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| Where to put my new power cable? But Ivan - it's just a power cable! :-)Despite all of the positive comments from people that have experienced improvements, there is still a large body of people who choose to believe they DO NOT make a difference.Welcome to the power cable club!I... | |
| Pre-amp To Amp Interconnects So - if all cables are the same - they would perform "the same" - the fact is - they don't!If you look at those companies that "care enough about their customers" to actually publish their spec's (good companies do) you will see vast differences i... | |
| Budget Cables for Budget setup - pls advise DH Labs - top quality copper and silver, great connectors, at modest pricesWant it built like a tank - Van Den Hul are awesome!Both are very low capacitance that will work in any system | |
| Where to put my new power cable? Ivan - as people have said it can be a "touchy subject" but I'll wade in anyway, since I have just finished playing with all of my PC's!I have, what I consider my best cable, on my amp. A DIY Furutech 10 awg cable- why there, because as I upgraded... | |
| Praise for DacMagic Sop1 - here's another possible GOTCHA!Beware of 12V AC power supplies that use an "electronic transformer" When I was looking for a transformer I came across these "electronic transformers" used in 12v halogen lighting and discovered they may not ... | |
| Pre-amp To Amp Interconnects Johnmadden - To quote from the above - "Don't worry about the cables until later"Well,,,err... I am one of those guys from "the dark side" and here's why...(and apologies about the length of this)I have a pretty nice amp - a NAIM 5i and a nice pai... | |
| Pre-amp To Amp Interconnects Oh I forgot to add - both companies provide cables ready-built as wellYou will learn over time that ALL cables are just as important as every other piece of gear in your system. Even power cables!for Power see http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.... | |
| Pre-amp To Amp Interconnects The better the cord the better the results!Try DH Labs - they are very good and reasonable prices and you can even build them yourself to save some moneyA very good RCA at a reasonable price is the Furutech FP-126 - about $12 eachhttp://www.furute... | |
| Praise for DacMagic Sop1 - the Pyramid PS3Kx appears to be a 12v DC and the original Dacmagic is 12v AC - so they are NOT compatible.However, the new Dacmagic Plus is 12v DC - according to the user manual on the CA website, so it is compatibleHow well it works depend... | |
| Praise for DacMagic Magfan - Be aware that the new Dacmagic Plus is 12v DC and not 12v AC, so you cannot use the same power supply as the original Dacmagic.Other than that it is an impressive spec. | |
| Power Cords Snake Oil ?? At $7300 - I would hope it would change peoples minds - at least in a positive direction.There's also the TOTL - Odin Supreme Reference from Nordost @ $7000 (I believe that's the price)Now back to the real world...So since my first append above I ... | |
| Power Cords Snake Oil ?? Lacee - don't forget that the differences they may fail to detect also depends on the other cables in their systems which may or may not allow them to hear a difference.If either the speaker cables or interconnects are not of sufficient quality or... | |
| Praise for DacMagic Not Really - better cable - better sound!Rat Shack speaker cable is not great qualityyour battery is a very stable DC supply (no waveform distortions), providing it has the capacity to deliver the required current peaks it will sound better.DC sup... | |
| Praise for DacMagic Well - I'm in the process of building my Mk II power supply and I was looking for a really good "screened" cable for the 12V AC to the Dacmagic (and the 640p). Trouble is the good copper leads are too heavy a gauge for the little DC connectors!The... | |
| Power Cords Snake Oil ?? No snake oil - good ones make a difference - here's why...NOTE: For brevity I am going to bypass the power requirements of the electronic circuits and the many factors that influence circuit design etc.....mainly because I don't recall them from 4... |