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| How to protect against burglary Any piece of equipment weighing more than 50lbs will probably deter a burglar -it's tough to run with a 50lb pack - so buy heavy gear :-)Seriously, I was once told by a guy who lived in a high crime area that all he did was to display Radio Shack ... | |
| DIY AC cable...which bulk cable? Heyimderrick - FYI you can also find the Red Wave cable in bulk on ebay - source is in the UKHowver the price is up there with all the other "established" brands, so I think I would go for them firstAlso - beware of fakes - I've seen Acrolink 6n f... | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? Lacee - I shared your beliefs until I tried it on my 10 gauge cable and found it improved the soundI think the trick is to minimize the effect of the solder by ensuring..1. The spade is a tight fit on the wire2. Crimp before soldering to make an i... | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? If you build your own power cables, instead of just inserting the stripped wire into the connector - try crimping and soldering copper spade connectors on to the ends and then tighten down as hard as you can.I didn't use anything special - just sp... | |
| DIY AC cable...which bulk cable? Tboooe - I think you misunderstood - I found the home depot cable to be as effective as the furutech cable, but only in this instanceSo, for computer power cables I think you can used a much cheaper cable.My findings for all my other hi-fi compone... | |
| DIY AC cable...which bulk cable? Tboooe - I can't comment on the cables you mention, but I tried something similar....My setup is as followsImac(running Audirvana) --- DH Labs USB cable --- Schiit Bifrost DacI first tried a furutech power cable on the imac, which sounded better t... | |
| Am I headed down the road to ruin here? Continued...Opps - pressed the wrong key - sorryWith Audirvana you are streaming the actual data in the WAV or AIF or FLAC file and not an augmented version which is what native iTunes streams.Yes - I know iTunes is frowned upon by some - you eith... | |
| Am I headed down the road to ruin here? Cables matter! Even optical cables.Problem with streaming is there are no data checks, so if bits are dropped you'll never know - except for the degradation of the regenerated analogue signal.I've tried three different grades of optical cable and ... | |
| Cambridge 640P Power Supply Upgrade Daviddsailor - did you upgrade the power cords to and from the transformer?I used kimber 4TC for the 12 volt side and furutech for the mains side - the difference was very noticeable - although I now have a braided romex power cable for the mains ... | |
| Audio for kids Take a look at SchiitI have their Bifrost DAC and it is very well made and performs to a very high level when you use the right interconnects and power cables.Their entry level is $99 for headphone amp and $99 for simple dac | |
| Need Help Troubleshooting Ground Hum When you changed the components around did you change the power cables on any components? One of the power cables might have a less than optimum ground that can cause hum. Is connected to the phono stage.One thing I did on my system was to ground ... | |
| Power cords? Tboooe - guess I've saved money in that I've discovered which components benefit the most from power cord upgrades, but as the system reveals is true resolution/spatial capabilities, there may be more details that a $uperior cable might reveal whe... | |
| Power cords? Geoffkait - I have just finished tinkering with my power cords and stumbled on some interesting findings.My original setup had- Furutech 15 gauge on the source components - plugged into power bar- Furutech 15 gauge on the power bar - plugged into ... | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? Sorry - that link should have been toggle swithes | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? I used some heavy duty 20 amp toggle switches on my power supply to my phono stage.Like thishttp://www.delcity.net/store/Heavy!duty-Toggle-Switches-!-Flat-Terminal/p_788975The rational being the 20 amp continuous rating was more than adequate for ... |