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| What is better? longer interconnects or spkr cable I've studied this problem analytically. The results show that with TYPICAL amps and preamps (SS) and cables that are in the same quality range that the optimum ratio of speaker cables to IC's is between 3:1 and 1:1. Typically you cannot go wrong w... | |
| Which cables go with what????? Sean - what I do in my own reference system to eliminate most of the "dynamic loading effects" is the following:Preamp with very low-impedance output - 7 ohmsPower amps with very low impedance outputSpeakers with flat impedance response - 3 ohmsCa... | |
| Which cables go with what????? Flex wrote:"In response to the original post, cable differences go deeper than coloration. Two cables can be equally neutral on chromatic scale, yet differ greatly in macro/micro dynamics, noise floor, speed, clarity, detail resolution versus smoo... | |
| Which cables go with what????? Sean wrote:"What is being said here is that a cable can be good even though it doesn't transfer all of the information that was fed into it."No, what I said was that certain cables do not mate synergistically with certain components, at least with... | |
| Which cables go with what????? Sean - Robert (of Ridge Street) and I have come to the same conclusions for a reason. It is experience. When you design a truly neutral cable, any system that it goes into benefits from it. The cable is really like no cable at all. There is really... | |
| Which cables go with what????? Nrchy wrote:"We have had these disagreements before when I asked the question about what makes a bigger difference, new componants or very good interconnect or speaker cables? My experience shows that cables can make differences which are beyond b... | |
| I am looking for a smoothest sounding outboard DAC It depends on what you mean by smooth.There are a lot of DAC's out there that reduce the dynamics to sound smooth because there is so much sibilance otherwise. I prefer a DAC that delivers ALL of the music and dynamics without ANY sibilance. Frank... | |
| XLR vs RCA XLR's are superior is a number of ways. First, they are locking, so they won't pull loose. Second, they have male and female, so you can't accidently plug them in backwards. Third, they use a two signal system comprising an uninverted and an inver... | |
| CD Player Advice There are two classes of players that are popular, those that are extremely expensive and those that roll-off the highs or at least limit the HF dynamics.Frankly, if you want to get rid of the sibilance and harshness, you need a better DAC, which ... | |
| Perpetual Technologies P1,P3, and Monolithic PS Pristine wrote:"Does anyone know the upgrade service in the market for P-1A or P-3A. I purchased Revelation CRYO-Cables for Power Supply & I2 months ago. It really helps. But is there any professional company offering upgrading services in the... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System It's a system thing. Like one of the other posters said, they are not "accessories", they are an integral part of the "system". If you get chincy on a CDP, you will probably end-up spending more than you would like to "tone-control" out the harshn... | |
| balanced cables Balanced connections have two signals, a positive and a negative signal, which are inverted versions of each other. They carry the signal currents. At the destination, these are subtracted from each other to create the signal. Any noise that is th... | |
| How many quality interconnects to I need ? Sean - the high-capacitance IC may have done well in your system vers were relatively strong. With my DAC, they would definitely not cut-it. | |
| XLR inverted, is it OK? The difficulty is that some components do nto deal with this well. It can cause problems electrically if the outputs or inputs are not truly balanced. I had this problem driving a Mark Levinson pre to a CODA amp. Needed to invert the cables.Many m... | |
| How many quality interconnects to I need ? If you want to get superior interconnects for only one connection, I would recommend the CDP to preamp. This is because the CDP typically has the weakest drivers and benefits the most from a low-capacitance cable. Next in priority would be the pre... |