williewonka
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| $500 USB cable First - the function of the USB cable depends on what component it is plugged into.1. If the component DOES NOT utilize he power from the USB port, then all the cable is doing is passing data - better quality conductors will improve sound quality2... | |
| Do you find battery supplies inferior to well designed power supplies? Battery supplies are no different from mains supplies when it comes to being able to provide sufficient "power" to handle the most demanding transient spikes.Where battery supplies tend to fail is in theri ability to deliver enough current.If they... | |
| interconnects vs speaker cables vs power cords - which make the biggest difference? WRT to Power cables - I have observed that the components in my system with the "lowest quality" power supplies tend to benefit more from a power cable upgrade than components having a higher quality power supplye.g. - my Bifrost DAC performed no... | |
| Should I upgrade to XLR interconnects? SJTM - Just an FYI - a friend that had an Ayre system with balanced IC’s throughout.As an experiment, he replaced the Kimber Kable silver XLR's between the DAC and the amp with my my KLE Innovations gZero3 single ended IC’s .He found the the singl... | |
| Anticables Madavid0 - the two things in your system that may be SQ bottleneck...The generic HDMI cables - I use Belkin cables and they outperform the other cables I've triedThe USB cable - I used the following cable.http://www.ebay.com/itm/Power-supply-and-U... | |
| Rega and ProAc: Bad? I visited a high end audio store and listened to a pair of $35k horns in a 70k (in total) systemThey sounded awful - out of focus sound stage - lacking in bass - so I suggested the sales person check the polarity of the speaker cables.Yes - they w... | |
| Anticables I would like to hear what gear and other cables you are using - asMitch4t requested. madavid0, please tell us what kind of equipment you are running.Amp?Preamp?Speakers?Cd player?DAC?Turntable?Cartridge?Phono preamp? And add to that list...- Power... | |
| Getting good sound from MacBook via DAC. Jetmek - I had an iMac connected to a V-link192 via USB, connected to a "tricked out" Bifrost DAC and streaming content from a NAS drive. Sound quality was great! But...I had to install Audirvana to bypass all the silliness that Apple deems necess... | |
| Power cord replacement suggestions I've found that (in general) components that have lower quality power supplies can show more discernible improvements than those with extremely high quality power supplies.Today's electronics are capable of pretty good resolution, but the more "co... | |
| Cartridge Recommendation +1 on the Soundsmith Carts - I have the Denon DL103 with the Contact Line profile.I found the MINT Best Tractor to provide the most accurate alignment and best perfromance for this profile. Much more accurate than the free tractors on the web.This... | |
| Know of a "Dirt Cheap" tweak? Kasboot - here’s a few tweaks...PHONO CARTRIDGE TWEAK:I epoxied a brass plate to my Denon DL103 Cartridge. It increased the mass of the cartridge which improved the compliance match to the arm and resulted in superior performance - best $12.50 eve... | |
| Power Cable DIY - Please advise Take a look at...http://image99.net/blog/index.htmlIt's a bit more advanced DIY, but they are exceptionally good.I use them throughout my systemRegards... | |
| Will audio streaming devices push out computer audio? 2psyop - a couple points...1. did you create an index?- I think you might have to do this before you can play songs (my memory is going)2. once you index you may see duplicate tracks - e.g. I have MP3 and AIFF versions of some songs/albums - so I ... | |
| Will audio streaming devices push out computer audio? The Bluesound Vault has a hard drive. not sure how easy it is to save songs to.The Node 2 is just a streamerRegards | |
| Please help! - Buy VPI Classic or keep Technics 1200 A friend has the 1200 fitted with an Audiomods series 5 tonearm and it sounds fantastic. Audiomods builds a special version just for the 1200 - just email Jeff for detailshttp://www.audiomods.co.uk/technicsarm.htmlI also have the Audiomods Classic... |