williewonka
Responses from williewonka
| Survey-What is your most used source? My most used: streaming to DAC - BUT - most "listened to": phono every time | |
| Tannoy Prestige or Living Voice I heard them at an audio show and was amazed at their sound and stagingI was told by the staff person that to get the best staging from them that the toe-in angle has to be quite acute, such that the point of convergence must be slightly ahead of ... | |
| Cables for low power amps and Horns? Quote *** Do other people think there can be any substance to making cables for particular types of components, or is it just a marketing gimic? ***Cable design can affect the performance of the amp e.g. Naim require low capacitance cable and I be... | |
| Budget RCA Phono Cable Suggestions Needed DH Labs silver sonic is a good budget cableIf you can spring for $150 for a 1 meter pair, then Stagger Silver Solids might just be the last pair you ever buy - amazing details and dynamics that exceeds most peoples system capabilitiesI bought one ... | |
| Which USB Cable do you like using Give the DH Labs USB a try - its very fast and pretty nice quality - @ $70 for 1 meter cable | |
| Power Cords Snake Oil ?? OK, so since my last posting I've had a chance to revamp a few parts of my system and the following is what transpired...I looked at the bottlenecks in my power supply components and in the power supply to the phono stage and the DAC the fuses see... | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? One factor I have observed with the optical cables I have used is that the bandwidth of the cable plays a significant role in the sound reproduced.I have three basic grades..1. Consumer grade - unknown bandwidth, but definately the least accomplis... | |
| Some speaker cables produce lower/higher volume? The electrical properties of a cable can also affect the performance; of an amp i.e. capacitance and inductance.E.g naim amplifiers really like low capitance speaker cables and actually sound worse when used with higher capacitance cables. Naim al... | |
| Where do I go from here? I just found the link I could not find for my earlier postFor an insight into some of the cables I have tried and currently use see...http://www.image99.net/blog/files/category-cables-in-my-stable.htmlSince writing the article above I have made so... | |
| Where do I go from here? What phono and mains cables are you usingIf you are using the mains cables that came with the gear then upgrading them to something better will improve the system tremendously.Upgrading to stager silver solids interconnects would probably be the l... | |
| Speaker Support - Three Feet or Four When I first got these particular speakers I had them on some temporary spike protectors that were not as hard as the brass that I now use.Switching to the brass made an audible difference - so for these speakers at least, eliminating all movement... | |
| advice needed on 1st real stereo system I don't have the unitiqute, but I do have the 5i. Power ratings are very misleading. The 5i is (conservatively) rated at 50 watts, but it punches well above its ratingBest thing to do is try to get a dealer that has the amp and speaker combo you d... | |
| Speaker Support - Three Feet or Four Alas, for these speakers at least, the three feet option made them quite unstable.I've now gone back to four feet - very stableStill considering the outriggers, but with a four feet | |
| Cambridge 640P Power Supply Upgrade Wolf - Have you tried the PS audio cable on the amp or on a source?I found my sources responded exceptionally well to good power cables, more noticeable than the one I tried on my sub. How did the humbuster work out?I tried one - it was no help in... | |
| Cambridge 640P Power Supply Upgrade Wolf - do you use a particular brand of power cable on the rest of your gear?I have tried DH Labs Encore and Power Plus power cables, but I recently went back to Furutech, which I found gave me much higher resolution. A little pricey, but well wor... |