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AudioQuest Pegasus vs Thunderbird Interconnects

Hello all,

Has anyone had the chance to listen? I know Pegasus is brand new, but Thunderbird has been around. I am questioning whether the cost/performance is worth it to upgrade to Thunderbird. Not many reviews out there.

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jetter
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hi ozzy,

Thanks for your response.  It's live and learn.  I did not realize that separate time with a music signal was required to finish the burn in process after being on the cable cooker.

By the way, my original thought was for the cable end to be attached to the cable cooker while all the wire was still on the spool.  Basically cook the whole spool in at once.

George

classicrockfan
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jetter
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Just a curiosity question regarding manufacturer cable burn in I never thought about before.

They don't manufacturer cables. What they do are cutting/terminating/packaging (and of course attaching this magic oil lamp). They can certainly get their cables burned in between terminating and packaging process IF they want to it will be so easy. So their customers don't have to spend 6 months (or "having music playing through the cables" for 200 plus hrs) and miss the return deadline.

ozzy
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jetter (=ozzy hopefull not)

I would guess that if the wire was taken off a spool, then yes, the entire spool could be processed (burned in).

Some of the more exotic designs (like AQ) that would be unpractical. I believe that having music playing through the cables to be the best way to condition them. I say this because I did own a AudioDharma cable cooker which was good, but it still required actually music time to finish the process.

1. Can you define "exotic designs"? I'm actually thinking of your dielectric bias system (a magic oil lamp without Genie) and want to learn more about the DBS. Where can I find its data sheet? How does it work? Your company website explains nothing but a bunch of pseudo-science.

2. Why is "having 'music' playing through the cables" needed? Is the music the source of Ki that transforms the dielectric macromolecules into those magical electro linear actuators?

What about power cables?

 

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ozzy
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classicrockfan,

You just joined AG in January and all your posts seem to be negative. Is that why you joined?

What type of equipment are you using that does not improve with better cabling?

ozzy

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audphile1
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Amir’s paratrooper. 

classicrockfan
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ozzy
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classicrockfan,

You just joined AG in January and all your posts seem to be negative. Is that why you joined?

I'm being 'truthful'. So can I get the data sheet from your company? Can you take care of cable burn in before you sell? Or you don't know how to "having music playing through the cables" ?

What type of equipment are you using that does not improve with better cabling?

My amp/preamp;

a pure class A amplifier(s) that is capable of doubling the output power as the load impedance gets halved and a pure linear preamp that has a constant gain through its operating range and has two sets of balanced outputs. If you have that knowledge and skills you can build (or re-build) your own dream amplifier(s) and preamp. buy two identical old Krell or Levinson power amps and get their circuit diagrams somewhere. then you'll be  relying on computer modeling to re-design the amp to produce the correct values that you want. Of course you must use the finest components available to achieve this goal such as ultra precision resistors and capacitors from Japan. For the preamp you can this volume potentiometer from a company in Korea I know it's outrageously expensive but such an engineering marvel, a perfect linearity Vo=aVi+0, a is the gain factor constant and 0 is zero. A $1000 power cable with a magic lamp attached or a $1000 volume potentiometer with its data sheet.

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