williewonka
Responses from williewonka
| Turntable / cartridge (and isolation) to match my pre-amp, speakers and room Eric - Music Hall is very good at isolation, but trust in your touch. If you feel the slightest vibrations in the upper part of the plinth when playing music then you need more isolation.Very Lightly touch your finger tips on the upper plinth (the... | |
| Turntable / cartridge (and isolation) to match my pre-amp, speakers and room Eric WRT isolation - for my turntable I currently employ the following...- a 3/4" MDF shelf with a 10mm granite tile cut to size and foam shelf liner in between - like thishttp://image99.net/blog/files/3b1e019ed6bce1eec35dad4636fd815c-25.html- the... | |
| Proac Rake angle? Audiolover718 - you might find they take a dive in performance around 30-60 hours, but by 100 they will start to sound very good.From 100-500 hours the improvements will be more gradual.You don't have to play them "at volume" to burn them in - you... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! Todd - here's an 18 gauge Van den Hul speaker cable made specifically for speakers. High quality silver plated copper you could use for the signal - cheaper than solid silver and very effectivehttp://www.vandenhul.com/products/cables/speaker-cable... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! Todd - conventional wisdom says use larger gauge wire.I was using 10 gauge silver plated wire from Van Den hul.Then I received a pair of KLE Innovations gZero2 speaker cables - I wondered how could these skinny little cables better my 10 gauge?Wel... | |
| Audioquest Niagara 5000 or 7000 Joe - "IF" your power supply is particularly "dirty" they may help."IF NOT" - The outlets in the back of the unit will probably provide the most benefit - the rest of the internal circuits will probably not provide any real benefit.Furutech has a ... | |
| Power Cables and Power Conditioner I'm with Kenny - I had a power conditioner, but found things got much better with good power cables and a power distribution box that had no filtration - just a breaker for safety and some very good outlets on the back. I also plug the amp directl... | |
| Proac Rake angle? I would contact Pro Ac - they will let you know which practice is bestTilting them can upset this alignment - depending on the speaker deign. They could end up sounding much worse in other areasDo you hear a difference if you align your ears with ... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! Todd - me again :-)From what I understand, one method of construction that appears to work- only the signal/live wire needs to be silver - stranded will be better for longevity (more flexible)- you can get away with a single 18-20 gauge conductor ... | |
| Looking for a Phono pre around 1K I have the Simmaudio Moon LP 5.3 RSSounds excellent, takes most cartridges, dead quiet (even at full volume) - connect with good cables and it really excels.You can get a seperate power supply, but a great power cable will work just as well.You’l... | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... @toddverrone and - @initforthemusic - thank for the feedback - much appreciated.Todd - I find that the bigger the transformer in a component then the more subtle the improvementsYou mono blocks probably has a very large transformer and lots of c... | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... For my own enlightenment - I would like to understand from members with tube components in their systems...Have you experienced significant improvements by installing a quality power cables on your tube components - or were the improvements of a m... | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... Dynaquest4 - WRT audio component manufacturers would surely provide better cables with their equipment and the same goes for outlets, connectors etc...However - pretty much all audio components re designed to a "Price Point" and are generally ... | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... @toddverone You’re a pusher! And if you mean it in the "other sense" - Again - Guilty as charged :-( Gonna get you hooked on "the Helix" (LOL)Cheers :-) | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... @toddverrone... You're a pusher! Sorrrrry - Guilty as charged :-(I tend to get over enthused about this stuff - I've seldom had anyone provide feedback on the Helix beforeRegards... Steve :-) |