williewonka
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| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling AND FINALLY...- a 2 x 18 gauge Solid copper(Teflon) Neotech wire, replacing the 2 x 18 gauge Solid copper(AirLok) VH Audio wire in the interconnects!!!Yep - after the success with the power and speaker cables I just had to try it on the IC's - an... | |
| Please help: best streaming solution for McIntosh Stack. I bought a Bluesound Node 2, replaced it with the Node 2i and have never looked back.- plays digital sample rates up to/including 24/192- plays most streaming services- performance improves with great IC's and power cables- nice, intuitive interfa... | |
| Which speakers to be ''in'' the music? @maurice89 - what appears to be a simple request, evolves into something quite complex with an even more complex answerEven the best speaker in the world will not perform well without very good speaker cables So I would include those in your budge... | |
| Turntable? Arm or cartridge? To address your question - I would spend my budget on the Arm, then Cartridge and finally turntable in that order - why?IMO Without a good arm you'll never get the best out of ANY cartridgeCartridge next, because it works directly with the arm and... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling I forgot to mention - the PC (above) was ultimately for my 200 watt A/V system subwoofer.Now - the internal 200 watt amp grabs the voice coil and controls the 8" long throw speaker cone the way it was designed to do, delivering crisp, clean textur... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @wig + @grannyring - Glad you are still finding improvements :-)POWER CABLE UPDATE... So I had some Neotech 12 gauge left over and decided to upgrade the live conductor on one of my A/V power cables. NOTE: I did NOT remove the insulation of the Ne... | |
| Mad Scientist IC’s @renisnceman - the Node 2 is not a grounded unit- it only has a two pin plug and is known for creating hum with some amps.I have the Node 2i and if I disconnect my phono stage the hum is present. My phono stage is correctly grounded and when conne... | |
| Mad Scientist IC’s @renisnceman - WRT the hum1. is the hum a 50/60 Hz mains hum? or is it higher or lower in frequency2. is the hum a constant level?3. or does it get louder as the volume is increased?4. what speaker cables are you using?Which model Jolida DAC do yo... | |
| Turn Table Decision @bkrpdx - I like the look of the Music Hall 3.3 (in your budget) and the 5.3 (just over your budget)Regards | |
| Turn Table Decision If the above procedures did not workHere’s a quick debug procedure that might help...- get a length of wire - about 6 ft- attach one end to the ground pin only on a mains plug - strip about 1/8" of insulation from the other end- you now have a gro... | |
| Tinned Copper Cable vs. Bare Copper Cable for speaker wire? @jayctoy - I do actually have my own DIY Helix cables - see this link for details My Audio Alchemy (image99.net) Unfortunately, performance comes at a price and the link above only promotes the best performing cables to date - as such, they ma... | |
| Tinned Copper Cable vs. Bare Copper Cable for speaker wire? @1xtechnologies - Having tried many wires over the past couple of years my preference is for a solid bare wire (no insulation), but this leads to the problem of oxidizing.Tinning may provide a partial solution, but mixiing metals degrades performa... | |
| What is the order of importance of the parts of an analogue rig? @sokogear - there are a couple of things I consider very Important in an analogue setup using a Rega TT...I guess this could be considered part of the Tone Arm, but the "method" attaching the TT to the phono stage - i.e. "the interconnect". You ca... | |
| Phono stage hum - Rega Aria OK - this may be the problem ...- the Aria is not "grounded" via the mains cable - it’s ground point is "relative" to the neutral side of its circuit - which SHOULD be at ZERO volts- the images I have seen shows ONLY a 2 pin mains socket.Even if t... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @facten - welcome to the Helix Club :-)As @wig said - give them a couple of hundred hours burn-in for a stable sound - they will still improve a little after that - generally a bit more in the area of fine details.They can exhibit some strange beh... |