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| Do powercords make a difference in sound? Doug: I can't help but notice you've name-dropped Wireworld cords a couple of times. One of the cords that I tried and got rid of the quickest was their Silver Electra III+ (or some such). Didn't dig it on anything, despite its maybe having been t... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Welcome back Albert! (In lesser news, misspelling "suavest" not exactly a suave move on my part -- certainly not deserving of Joe Williams' hounds-tooth & pipe ;^)Barney Kessel - "Plays Carmen" [Contemporary mono LP '59] Subtitled "Modern Jazz... | |
| Do powercords make a difference in sound? Just for grins last night, I substituted a couple of older aftermarket cords on my CD transport which I'd never compared on that particular component before (and hadn't compared period in quite some time, predating my system's current configuratio... | |
| Do powercords make a difference in sound? Hi Corazon, I think audiophiles have already voted with their feet (and wallets) on this one -- we want the flexibility to play with different aftermarket cords on our own. It's like asking why most speakers don't come standard with 'matching' aud... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Incredible String Band - "Wee Tam" [Elektra LP '69]Roy Loney & The Phantom Movers - "Contents Under Pressure" [War Bride LP '81]Ahmad Jamal - "The Piano Scene Of Ahmad Jamal" [Epic mono LP '59]Joe Williams - "The Exciting Joe Williams" [RC... | |
| Do powercords make a difference in sound? Hi Liguy: It sounds like you've done due listening diligence in revealing systems, so if you've never heard a difference, no one can argue with that. Just count yourself lucky I guess, even if I don't quite see how power supplies for missle-guidan... | |
| Do powercords make a difference in sound? Hi Liguy, never was any offense taken. I simply felt you should be more forthcoming rather than cryptic, and now you have been, so thank you. Yes, we'll agree to disagree -- I just find it impossible to believe that hundreds of high-end component ... | |
| Do powercords make a difference in sound? Dear Mr. Liguy: I would like to think a lot of things about myself (and a few of them may even be true!), but in the situation I had something of particular relevance to tell you, I'd go ahead and spell it out... | |
| Who tweaks VTF too? Hi Jonathan, thanks for injecting some authoritative input into the meanderings on this thread. What you say all makes sense to me, however I would still expect some session-to-session variation in optimal (or preferred) geometry to be probable wi... | |
| Do powercords make a difference in sound? Hi Al, if there was any sonic difference between having the preamp right-side-up and upside-down, I was never aware of it. (As best I remember, I tried listening for such when I first turned it over, but not with the expectation of hearing much if... | |
| Do powercords make a difference in sound? Liguy, you got me at "I think..."A little bedtime story: Once upon a time, when I was shopping for my last preamp, the model I narrowed-in on for several reasons, and ultimately got and kept, was the Levinson 380S (now discontinued). But it wasn't... | |
| Who tweaks VTF too? Again, largely disagree with this contention. Maybe I will try measuring any such change with my digital VTF meter, since some of you are positing not only that it exists but that it is significant. (Maybe some of you will do the same?) However ri... | |
| Who tweaks VTF too? Possibly. In any case, whether the preferred VTF region happens to fall in middle of the recommended range, or above, my point is that it may be considered as a range, rather than a specific value, with room to tweak as desired. Clearly however I ... | |
| Who tweaks VTF too? I was looking at one cartridge manufacturer's website specs the other day where the allowable VTF range equalled 2.5g (obviously this was for a low-compliance design).As I stipulated, there can be no debate about whether there exists some precise ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Thanks again Rushton, you encourage me to keep it up (much to the chagrin of some I'm sure! ;^) |