williewonka
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| My First DIY Power Cable @jbuhl - The choise is actually pretty simple - ask yourself what is the main metal used in the plug... for best results - it should be PURE copper it should not be any other material, such as.. beryllium copper, teryllium copper Bronze or... | |
| How do I get the best soundstage? @hysteve you said... I have a better than decent digital system. I.e. Pass integrated amp, Innuos streamer and USB reclocker, Ayre DAC with Less Loss power cable and firewall, Volti speakers. I’m my dedicated listening room the digital system is... | |
| Question for Acrolink / Mexcell power cord owners ; especially the 7N PC 9900 model @garebear - I have not tried this power cable, but I am very familiar with cable design approaches and this cable looks to be very good. However, another cable that would probably offer a very similar level of performance is the Hijiri brand. So... | |
| Sound color with different jumper materials, @audiosens - I have tied a few different jumper recipes and also exchanged emails with a fellow DIYer in Europe, who performed even more extensive tests. Here's what I settled on... the jumpers are 20" long - that was the optimum length he bel... | |
| PANGEA AUDIO AC 14SE MKII SIGNATURE POWER CABLE OR WHAT? @mceljo - take a look at Zavfino cables - their entry level products are very good, but if the budget can stretch a little fiuther, their OCC cables are excelent performers on any component Their interconnect and speaker cables are also excellent... | |
| How do I get the best soundstage? @hysteve - I finally achieved an oustanding soundstage (image) once I installed extremely good cables. Up to that point I had never experienced what a truly good image sounds like.- not even in some very good audition rooms in those high end audio... | |
| Audiophile Grade Wall Receptacle I use MRI grade from Pass and seymour - they clamp like a vice and have no ferrous metals in them. Since installing them I have not felt the need to change to the more expensive options from Furutech or other such "audiophile grade" outlets Inve... | |
| suggestions The Gryphon Diablo 300 is also a great choice and being integrated makes things "less complicated" because you would have fewer cables, which you should also budget for - look at Hijiri cables Then there are options from Simaudio MOON, or Bryston... | |
| 12AWG speaker wire @rbull11 - if you are "handy" - then take a look at this site http://www.image99.net/blog/files/d048bbacfce9bcad4a025be804771d9a-76.html They are excellent speaker cables that outperform many "branded products" Read more member opinions here...... | |
| Upgrade path question with $2k to spend @icegeek - I’m with @johnss - with the phono stage upgrade I would recommend the Simaudio Moon 310LP - then you will be able to hear improvements of future analogue upgrades - you will hear improvemetns from your existing cartridge Best Turntabl... | |
| Nain 282 vs audio research ls5mk2 @suso - Having owmed a NAIM amp it is my opinion that there are some questionable design descisions that have been made across the entire NAIM line... like their choice of DIN connectors for inputs and outputs DIN connectors perform poorly... | |
| Tubulus Argentus I2s @fthompson251 - I’ve never used one of these cables, but from what I have read on their web site they know what goes into making a great cable close to mono crystal silver silver solid core wire air insulation individually shielded twisted pa... | |
| My First DIY Power Cable @jbuhl - Since it is your first DIY Power Cable and you are on a budget I would recomment the following SonarQuest Silver plated Copper mains connectors they sell on Ebay for around $40/pair and the IEC connector grips like a vice for... | |
| Have audio cables really improved in last 20 years? @grannyring, like myself, is just one of many Audiogon members that has experimented with many different facets of cable design over many years. We investigate the latest claims from various sources We try things for ourselves i.e. if they see... | |
| Speaker cable solid and strand copper cable @audiosens - solid wires are better for all signal transfers. Grnated - solid wires can fracture, but I don't move my cables that often What may be causing your issues is the insulation on the wire the geometry of the cable. type of wire ... |