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| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? " I did try a comparison with borrowed high price specialty speaker cables and found no difference."What was the cable you tried? | |
| Thinking out of the box here. It might make some defensive " I have never owned expensive cable, but both myself and other electrical engineers believe that cable type/gauge/weave is pretty insignificant."If only to believe ... ;-) | |
| Thinking out of the box here. It might make some defensive I think you are right geoff, why waste time gaining experience or actually experimenting when one can play the "snake oil" card? | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? " BJC cables meet my criteria of a cable that does not have to be better than this, and if it is, I sincerely doubt i will see or hear a difference."Now, don't try to experiment or anything, you already know the outcome.Bet if you substituted sol... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? " Sadly this is what HI FI has devolved into over the past 40 years!"Or, evolved into higher resolution gear that even allows the laymen to hear a difference, if only they would actually try it. | |
| I have a few things i dont need, how do i get them gone? Older low to mid-fi stuff, Craigslist. | |
| How does a Transport effect sound? Here we go .... | |
| How to properly put audio equipment on top of an antique buffet cabinet? +1 for Herbie's Tenderfeet, I use them in my system. | |
| How to properly put audio equipment on top of an antique buffet cabinet? " Cork is not a good idea since it retains moisture."Nonsense, those cork/rubber pads (I linked above) are used in the HVAC industry with heating and A/C units for vibration control, cork floats and does not absorb moisture. https://en.wikiped... | |
| How to properly put audio equipment on top of an antique buffet cabinet? If you use the cork/rubber feet just cut a square washer out of felt or thin cardboard, to place between the rubber & wood top. If you use the larger feet you would not need a platform, just put them under the component feet as the larger size... | |
| How to properly put audio equipment on top of an antique buffet cabinet? I suggest a maple platform with cork/rubber pads under the platform. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=cork+%26+rubber+pads&_sacat=0 I | |
| How to "mount" acoustic foam ? A good place to start is a clap test to see if you have an echo. You can tame the echo by using what you suggested above with the foam & 1/8" boards. Try to locate them near the 1st dispersion bounce points which would be the surfaces closes... | |
| TRANSPORTER??? The idea of having a separate transport is to optimize and isolate each component, theoretically for better sound. The transport will take care of the mechanics, display, remote features, and retrieving the digital data from the the disc, however ... | |
| TRANSPORTER??? A transport is a disc reader only and must be used with a separate DAC to produce sound, kind of like a turntable for cd's & SACD's. | |
| TRANSPORTER??? Beams a person or item from ship to ship or from ship to planet and back.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transporter_%28Star_Trek%29 |