williewonka
Responses from williewonka
| Simaudio Moon 250i Question Many thanks for the feedback - much appreciated | |
| Recapping If, as it appears to be the case, heat plays a role, then surely it is better to turn gear off when not in use?e.g. Naim recommends leaving their gear powered on.... - Could this be simply to make it more convenient to their customers because they... | |
| What is a non-active pre-amp stage?? Are their advantages to this design?? @sunnyjim - I do not have the CJ, but I have a Naim 5i (Mk II) which also has a passive front end.Just as another poster pointed out - no active components, just a resistor ladder for volume attenuation and input selector buttons.When I heard the ... | |
| In your opinion ;Does using jumper cables have negative effect on the overall sound ? @garebear - I too prefer the Jumper solution and others that investigated further came up with some interesting findings...- The length of the jumpers should be at least 1/2 meter for best results- Duelund cotton/oil wires provide a more rube-like... | |
| KLE Innovations Technical Paper @ypingping - forceful advertising that a couple of members were been doing for this companyI guess I’m one of them :-)I admit I am not ashamed of promoting products from KLE Innovations in my posts. If only companies would produce products that pr... | |
| Van Den Hul Cables I've used the CS-122 and the D352, which I found provided better bass performance, but the gZero2 speaker cables (discontinued) from KLE Innovations out performed both by a considerable margin.I would try to locate some used gZero2 speaker cables ... | |
| Interconnect recomendations, ~$500 new or used, RCA... @pmboyd - Take a look at KLE Innovations - I have tried many of their IC' and speaker cables. They offer superb detailed and musical soundThe QDLOW1 is in your price bracket.also - Read the reviews on the web site for additional feedbackRegards | |
| The Physics of Electricity @geoffkait - you omitted cable geometryHi-end cables from companies like Cardas, Kimber and Nordost all utilize more complex cable geometries to improve sound quality.Regards - Steve | |
| The Physics of Electricity Geoff - One error is hardly "Error-Fraught" Except for that ONE error - the other points covered are valid considerations when designing a cable don't you think?.Regards - Steve :-) | |
| The Physics of Electricity @kijanki - OK - it’s got one little error (or perhaps he has a different perspective on things ?) But the rest of the info seems valid - hopefully? Perhaps you can take it up with Galen Gareis ?@geoffkait - if you actually read the first article y... | |
| The Physics of Electricity @llanger - perhaps these articles will help explain some of the intricacies of good cable design and what they hope to achieve...https://www.psaudio.com/article/cables-time-is-of-the-essence-part-1/https://www.psaudio.com/article/cables-time-is-of... | |
| Bluesound Node 2i , Azur 851n or ... I've owned the Node 2 for 3 years and treated it to really good cables (i.e. power and IC's) and it performs extremely well - so well in fact, that I have stopped looking for ways to improve on it - perhaps I'm not a true audiophile?I use the Ethe... | |
| Phono Cable Recommendation Please KLE Innovations cables will get your toe tappinghttps://kleinnovations.com/I’ve auditioned many of their products and they all excel.BTW - Their looks are deceiving (i.e. for such an expensive cable), but their sound is what counts - neutral, bala... | |
| What was your first big eye opener with regard to audio? My biggest "eye opening" experience was discovering the effect of cable geometries and their impact on the attached components.Cable geometry is the placement of individual conductors in relation to the other conductors within a single cable. The ... | |
| "Loom" cabling vs. 'mix n match' ? @dr-john - I have been researching, auditioning and developing cables for the last 5 years.There are some excellent geometries in development, but the issue with a specific geometry is that it seldom "translates" nicely to other cable functions - ... |