albertporter
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| Digital Coaxial Cable 75 ohms choices Ferdinand, in my tests, the single ended Purist edged out the balanced Purist. You must remember though, each transport and D to A converter is different, and this is no assurance that my test is conclusive. As in my posting of 6-15-00, this was t... | |
| Digital Coaxial Cable 75 ohms choices Redkiwi, contact me via e-mail, I think I can help you with this, and would be extremely happy to do so! | |
| Best Vanishing speakers I agree with the comments about Soundlab and Maggies, and probably should include the Quads. All of these are capable of turning into pure music, where the source appears to change with every recording...into a true to life musical experience. Of ... | |
| Best Electrostatic loudspeaker? To Sol322. I have always wondered why with all the high end interconnect, speaker cable and accessories, why in the world does someone NOT make high end fuses? Strictly speaking, none of the components in a high end system can survive after bypass... | |
| Digital Coaxial Cable 75 ohms choices My tests with digital coax provided much the same results as posted by Ferdinand. The Purist was the winner in every test, and I had both the RCA and balanced versions. The tests between the two versions of the Purist resulted in the single ended ... | |
| 8'or 12' speaker cable, any difference? With high performance speaker cables, to get a significant loss, it must double in length. Conversely, to get an improvement, it needs to be shortened to one half. This simple formula has been expressed to me by the chief designer at three differe... | |
| Wolcott amps The best tube amps? Snook2 On the Wolcott's output tubes, (EL34 s), I have a set of Seimens, Telefunkens and Teslas. The Wolcott's come stock with Sovtecs, so this group of possibilities is an excellent start. As far as the input tubes, (6922's), the Sovtecs are terr... | |
| Sand or shot for speaker stands? Bmp, I alternate. I pour shot, then sift just enough sand to fill voids that the pellets will not go into. Not every situation will lend itself to this way of addressing the problem, so I will give a lengthy description of a problem solver on a la... | |
| Wolcott amps The best tube amps? I will be burning in my set of Wolcott amps in the very near future, hopefully within two or three weeks. Having owned several high end tube amps, both SET and push pull, it will be interesting to see what the results are. | |
| PURIST AUDIO DESIGN I use only Purist Audio Design in my system, and I have tried most of the cable available (including many of the AC cables). In my experience, Purist is the quietest, most neutral, and lowest distortion cable available. It has near perfect tonal b... | |
| Sand or shot for speaker stands? All of the comments confirm my personal experience. I do mix sand with the #7 or #9 lead shot for fill. However, the type of sand makes a big difference. I find that silica sand, used for sandblasting is the best. The silica sand used for this pur... | |
| Dedicated line questions In response to the comments from Garfish, the ground hum problem is not necessarily related to whole house ground versus the stereo's dedicated ground. Hum as Garfish describes, is often the result of ground planes within the system "talking" to e... | |
| Dedicated line questions Greysquirrel, the reason for three ground rods, is that they are spread over approximately a ten foot area of earth in a large triangle configuration. If the ground potential is higher or lower due to the wetness/dryness of the earth in one partic... | |
| Dedicated line questions Greysquirrel, regarding your question about "star" and dedicated grounding, the way I got there, was to hire an electrical contractor who had done quite a lot of commercial work, so the wiring I asked for was not unusual, due to his experience wit... | |
| Tube Amp Kits does anyone still offer. Glass Audio, P.O. Box 878 Peterborough, NH. 03457 (FAX 603-924-9467), offers a bi monthly publication that has a "do it yourself" project in every issue!! In addition, (I just looked, since you ask) and saw ad's for amplifier kits for the followin... |