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| Building a Power Strip, any advise? Ozzy - just saw your power strips - looks greatWhere did you get that case?Some things I did with mine (if you are interested)- I have a 15 amp pushbutton breaker for protection of the unit/devices - good fuses get expensive and may still impact s... | |
| Power Cord up to $100? If you can attach your own plug/connector DH Labs has two cables that fit your budget and person extremely wellThe Encore is their more affordable option and ideal for source components and lighter powered amps (up to 50 watts)The Power Plus is fo... | |
| Interconnects Signal Path As far as van del hul cables are concerned the "directionality" indicates at which end the screen is attached to the phono connectorThis only applies to their interconnects with two internal conductors + a shield like their D102 mk IIIThis type of... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? One last thing I forgot in the above postIf a reader is considering a product and cannot find it in a search on Agon - post a question about it - you almost always get some feedback - good or bad :-) | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Lacee....For all the avid snake oilers of the new inquisition, I have seldom seen any mention of what products to stay away from.What companies to avoid.And most importantly what products "they have tried"that proved to be snake oil.First, there i... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Lacee - fortunately you now post on a forum where sniping at a person's post is "minimal" - but there is always someone that has a "Humble Opinion" to express :-) To question someones findings to me seems moot - after all, it's - your system - you... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Mapman - Interesting - but it appears you need lots of them - speakers, fuses, caps, power supply...It would cost a fortune to cover a complete system.I also think the amount of improvement is relative to the quality of the components you are usin... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Krell_man and Roxy54 - I have also found that good outlets make for MUCH better performance!I use Pass and Seymour MRI grade outlets at $26/outlet - used for ancillary equipment in MRI installationsI don't know how they compare with the Afterburne... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Mapman...My only question would be why is it that a more expensive fuse is needed to do better over what you started with? There may be some other very well constructed generall purpose fuses available that are NOT marketed to audiophiles that mig... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Jmcgrogan2 - thanks for the kind words - I aim to amuse - sometimes :-) Didn't want to get into "the fog clearing" or "my ears going through a miraculous transition!" and my all time favourite "the veil has been lifted" - I gotta try wearing that ... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Jfrech - breakers also come in a variety of prices...- thermal $10-30- thermal/magnetic $40+++I choose a name brand thermal for $15, because the market is flooded with the "not-so-good product" from - guess where :-) The nice thing about breakers ... | |
| Difference in quality in products made in China? Been there - done that - got the repair billsWon't ever buy components or wire from china EVER!,Some iec connectors/plugs seem to be OK. Since most stuff is built there these days its probably the same as with everything else - buy brand names! | |
| How much AC is too much. To make it even more ugly, some of the new gear out of china is designed to work at a voltage lower than 120 - not sure why.I had a Chinese built tube amp and had to get it fixed because it destroyed a set of tubes in 6 months.Run that at 127 volt... | |
| how do YOU stream? Apologies - that should have read "Stager Silver Solid Interconnects" | |
| how can I make the back wall transparent? So exactly what did I hear during this process....The staging from left to right was already very precise. For this I used a well recorded classical orchestral track because I know where the stringed instruments should be - e.g. left to right - vi... |