williewonka
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| Power Cords: A Skeptic Looking to Dabble... Mceljo - if DIY is not your bag - take a look at Signal cables - they offer a couple in your snack bracketRegards | |
| Power Cords Snake Oil ?? Stewie - the length of the cord would make little difference - within reasonQuality power cables are only a few ohms/km - so difference between 1/2 meter and 6 meters would be negligeable.What does make a difference is the quality of the connector... | |
| Power Cords: A Skeptic Looking to Dabble... Mceljo - are you handy? Can you strip wire and screw on iec/mains connectors?If you can do these relatively simple things you can make your own from bulk cable.DH Labs makes great power cable....- Encore for source - Power Plus for pre/ampAlthough... | |
| Timestep T-01MC - anyone using one of these? Damn typining correction software - that should have been Whest Two | |
| Timestep T-01MC - anyone using one of these? After considerable investigation it seems that there are other phono stages that are not quite such an "unknown entity" with similar performance attributes and better pricing like the Wheat Two and Primare R32.Regards | |
| DIY AC cable...which bulk cable? Heyimderrick - I can't guarantee the result, since our systems will respond differently, but if you construct your own cables it is worth trying.I think the smaller spades are pressed from sheet copper and may not be the absolute purist copper - b... | |
| DIY AC cable...which bulk cable? Lacee - I initially thought the same as you, but I tried the spades on the 10 gauge cable because it was very difficult to install the connector.The improvement was so noticeable I did the same for the rest of my cables, which resulted in the same... | |
| Cable suggestion Jay - along the lines of Onhwy61's post...I use Audirvana software on my mac, which has some nice flexibility...- bypasses the OSX music processing code - which degrades the sound- operates as standalone mode or integrates with itunes- has an equa... | |
| Cable suggestion Do you have a good power cable on the Ayre?Things got a lot smoother as I upgraded the power cable on my DAC - also got a lot more detailed and spacious - even using the USBJust a thought :-) | |
| DIY AC cable...which bulk cable? Heyimderrick - since you seem like a handy guy - are you game for a simple cable tweak ?Once the cables are burned in, instead of just inserting the bare cable into the connector, crimp small spades onto the conductors and then insert those into t... | |
| furutech bulk ac cable Update.....Fp-314Ag - 15 guage - good for source components. I've since replaced these with DH Labs Encore 14 guage, which I find has better dynamics and detail. Turns out I wasn't comparing apples to apples - the Furutech FP-314Ag power cable did... | |
| SOTA diy speaker cables Along the same lines as Mitch2 - here are my current preferences...Interconnects - I use Stagger Silver Solids - added my own ETI Silver Bullets- - low capacitance and very transparant with lots of detailSpeaker cables - Van Den Jul d-352 bulk cab... | |
| SOTA diy speaker cables Oooops - That should have been DIY Cables | |
| SOTA diy speaker cables Csontos - you might find this site DIY cables a little more in tune with your needs - it has a whole host of audio DIY projectsEnjoy | |
| DAC suggestions for Bryston B 100 integrated? What is your budget?What inputs do you need? E.g. USB, toslink, s/pdifHow many of each input?What max sampling rates do you require? E.g. 24/96, 24/192, or higherWhat type of digital? e.g. pcm and/or dsdSome have headphone outlet - do you need tha... |