williewonka
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| Duelund RCA interconnects...opinions @grannyring - have you ever tried using 24 gauge for the signal and 16 gauge for the neutral on your IC's? Or do you use 16 gauge for both?Using different gauges for signal and neutral seems to be a trend these days.Just curious - Steve | |
| Best YOUTUBE video showing how to make an RCA Interconnect? Another source if you live in a country they ship to is Take Five Audio - e.g. they do not ship to eastern europe - so check with them firsthttps://www.takefiveaudio.com/I buy most all of my DIY materials from them. A lot of theri products are cry... | |
| Best DIY power cable. Why not make? Todd - they are in the process of re-sourcing that gauge wire.However - they do have some stocks left of the previous wire, but in order to purchase it you have to send them an email and they will setup a manual orderHere is the email they sent to... | |
| Best DIY power cable. Why not make? Todd - the Cardas solder is as good as any I mentioned - it will perform well.BTW: I have been using eutectic solder for the past few months and now prefer it to the silver solder because it hardens quicker, which I think makes for a better joint.... | |
| Best DIY power cable. Why not make? @toddrhodes - the spades I use are nothing special - just plated copperYou can get them from Radio Shack (or similar stores) - I also get them from stores that sell car parts - 10-12 gauge should do nicely.Try this placehttps://www.google.ca/url?s... | |
| A Better Bluesound AC Cable? @gdnrbob RE:...I put an AQ power cable (forgot which model) in the Node. Heard absolutely nothing different.What Interconnects are you using?If the IC's are not capable of ultra-high resolution audio you will not hear Power Cable improvements.Also... | |
| A Better Bluesound AC Cable? I replace all of my stock power cables and improved the sound on every componentsI use the following...http://image99.net/blog/files/category-002ahelix-power-cable.html- But with the C7 connectorThe improvements were very noticeable and even bette... | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) Gershman Acoustics GAP - unfortunately they are no longer made, but second hand can be had for around $7k-$8k in pristine condition.Stunning to look at and listen to and completely transparent.I have the Sonograms and sound wise they are exception... | |
| Is this the end of HEA? From what I have observed of friends and neighbours...- sound quality of new hardware is much better and more affordable than it was just a few years ago (Bluesound, Sonos etc...) and they are happy- convenience is a huge factor to most people - e... | |
| Turntables My preference for entry level gear is - Music Hall.These come setup with a cartridge and perofrm very wellhttps://www.needledoctor.com/Music-Hall-MMF-5-3-Turntablehttps://www.needledoctor.com/Music-Hall-MMF-2-3-TurntableAnd a phono stage like thi... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound @elizabeth …Also I may try to make a cord like williewonka suggests.. a spiral.. For a source to start.Agreed, my sources benefitted the most from good power cordsFYI - I have a Node 2 streamer and a Moon LP5.3 phono stage. - of the two, I origina... | |
| Your first component that was "special" My cables! If I used most of todays commercial offerings my system would sound mediocre.Regards. | |
| The awakening... @ami - since you seem to be into DIY - perhaps one last project...These cables will make your new system really soar to new levels of performancehttp://image99.net/blog/files/category-002ahelix-interconnect-cable.htmlhttp://image99.net/blog/files/... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound A couple of previous posts have mentioned geometry - i.e. how the actual cable is made.Adapting conductor geometry has been around for a long time - think Kimber Kable - they use a complex braided geometry.Cardas has been using a complex geometry ... | |
| Speakers for a small room Pro-Ac has some nice models.But if you are after a speaker best suited to a smaller room take a look at KudosThey have down-firing bass ports - so corner related bass issues of a smaller room are minimized.For dealers see...http://kudosaudio.com/i... |