williewonka

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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... 
Pangea AC14 Review
Dramapsycho - what did the Venom 3 specifically reveal... e.g.- increased soundstage- deeper tighter bass- more ip range detailswhat cord did you replace with the Venom 3What is your sourceThanks 
Praise for DacMagic
Look what they've done to the DAC Magic PlusChanged the damn Power supply to 12v DC!!!What a PITA!I won't be getting one of those any time soonStill I do have enough room in my new power supply case to add a rectifier bridge later on I suppose.You... 
1877 Phono - Who is this company?
One of the local retailers has some of the range in store, so I had a chance to have a touchy-feely and their quality seems very good, but with the nylon sheathing on everything these days it's difficult to really tellApparently, it's made in Taiwan. 
Pangea AC14 Review
I think you'll find that good power cords do not actually make your system sound brighter, but allows your amp(s) to perform better.Since the power side of the amp is completely isolated from the signal sideHowever: providing a good supply will al... 
Praise for DacMagic
Especially if they have upgraded the power supply! 
Praise for DacMagic
They are available in Canada - and I'm tempted, but I'll wait for the 768kHz up-sampling version.It will probably take them around 3 years to bring out the next gen with some really significant improvementOr perhaps they will update the streaming ...