williewonka
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| Best budget turntable? Take a look at the Music Hall, the MMF3.3 is in your budget Here are the specs Gorgeous high-gloss piano black lacquer or exquisite walnut veneer finish Music Hall’s unique dual-plinth design – isolating the electronics and motor from the mai... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @zlib - despite what others may believe - there are limits to my cable obsession 🤪 The only reason I can think square wire would improve things is the increase in effective gauge. But you have planted a seed - only time will tell 👍 Cheers | |
| Is the Schiit Magnius up to the task ??? Thanks all for your replies. I did contact Simaudio and therii opinion was that while there should be no difference (i.e. if using their gear) there MAY be a small improvements to be had.using the XLR cables. Since no one was overly enamoured... | |
| Is the Schiit Magnius up to the task ??? @russ69 - yep - I already understood that. But I can't figure out why do so many brands use XLR outputs when their gear is really designed for use in home audio situation there are very few cases where a 50 ft run is actually reqired. For Exampl... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @mbolek - very interesting - A "Quasi-Helix" design? 🤔 "Technically" - this cable has some positive and negative atrtibutes/benefits on the positive side the wire is cryo treated is uses Airlok insulation, so it will have a lower noise ... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @mbolek - sounds as though the VenHaus Mains Cable has identical Live and Neutral wires, with only the ground wires spiralled around the outside - correct? Cheers - Steve | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @massagevermont - I have used two different tubes on each of the interconenct cables - both having 2 x 20 gauge UP-OCC solid Silver UP-OCC wire for the Double/Double interconnct with 2 x 20 gauge bare solid silver UP-OCC signal wires ... | |
| Should I upgrade the cable of my Line Conditioner? @xcool - I build my own high perofrmance DIY cables, so I have made all cables from the outlet to each component. In my case I have the following cables from the wall outlet to the components an 11 foot Extension cable with a dual socket outle... | |
| Thoughts on the various platter materials used in Pro-Ject's midrange turntables? @syr1990 - My Rega Planar II originally had a glass platter - it was tough to get a mat that worked really well. Finally settled on a 20 SRM/TECH Acrylic Platter DELUXE ACRYLIC PLATTER FOR REGA AND REGA CLONES | eBay Installed it and never look... | |
| Audiomods Tonearm..... @chipdelacalzada , @bigslacker , @jensmunk - how are you liking the Audiomods Series 6 arms ? Thanks - Steve | |
| Should I upgrade the cable of my Line Conditioner? @xcool - try a Zavfino UP-OCC power cable it will make a nice improvement in dynamic performance and imaging Regards - Steve | |
| Unity in cable manufacturers? @pianoconcert - I believe it depends on the brand of cable. If you consider cables from manuifacturers like Hijiri, Zavfino and InAkustik then the various cables (Interconnect, speaker and power) within one of those brands will perform to similar... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @mbolek - here are the links to the wires I used for the interconects For the Neutral wire: https://www.partsconnexion.com/NEOTECH-71448.html For the Signal Wires ConneX Wire 20awg OCC5N Silver Wire Hook-up (partsconnexion.com) Regards - Steve | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @pindac - it would appear that the wire you have provided links to is of a comparable (if not higher) quality to the UP-OCC solid copper wire available from other vendors mentioned in this thread The 0.9mm dia (19 gauge) would be ideal for the in... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @mbolek - re: Also thinking about a hybrid version that uses Chris’ v-quad wire and then do a helix wrap The Vquad wire has a lot of insulation - and its the insulaton that impacts clarity and details in all cables. Whilst I was initially apr... |