williewonka
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| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @ eugeniy - RE: " how far were the hot and neutral wires?"I think you are referring to One other thing I tried was using the 2 x 14 gauge wires as the neutral conductor (but NOT coiled) To try this I used two sets of Helix speaker cables, but I di... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling UP-OCC bare copper wire from Parts Connexion vs. other sourcesI have just installed 2 x 14 gauge (effectively 11 gauge) solid signal wires made from the bare UP-OCC copper from Parts Connexion in my speaker cables - each wire is in it’s own Teflon... | |
| Need opinions on ceiling reflections @milpai - I don’t know if this will help, but here are details of my current room.... It is much like your own, but with two dropped (sofit) sections and a beam that run cross the room, as opposed to the length of the room as in your case .The roo... | |
| Need opinions on ceiling reflections @milpai - One thing I have tried tried worked very well in a couple of very different rooms is a vinyl blind behind the listening position.It is fastened at ceiling height an extends down between 15"-18"You could simply use a piece of vinyl and pi... | |
| Help buying first analog rig - Clearaudio Concept or Rega P6 @cd318 - I get what you are saying "..but I really like the concept wood ascetically, it would fit nicely in my rustic/industrial decor which has a lot of wood. HEY GUES WHAT? - the 9.3 come with a walnut plinth option ! :-)I came through the scho... | |
| Help buying first analog rig - Clearaudio Concept or Rega P6 Personally, I would go for Musichall 9.1 or 11.1 - whichever suits your budget.Both of these turntables seem to have a great feature listThe 9.1 MUSIC HALL MMF9.3 TURNTABLE – Vinyl Sound music hall’s unique triple plinth constructionone-piece... | |
| New Bluesound Node – First Impressions @gg107 I can’t comment on the NODE, but my Node 2i when fitted with exceptional cables excels in every way. The improvement is night and day.I would believe the NODE would probably respond in a similar manner when connected using great cablesThe s... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @jambaj - Thanks for taking the time to reach out to the engineerSo basically - the designer of the Cayin amp has elected to use a "sacrificial resistor" as a circuit protection deviceAnd here was I thinking that’s what fuses were for.:-)But serio... | |
| Can an unused cable break in? Think about the mechanics of a Connector - i.e. ANY connectorthere are pins and there is some sort of "gripping mechanism" (normally spring loaded in some manner) to hold onto those pins once insertedsimply inserting a plug into a socket creates a... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @jambaj - I don't want to worry you, but regarding So I actually had the Cayin HA-300 for a year and 5 months, and two months ago, my one of Psvane ACME 300b tube flashed white and resulted in a -20dB drop on my right channel. Turned out it frie... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling One last thing - I have compared the the LCR measurements of the Helix cables to some other cables - and they are basically "Goldilocks Cables" - i.e. not too firm and not too soft :-)- i.e. Their measure values were in the "middle of the pack" - ... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @jambajAs I said in one of the posts above, Unfortunately, component designers can push their designs very close to a "limit" to squeeze out every ounce of performancethey do not know what components and cables you will be using with their produc... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @jambaj - It’s likely the problem would have occurred at some point in time, even with the Morrow Power Cable because it sounds like the tube was on the brink of failingTubes can be problematic at the best of times, especially when used in designs... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @jambaj - since...the sound is still there even with the Morrow PC AND since it appears to be intermittent AND since changing the tubes did not fix the noiseI am starting to think that some other internal component, like a capacitor, is starting t... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling Here's a video of one of the tube related issues Two Types of Tube Amplifier Hum and How to Determine the Source - YouTube Regards |