williewonka
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| How can a 30 watt, 28 year old amp sound more After 28 years... maybe it's time to get the caps replaced?If you think it's good now... get the caps upgraded to mundorf or even something even more exotic?I re-cap'd my speaker crossover with mundorf - they now perform so much better than the or... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? Mental - I'm with Whart on this one - electricians of your calibre, who gained extensive knowledge via the industrial/shipyard fields, have been exposed to a much broader experience than Joe-Bloe household electrician. I worked on 3-phase switchge... | |
| How can a 30 watt, 28 year old amp sound more Ddd1 has hit the nail on the head - synergy - that component combination where the stars align and everything comes together.Matching components is much more than watts, high current designs and efficiencies.Each component impacts the other compon... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? Hey - Furutech Fan-Boy - ME TOO! :-)- but for me it's their power cables and RCA's that I find are outstanding performers.Their mains, IEC connectors and receptacles, although extremely good are just too pricey for me - I just can't bring myself t... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? Whart - I'm in Toronto, but originally from the UK where I completed an apprenticeship in Electrical Engineering.Floating the shield does not break any codes in Canada as long as the other three wires are connected at both ends - since most power ... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? Rockdanny - replacing the iec inlets on hi-fi components is not always as easy as it sounds - so before ordering, open up each component to ensure it is something you are prepared to attempt or pay a technician to do.Also, better quality component... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? Whart - "floating shield" is not quite the same as "floating ground"For instance, with floating shield, if you have a power cord with Positive, Neutral and Ground conductors, then all three should be connected at the IEC and mains connector - howe... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? Whart - have you tried a floating shield approach on your power and interconnect cables? | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? Whart - Did you try moving the dedicated line(s) to the other phase? or the same phase?I keep all my stuff on one phase - just a foible I have - I used to work in a 3 phase environment and it could get a "little tense" at times - one phase is simp... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? All of the above posts contain valuable info, but as to which approach is beneficial really boils down to YOUR environment and how YOUR system works within it.Without knowing your environment/setup it is really difficult to assess which is "The Be... | |
| A question about power supplies I replace my dacmagic wal-wart power supply with a quality DIY unit and the deference was pretty amazing.This is definitely the little DAC that can when allowed to by the power supplyJust make sure it has enough current capacityI went a little ove... | |
| VdH The Mountain + AQ Oak Or All VdH Or All AQ I can't really comment on any of the cables you have listed, but I am a long-time VdH user of both their D102 MkIII interconnects and their Cleawater, CS-122 and D352 speaker cables.My NAIM amp is a bit finicky and requires low capacitance speaker... | |
| If I plug my CD player into a power conditioner .. My personal "Power Discoveries"...What I experienced within my system was the "amount of benefit" attained when replacing a power cord was directly related to the quality of the associated component.e.g.- My Naim amp (my most expensive active comp... | |
| If I plug my CD player into a power conditioner .. QUESTION: Does your amp have a Good power cord - if yes, then switch cords and see what happensSince you have a dedicated line - you've already ventured into the `Power Zone`As you have probably read on Agon - for many of us, power components (cab... | |
| How much do you need to spend on a DAC to... Teajay - would you know how the Schiit Bifrost compares to the Zdac?Thanks |