folkfreak
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| Soundproofing Erik, actually ASC do offer a complete soundproofing method and materials but it is complex and expensive to implement if you pay someone else to do the work, not sure the OPs building competence but if you are prepared to compeletely rebuild the ... | |
| Miyajima Magnetism It’s magnetic because like all MC cartridges it has a strong magnet in it! By all means use a cartridge demagnetizer on it which will have no effect on the attraction you observe. Do not expose it to a bulk demag field however. Anyway as long as ... | |
| 75 ohm BNC terminated cables for word clock to cd player My normal go to recommendation in this class is Chris Sommovigos black cat offerings (https://blackcatcable.com/collections/digital-cables/products/c-silverstar-75-mk2-spdif). These tend to stress accuracy and speed which is a plus for a clock cab... | |
| What makes a 20A IEC rated for 20 amps? Ozzy. 99 times out of 100 manufacturers put 20A IEC on their piece for looks, or in belief of a better connection. Few items will ever pull more than 15A and if they do you need a 20A circuit all the way to the breakerARC for example use 20A IEC o... | |
| Can I use just half the biwire? Same question was asked last week - most binding posts will accept two bananas one in the bare wire hole, one in the banana holehttps://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/please-help-me-clean-up-this-stupid-speaker-cable-mistake/pos... | |
| What makes a 20A IEC rated for 20 amps? 20A IEC are used to enable a more secure and reliable connection to the component. They do not need to be used with 20A rated plugs (which as you observe have different blade orientation). Any power cord manufacturer can supply a power cord termin... | |
| Audio Research Ref 10 vs 40th Anniversary preamp @fsmithjack re real world pricing I just sold my Ref 40 for $10.5k, I’d say under $11k you are getting a fair price. Only pay above that for a dealer piece with warranty. My piece had new tubes and other extras as well.I sold it because I came to ... | |
| Zoethecus Cone - Long Shot While it's unlikely that you can find someone with just the right cone any other footer manufacturer should be able to male you up a set of cones with the right threads on the associated bolts. For example BDR offer threaded cones (not necessarily... | |
| In listening to your system(s)...what is most crucial to your enjoyment? Increasingly I value the flow or continuity in music, that sense that you are hearing the continuing uninterrupted sequence of a musicians choices without spotlighting, added emphasis or color. It’s actually a tricky thing for systems to realize ... | |
| What is your experience with the law of diminishing returns ? Actually it is the opposite -- the more optimized your system the more apparent marginal changes are -- there's a law of increasing returns to tweaking | |
| Please help me clean up this stupid speaker cable mistake @audiorusty is correct. For years I used a pair of Nordost cables wired shotgun into Magico V3 and Q3. Open up the binding post and slot one banana into the bare wire hole, then tighten enough and slot the other banana into the banana hole at the ... | |
| Audioquest Eagle Eye Digital Cable - What Next As you seem to like the sound of the AQ eagle eye you could go up in the line. I’ve owned the same cable and found that the Wild was the sweet spot in terms of value for performance but that would run you about $700-900 used. I’d also look into Ch... | |
| Tube Question for Audiophriends This amp uses 813s for the output stage, so perhaps the OP is asking a question about that? | |
| Audio Additives Stylus Force Gauge inconstantcy My experience with these repackaged generic gauges like the one you are using is that they are all unreliable - perhaps its some form of magnetic interference (i.e. this is why it measures fine on calibration weights but goes haywire with a cart)T... | |
| Ultrasonic cleaning before and after This mirrors my experience on moving from traditional wet vac to us cleaning. The difference was not in the traditional realm of dirt and pop click removal but more that after a thorough us celan (KL LP200) the disc sounds more seamless and integr... |