but you will need some pretty darn good cables My modest System MSRP arou... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @tecknik - I've found shileding on cables impacts the openess, so I never use it. Also the Helix coil acts like a faraday cage, which makes the need for a shield redundant. I've clenched a Helix power cable next to a Helix interconnect in my fis... | |
| Budget re-cabling @kraftwerkturbo - 30 years ago "audio cable science" was in it’s infancy - even the good ones were bad compared to todays cables Some comanies, like Nordost, introduced cable geometries that provided improvements, but they still used OFC copper a... | |
| Budget re-cabling @kraftwerkturbo - Many years ago I was in your position and dabbled in DIY solutions, thinking I could do a better job for less money. Since then, and many cables later, not to mention thousands of audition hours, I realized that most of the cab... |