williewonka
Responses from williewonka
| CD players = dead? It’s almost the vinyl story repeating itself all over again.Consumer oriented audio companies may drop them, but esoteric brands will continue to produce them - cos those with collections will need to play themBut I do see the distant future marke... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! Todd - thanks for the info on the IC's.If you should get currrrrious - I would recommend putting the Absolute Harmony on your IC'sOnce the new Bad-Ass Bi-Wire's are fully burned in and your ears get acclimated to the wonderful clean, dynamically ... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! @toddverrone - the updated page is in place ;-)http://www.image99.net/blog/files/d048bbacfce9bcad4a025be804771d9a-76.htmlRegards... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! @toddverrone ....RE: Audition notes - at first I tended to write everything in my blog as I heard them, but now I just make lists of things that I hear and at how many hours. Then I flesh it out with detailsIt took me about 4-5 reviews to get a... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! Just looked at the pics you posted - that’s great - to loose helix you’ve used will prevent any noise interference and the counter rotation looks as though it will prevent contamination between the neutrals very well I think they look great and sh... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! @toddverrone - that's great to hear - awsome!RE:... One thing that I keep thinking about in regards to the signal.. if it was one run of cable, wouldn’t the worries over noise be the same? Or would that not be an issue because it’s full signa... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! @toddverrone - re... So, you really think the twisted signals and combined neutrals could contaminate one another, even though they’re carrying the same signal? Well let me explain my thinking...- the voltage applied to the two sets of terminals ... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! @toddverrone - "Bad-Ass" - I likes it! Maybe I’ll post a new cable on my blog - "The Bad-Ass Helix" (LOL)If it were me, the decision would be down to - bi-wiring or bi-amp-ing?For the former... - I would elect for the simple approach and forget ab... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! @toddverrone - re... I’ll twist the signals together I am assuming you are twisting the two bi-wire signal conductors - one 12 gauge (for LF) and one 14 gauge (for HF) and then wrapping two sets of neutral conductors around the twisted signals?P... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! @toddverrone - that’s very interesting - sounds as though pushing the signal onto the neutral rail of the amp caused some issue - normally it only causes an out of phase condition - i.e. bad image and poor bass.Anyhow, glad to hear nothing in the ... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! @toddverrone - Ouch! - how did incorrect wiring an IC kill your amp?That's interesting - did it short the input to the amp ? most amps can handle that. Unless you shorted the pre-amp output?Also, doesn't sound as though you were using a Harmon... | |
| High Output MC Cartridge recommendations? Why not send your existing cartridge into Soundsmith and have them replace the cantilever?I had a Denon DL103 which I liked a lot and heard about the Soundsmith option. I actually bought a new DL103 from them that had the ruby cantilever treatment... | |
| Low-voltage wiring @John_g - unfortunately power cables on low voltage devices seldom get the "treatment" their power supplies deserve and I have in the past replaced those skinny little wires with something more appropriate with great results.I’ve since replaced th... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! @toddverrone - irie mon ! break out de Red Striiipe :-)How About...The Golden Age of Wireless by Thomas Dolby - a-m-a-z-i-n-g !Business as Usual by Men at Work - super-fast dynamics and superb clarityAny track by Police and U2 - so crispAll are on... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! @toddverrone - I’m now getting an incredibly cohesive image with pinpoint placement of artists and instruments now the bananas have burned incompletely.Some tracks that I have used for auditioning include...Hide and Seek.by Imogen Heap - is a trac... |