williewonka
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| Help me build speaker cables please! Todd, that sounds like a very good plan. The CAT5 is a known entity for you and will let you hear the benefits of the Helix geometry. Replacing the signal cable at a later date will build on what is hopefully a very good speaker cable.This is very... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! Todd - take a look at these conductors from DH Labshttp://www.silversonic.com/docs/products/hookup.htmlI like DH Labs wire a lot, as you know - best bang for the buck in my booksBTW the pricing on the AG- wires is incorrect - the price on their we... | |
| Power Cables and Power Conditioner @John_G - re: What are "MRI outlets"? Does it make a difference to have them in at every point on the circuit, or just where the audio equipment is plugged in? MRI Outlets are a step up from Hospital grade outlets - they have superior clamping an... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! Todd - I have not "dismantled" either gzero2 or 6 cables, but the visible part of the gZero6 leads has two conductors twisted tightly together for the neutral - the signal conductors looked identical. The individual neutral conductors may have bee... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! Todd - I know exactly where you are coming from - I was that way too - up until quite recently :-) I used to have 10 gauge Van den Hul D352 silver plated copper that I thought were terrific.Never found anything to better them. I started with VDH 1... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! Todd - Without getting into the design specifics of your amps,,,From the web... Can I get a shock from the speaker connections on my Amp?YES! Amplifiers in the 400 plus watt per channel range are not uncommon today. Such an amplifier will put out... | |
| Proac Rake angle? +1 for Jperry's comment above - jumper bars are probably the worst thing to use - I always use speaker wire the same as the speaker cables.If you have store bought cables then get some quality wire from a company like Van den Hul or DH Labs. They ... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! Todd - an 18 gauge twin lead mains cable is rated to handle 10 amps at mains voltagesee http://www.stayonline.com/reference-circuit-ampacity.aspxAnd - that is continuous power - it can handle much higher transient spikes - and music is just a seri... | |
| Power cable Luvrockin...RE: The other question is if I replaced the Furman power cable, is it necessary to replace and cords coming out of the Furman? Thoughts??? The answer is - replace all of your power cords, but the cable into the Furman can be the last ... | |
| 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 ... |