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| Sealed vs Vented enclosures While not disagreeing with the above, I find that vented can sound good in the bass, but it depends on the trade-offs made by the designer. But more importantly for me, I find mid-priced vented speakers usually breathe (pardon the pun) better in t... | |
| Does power cord length matter? Really glad it worked for you Bmpnyc. | |
| Differences btw Blue Heaven & Red Dawn? No Carl, that brand has not got to the Antipodes. Much as I like the Wireworld products for their neutrality, I agree you get little for the price you pay. WBT's sound good, but I dislike the fitting arrangements on some of them. I have a liking f... | |
| Differences btw Blue Heaven & Red Dawn? Carl, Neutrik make very good AES/EBU connectors, but I was referring to their RCA connectors, which have a protruding earth shield, which makes contact before the hot pin. This is nice if you like changing cables while your stereo is on. But the o... | |
| Differences btw Blue Heaven & Red Dawn? I have been recently trying several of the Nordost cables. The general flavour is a stripped-down leanness that may appear beneficial in a system that is otherwise too warm or muffled. This leanness makes dynamic contrasts stand out, but Carl may ... | |
| Digital Coaxial Cable 75 ohms choices I will try that plsl. I have already attached damping to the panels of the DAC, but they need all the help they can get because the transformer does not like the 50Hz supply here. | |
| Who still sells NOS Telefunken 6922's? I should have mentioned. The only Holland 6922 is the PQ - there are no Bugle Boy 6922 tubes. The other Holland tubes I referred to are 6DJ8 - compatible with the 6922. | |
| Who still sells NOS Telefunken 6922's? Sorry Craig, I did not see your post. The Bugle Boys are made in Holland, but so too are other Amperex labels like the World label. The downside as mentioned above is noise, but they are still the only 6922 I would put in, say, the Sonic Frontiers... | |
| Digital Coaxial Cable 75 ohms choices Thanks for the review and comments. What you say is what I hear when a jitter device improves things. Sometimes the jitter device does the reverse when it is just plain out of context - like if you put an Ultra JitterBug with the Theta combination... | |
| Does power cord length matter? More is better, but up to a point. More can be better because of the filtering effect of the power cable. Generally lengths shorter than 5 feet sound worse than a 5 foot cable. But lengths greater than 10 feet sound worse than a 10 foot cable. Som... | |
| JPS Labs (Redkiwi) Hi Scott. I have sent you an email today. | |
| Digital Coaxial Cable 75 ohms choices Hi, sorry for my slow return of posts - I am usually away somewhere on weekends - NZ is an outdoors kind of place. Thanks Mikec, I just try to stick to what I have heard, rather than hearsay, if you know what I mean. I agree with Albert Porter tha... | |
| Why can't my components just get along? Sorry. You guys are right that there is probably something wrong other than the power strip. I limited my post just to the topic of the power strip which will be killing the sound - but probably not causing the distortion. | |
| Where do you put your TV/equipment? I reckon kids are very trainable, you just have to be firm and consistant. The problem comes when the visiting children arrive. The AV/Stereo problem is certainly tricky. I don't have this problem, but a friend solved this by building a false wall... | |
| Digital Coaxial Cable 75 ohms choices Albertporter you are whetting my appetite to try some Purist cables. I doubt anyone here in NZ carries them, but maybe West Island (some call it Australia) has some. |