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| Looking at sub $200 power cables. I love my synergistic research UEF BLACK cables. A little more money than your stated budget, but if you can stretch it, they are fantastic performers. Excellent separation, transparency, and create a very engaging sound. They really bring out the... | |
| Importance of quality of coax cable feeding a DIP I got my 1.5 meter brand new, from a fellow that bought it an never used it, hence he didn't need it. I took it off his hands for 100.00. I think new, with bnc it's about 190. I am still in my honeymoon phase with the dh labs. I'm loving it. It m... | |
| Importance of quality of coax cable feeding a DIP Auxinput,After researching, it seemed like the Bnc cable was the best, and that aes/ebu would not provide as optimal sound. As an example,http://www.jeffchan.com/audio/consumer-daif.html | |
| Importance of quality of coax cable feeding a DIP Aux input, the dh labs is 1.5 meters, and the silver serpent is 1meter. The cold bright sound (which btw I didn't even know I had) has been replaced with a very smooth, and palpable sound with rock solid imaging, and a larger soundstage. . I do ... | |
| Transport opinions Auxinput, Thanks for for your thoughtful reply. You pretty much hit the nail on the head on all counts. Thank you for saving me the time with the pioneer. The 5400, I believe will be the best transport I have to work with. It is the best built,... | |
| Transport opinions Connected the DIP 24/96 inline between the 5400es and dac. ITS DEFINITELY STAYING. That little box is wonderful. Upon installation, I only had one better cables silver serpent and one monster datalink 100. It sounded excellet without warm rich, ... | |
| Quality of outlet not directly powering equipment important? Thanks everyone for your responses. I definitely want to at some point, add a dedicated line, with quality 10 gauge. For now, I'm stuck with the houses flimsy 14 gauge. It appears to,be 14 gauge anyway. System sounds great , albeit. | |
| Digital cable length- SPDIF vs AES/EBU- 1.5 meter for either? I too have noticed this phenomenon, when I lived in my apartment. The differences were NOT subtle. All the electronics, including my alarm system and wifi were all on the same branch. In my new home, I don't have a dedicated line perse, but noth... | |
| Transport opinions Reubent, I'm thinking the same in my mind. I have a practically new CD-5000, which uses a Philips transport, and while not the pro version transport that's in the ARC spinners, it might just be the next best thing. Thee Marantz will be first on ... | |
| Quality of outlet not directly powering equipment important? Gs5556,If I unplug outlet one and just have the wires not connected to anything, yet live, the other outlets do not power up. Bcowen, I did not do a before and after comparison. I automatically just did it once I saw the garbage in the wall, and... | |
| How old is too old for a Dac? Not to hijack, but I too am interested in upgrading my source, but honestly don't know where to start. I have a Sony 5400es that has served me very well, but I don't know what I would have to spend on the used market on a dac to better it. I hav... | |
| SR BLACK UEF Outlet break-in and why you shouldntdo multiple tweaks at once. An update-a twist in the story- The day I installed the black outlet, we had guests, and I had to inflate a full size air mattress and use the music room for the guests. Because I am lazy, I left it there for a while, and just now cleared it from... | |
| SR BLACK UEF Outlet break-in and why you shouldntdo multiple tweaks at once. So, I pulled the migs out and put the tenderfeet back. The migs have a better controlled bass, but the highs, at least at the moment, don’t seem as sweet. The outlet has 100 hours, so it should start to open up soon. The teslaplex se still wins at... | |
| SR BLACK UEF Outlet break-in and why you shouldntdo multiple tweaks at once. Came home tonight, and heard some promise, but definitely still cooking. I can tell, even though the outlet hasn't cooked yet, that the black outlet is smoother than the teslaplex se, and doesn't have the sizzle factor. Still waiting for the sou... | |
| Don't think my preamp likes feeding signal to two seperate places. So many considerations just to add a subwoofer without comprimising my signal for the main amp!!! Sheesh! almarg, thanks for your insights. Another idea- what if I used balanced to SE converters and used the other currently unused balanced outp... |