williewonka
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| Can a modern arm beat my MAX-282? @domino22 - checkout Audiomods arms, they are amazingly good http://www.audiomods.co.uk/ Audiomod Series Six Tonearm - Positive Feedback (positive-feedback.com) You can email Jeff with your turntable deatils and he will let oyu know if it is co... | |
| Does Anyone Buy Schiit for the Sake of Schiit? I had a Bifrost DAC way back when and it was well built (robust with good component layout) modular design that allowed for upgrades (which attracted me) looked clean and minimalist - if you like that look had the right features for me at th... | |
| Solid State Phono Stages @thiefoflight - Take look at Simaudio Moon - there is a model to suit your budget. Not sure you will find a used uinit because the ones in your budget do not come up for sale very often. I have the LP5.3 RS model (the current 310LP model) and I ... | |
| Best DIY speaker cable for newbies This wire meets your criteria/price - but cheque to make sure thay can provide the length you need UP-OCC speaker cable I have purchased from Enjoyhifi and they are timely and their products are as advertized This wire is made from UP-OCC co... | |
| whole house surge protector RE: protector placement - I was just quoting the installation instructoins that came with the unit. But the electrician told me this also I assume the manufacturer knows what they are talking about🤔 Ans since we all follow the installation insrt... | |
| whole house surge protector One thing to note about the Breaker type that are installed in the panel they have to be in the very first position i.e. right beside the the panel main breaker switch so you might have to move some wires your electrician should kn... | |
| Are you mass less @digsmithd - RE: Are the new perfect harmony’s that much better That’s the $64k question ! Way back when I was auditioning the Harmony RCA’s for KLE Innovations, the full range seemed a little unecessary... The Coper Harmony is a great en... | |
| Are you mass less @digsmithd - Here a tip for soldering the KLEI RCA’s insert the RCA into a socket before soldering http://image99.net/blog/files/vice.jpg http://image99.net/blog/files/phono-vice.jpg http://image99.net/blog/files/solder-plug.jpg It wicks aw... | |
| Are you mass less +1 for the KLE Innovations products. I’ve been using them for about 12 years and as each new product was released I was fortunate to be able to try them. The Harmony line of RCA plugs are among the finest available and the new Perfect Harmony sh... | |
| Bi-Wire or Double Run of Single Wire ??? After a great deal of tweaking and listening, I settled on the following config: A single run of UP-OCC copper cables with Banana connectors Zavfino makes some very good UP-OCC cables 20" (0.5 metter) jumpers (DIY) made of 2 x 18 g... | |
| DIY Digital cable question @auxinput - RE: @williewonka - he’s talking about a single-ended S/PDIF coax cable The original posts stated... There is a double braid on this cable. The inner braid is the signal return. The outer copper braid is for additional shielding. ... | |
| DIY Digital cable question RE: I would connect outer shield to ground at the source (transport) side only That is correct provided that the transport has a grounded three pin plug If the transport has an isolated power supply then the grounded end of the cables should ... | |
| Dust covers I always remove mine because the vibrations in the cover impacts overall sound quality The plinth should be free from all vibrations, so having a lid that can vibrate in sympathy to the music is causing those vibrations to be transferred into ... | |
| Another “How to choose an arm” question @holmz - Since the RB3000 was recomemnded I would also suggest taking a look at the Audomods Arms www.audiomods.co.uk I've had a the old Classis Series 3 with the Micometer VTA for about 11 years and have no thoughts of changing it. The new Ser... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @beyco - I'm not saying it cannot be achieved, but the pictures on my web site shows single wires. http://image99.net/blog/files/category-002ahelix-image-usb-cable.html Since it is his design, perhaps @grannyring can provide a better perspectiv... |