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1034
What is the best AWG wire size for internal preamp and amp wiring of tube equipment? I would be using solid silver or silver plated copper wire with teflon...
Brucifer
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Jan 5, 2006
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1035
Signal path? Grounding? B+? Heaters? Output?...
Larry Owens
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Jan 6, 2006
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1036
... Basic copper wire works fine and I sincerely doubt even the finest test equipment available could measure any audible difference. It isn't like you're...
Ben Torre
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Jan 6, 2006
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1037
Remembering thru the fog of youth, most speaker systems were connected using AC power cord zip lines. Small and flexible and dirt cheap. Then, as the...
Mean Gringo Bob
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Jan 6, 2006
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1038
... *Could* be having an effect. Nobody ever produced any measurable scientific proof to back this up. Science was the first thing that went down the drain...
Ben Torre
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Jan 7, 2006
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1039
... scientific proof to back this up. Science was the first thing that went down the drain with the marketers. ... in a home environment never ceases to amaze...
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Jan 7, 2006
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1040
... Hi there , Ive had excellent results with the Eichman bullet plugs , and have been told the binding posts and speaker plugs are just as good sound quality...
sastusbulbas
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Jan 7, 2006
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1041
... The only decent equaliser I have heard was at a HI FI show , Tact Audio digital. Graphic equalisers are glorified tone controls which usualy add distortion...
sastusbulbas
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Jan 7, 2006
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1042
Consider the cable as a resistance in series with the voice coils. Each connection adds to this resistance and effective electrical diameter adds. Thus a...
Mean Gringo Bob
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Jan 7, 2006
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1043
... Hash: SHA1 ... There is a limit to how far you can go with analog crossovers. The more correction that you add, the more parts you have to listen to. I've...
Kevin O'Connor
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Jan 7, 2006
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1044
I myself have used a lot of speaker cables and equipment, measured performance may be a difficult subject, but most of us do hear a difference. I remember a...
sastusbulbas
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Jan 7, 2006
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1045
... I have to say I have no idea what a DCX2496 is, just past experience with graphic EQ. I have no doubt a lot of basic systems may sound good with EQ, but ...
sastusbulbas
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Jan 7, 2006
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1046
... I suspect if it was at a high-end audio show, then it was probably set up correctly. ... If the equalizer you are using adds hiss, then there is something...
Robert
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Jan 7, 2006
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1047
... This seems to be the trend is speaker building and I've heard of nothing but great results. I definitely see the benefits over passive crossovers with...
Robert
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Jan 7, 2006
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1048
I wonder though if a Tact audio 2.2 digital room EQ pre which has on board DAC and ADC sound better than say a Krell KRC 3 with a Theta Pro basic IIIa, £3200...
sastusbulbas
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Jan 7, 2006
3:31 pm
1049
Out of curiosity, what equipment are people using ?...
sastusbulbas
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Jan 7, 2006
3:37 pm
1050
With all due respect, You're making a very broad assumption that all who don't agree with you are dolts, don't know what they're doing and can't hear. ...
Wally S
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Jan 7, 2006
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1051
what is often overlooked in analysing performance of cables is that its NOT just the individual characteristic of the cable (capacitance, inductance and such)...
Percy Mistry
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Jan 7, 2006
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1052
... Hash: SHA1 ... Sorry, it is a Behringer DCX 2496 http://www.behringer.com/DCX2496/index.cfm?lang=ENG ... There are always some compromises that have to be...
Kevin O'Connor
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Jan 7, 2006
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1053
My appologies Wally, I didnt mean to offend anyone, just offer a generalised view of the attitudes I have met with, I am still new to this forum with no idea...
Steven McConnachie
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Jan 7, 2006
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1054
... Hash: SHA1 ... Empire turntable, Ortofon X5-MC cart., ARC SP-6 preamp-heavily mod'd ( http://kevin.kevino.org/tubes/sp6.shtml ) Adcom GFA 555 MKII Adcom...
Kevin O'Connor
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Jan 7, 2006
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1055
Hi Steven, No offense was taken. We all have preferences, and certainly biases, whether we like it or not. ( I believe that is a valid assumption...... LOL...
Wally S
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Jan 8, 2006
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1056
Hi Robert, As told before I am a long timer speaker system designer/builder and, yes, I've found active X-overs the best solution. As you do your research I...
Ray McDonald
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Jan 8, 2006
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1057
Hello, Your comments regarding reviewers and the hype around today hit the nail right on the thumb. The case of reviewers and their systems, the views given to...
Steven McConnachie
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Jan 8, 2006
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1058
Ray, Thanks for the tip and the link to the Marchand line. I'll surely check into their stuff when it comes time for a new project. The speakers I use for my...
Robert
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Jan 8, 2006
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1059
... When I took high school chemistry, Cu was Cu, no matter how you sliced it. 25 years later, my ladyfriend who is a chemical engineer out of Cornell with...
Ben Torre
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Jan 8, 2006
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1060
I am sure not all cable manufacturers are out to bump us, a lot are excellent value and very well constructed, others offer a level of performance above their...
Steven McConnachie
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Jan 8, 2006
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1061
I posted this on the FM tuners forum when the subject of interconnects and cables came up. The interconnects, I think are now in Las Vegas. I make this offer...
Robert
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Jan 8, 2006
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1062
... what is a "high-resolution" cable ? -- ... __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or...
Percy Mistry
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Jan 8, 2006
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1063
what is a "high-resolution" cable? That would be a cable that passes the audio signal through with the least possible change to the same audio signal that...
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