williewonka
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| Power Cords: A Skeptic Looking to Dabble... Mceljo - what I was trying to highlight is that installing a quality power cable in a modestly priced system would reap a certain set of benefitsBut taking the same action with components capable of higher resolving power would result in a set of ... | |
| Power Cords: A Skeptic Looking to Dabble... Vegasears - you identify something most people often forget about - UL CertificationFact is - any DIY project, like power cables, are not UL certified - even if the actual cable is.Most cables, like Furutech, DHLabs, Nelson etc.. are subject to ri... | |
| Power Cords Snake Oil ?? The internal wiring is generally a reasonable quality and its solid, which does make a differenceI did try braided Rome and it performed very well - but not quite as good as my Furutech cables.I did find one power cord where the manufacturer stipu... | |
| Power Cords: A Skeptic Looking to Dabble... Mceljo - for an affordable DIY project try making a power cord from Romex (household wire)I made up some braided 12 and 10 gauge cable. They performed much better than expected, but they were a little stiffThe braiding rejects RFThey will prove th... | |
| Power Cords: A Skeptic Looking to Dabble... Mceljo... "seems that there should be some science to it"Without getting too complicated - The science is related to a couple of main factors...FIRST- component power supply and it's ability to store enough energy to handle transient demand High-... | |
| Power Cords: A Skeptic Looking to Dabble... If I were in your position I would proceed as follows...First step - replace the outletSecond step - replace the source power cordThird step - replace the power amp power cordPretty soon you'll be running :-) | |
| Power Cords: A Skeptic Looking to Dabble... Rlwainright - some folks are just not comfortable with the DIY approach - for example, I will not mess with anything gas related - I get the gas tech to come around. Watching is aways educational - but I wouldn't try it!But for me with a backgroun... | |
| 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... |