sean
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| a/b interconnect cable comparison single ended "I know the tape loop method will allow easy switching back and forth, but is it a true A/B comparison?"This is a method to see how "coloured" a cable is. It may not be representative of how the cable actually works in a different part of the circ... | |
| a/b interconnect cable comparison single ended Jea48: Using the tape loop allows one to use their existing set-up and simply switch the interconnects in and out of the system instantaneously. No need to remove, replace, reconnect, etc... All of this at a flip of a switch WITHOUT altering the l... | |
| a/b interconnect cable comparison single ended John's idea of using the tape look to simply route signal through the cable is a good one, but there is one catch. That is, if you've not used the tape loops to any great extent, just switching them into the circuit will change the sonics regardle... | |
| PS Audio Noise Harvester Drubin: It would appear that your combo of gear / power cords / AC system seems to be working quite well for you. That is, at least in terms of the purity of incoming AC signal AND in having selected gear that has a low level of self generated int... | |
| Any owners of Genesis Genre II speakers? Don't know if this is the Genesis that you're talking about, but you can find info about them at the Human Speakers website. So long as the foam isn't rotted on all of the drivers, they are worth investing a couple of dollars into just to have as ... | |
| Kill Top End Extension - All Silver Ribbon Cables Dgarretson: Making a twisted pair lowered the inductance and nominal impedance of the cable as compared to running the cables spaced further apart. Since impedance typically rises with frequency in most audio circuits, making it harder to pass sig... | |
| PS Audio Noise Harvester Thanks for the quick response Drubin. I asked about your AC system / dedicated lines / aftermarket PC's, the placement of your Harvester's, the use of PLC's, etc... for specific reasons. I was trying to determine not only the effectiveness of the ... | |
| PS Audio Noise Harvester Drubin: That is an interesting observation that you shared with us here. Is your system on dedicated lines? Do you have more than one line, and if so, do you have your analogue separate from your digital, etc ??? Are you running any other type of ... | |
| Need feedback from Bryston amp owners Bob Reynolds: Until the mass majority of speakers are able to present relatively benign loads with consistent impedances to them, my thoughts are that a supposedly "beefy" SS amp should be able to deal with most anything you throw at it. Obviously... | |
| Kill Top End Extension - All Silver Ribbon Cables What is a desirable impedance for speaker cables and what is desirable for interconnects are two different things. As such, using the same materials in the same geometry for both types of cabling can result in different problems in the circuit. Wh... | |
| Album which you have listened to most? Nothing to do with sonics, just music that i like to listen to. Best on vinyl, but then again, most things are : ) Sean> 1) Pink Flag by Wire. My favourite band and my favourite album. Relatively stripped down garage-core punk combined with a s... | |
| Kill Top End Extension - All Silver Ribbon Cables While most tubed amps already have GOBS of inductance on the output due to the matching transformer, how discernable the added inductance from the loudspeaker cabling will be has to do with the overall frequency response of the amp, the stability ... | |
| Kill Top End Extension - All Silver Ribbon Cables It wouldn't matter if the speaker cables were copper, silver, gold, platinum or unobtanium. It isn't the type of conductor so much as it is the geometry of the conductors. Given that most tubed amps are already lacking in high frequency extension,... | |
| Need feedback from Bryston amp owners Something is a bargain only if it does everything that you need or expect of the product at a drastically reduced price as compared to the competition. Obviously, this would be system and personal preference based, resulting in the value of any au... | |
| Kill Top End Extension - All Silver Ribbon Cables By increasing the spacing between the positive and negative runs of a speaker cable further apart from each other, you increase inductance. Inductance in a speaker cable kills treble response. If you want to keep the cabling that you have, try tak... |