williewonka
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| 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 ... | |
| Have audio cables really improved in last 20 years? @paulcreed - YES! cables have improved immensly over the past 20 years There have been improvements in: type of wire now used Pure copper, OFC, UP-OCC copper and UP-OCC silver The higher the Conductivity Rating the better the wire ... | |
| Off axis cloud placement @orthomead re: To be clear, this is a problem on only approximately 10-15% of my vinyl, OK this may be something very different it could be an issue with cartridge/arm compatibility or alignment? or even tracking force? I might try a c... | |
| Power Cables and Wall Sockets @imaninatural - regarding yout original post it seems to me that power cables can only be as good as the in-home wiring coming to the wall socket. Is it possible that those who use expensive cables have improved the wiring to the socket? Havi... | |
| Moderately priced power and optilink cables? @m669326 - Take a look at Zavfino power cables Power Cables - ZavfinoUSA their OCC cables provide great dynmic performance and clarity but their entry level stuff is very good also Take a look at this link for what other memb... | |
| Off axis cloud placement @orthomead - you should be able to get the vinyl from any place that prints commercial signs in your area But before spending lots of money on this, execute a proof of concept go to the Dollar store and buy a plastic table cloth (cost about $5... | |
| Off axis cloud placement @orthomead - Your problem may not be the "reflection point" High frequenciy issues often occur at ceiling level - which is why you often see either large disks or cylinders hanging from the ceiling in large venues I had this problem and it wa... | |
| Townshend Isolda Speaker Cable BI-WIRE issue @csr78 - what amp are you using them with? When I looked up the specs on this cable - it stated that the capacitance is 3,100pf but I’m not sure if that is per foot or for the entire cable and their web site does not state for what length th... | |
| Current Questions Just reading through this thread and came across this statement Current is like the flow of water. It is actually the flow of electrons. I have encoutered this depiction many time in various threads - I might have been guilty of using it myse... | |
| What is the best speaker cable for Wilson Sabrina X? @mawashi - a Here’s a couple of brands Zavfino- great cables and great product range - to suit most budgets Zavfino thread In-Akustik - exceptional cables that are reasonably priced, but getting up there Hijiri - one of the best sound... | |
| The best way to start adding A=analog to my system @saulh - My analogue journey started back in 1981 and through the years I’ve owned one turntable, but that has been modified and tweaked many times, and several phono stages and cartridges, Throughout all of those purchases the one thing that re... | |
| I want to move from Rega Planar 6 help me to pick a new turntable @adrobitko - if you are happy with the Rega and just want VTA and Azimuth why no just replace the arm with an Audiomods arm. you can then sell the Rega arm to offset csome of the cost It will fit the plinth nicely, but you might have to put 1... | |
| Tone arm plug in RCA cable? Zavfino gets my vote also - here are their offerings https://zavfinousa.com/collections/tonearm-cables Regards - Steve |