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| Review of Mad Scientist 'First Nano Power Cable' Funny thing is...I got the white magic interconnects at the same time but (hard as it is) I'm waiting til I get a really good feel for what the 'First Nano Power Cord' is doing to the sound quality. I'm still breaking them in but so far some very ... | |
| Review of Mad Scientist 'First Nano Power Cable' Reviewing Mad Scientist (New Zealand) First Nano Power Cord is so far a moving target. If burn in means anything, it means the item will be changing its flavor in the early days of its life within your system. I have found this to be very true wit... | |
| Finally Bought Chord Qutest My question isn't USB vs optical but optical vs BNC/RCA? | |
| Finally Bought Chord Qutest No way will I reminder which reviewer suggested superior "timing". I've read so many reviews it all goes blurry. I will try the optical since that is an easy option plus I'll need that option to get out of my Audiolab transport to old Nupreme DAC ... | |
| Finally Bought Chord Qutest Human audio memory is provably faulty. Question: If I upgrade from a Walmart portable all-n-one box turntable to a VPI turntable with the system to match it, will my "memory" be able to tell the difference if I don't "double blind test"? Obviously... | |
| Should I use Impedance 4 or 8? Ok....my comparison experiment went pretty well. And don't get me wrong. When I say 'hum' I am talking about OCD hum here. The 4 ohm taps have almost 0 hum. I mean quiet quiet quiet BUT the snap and 3-D quality goes too. At 8 ops the music is more... | |
| Transformer Hum CORRECTION: "New Power Tubes" | |
| Transformer Hum I tried same device to eliminate last mm of my humm but to no avail. turned out I simply needed no power tubes since mine were old and mismatched causing my auto bias Raven Audio integrated to struggle unsuccessfully to accomplish ifs job. Sometim... | |
| Strange Cable Experiment (To JasonBourne71) I totally respect your observation above. The mind is a funny thing. Since the blind experiment train has passed, I critically revisited more LP's and told myself it was mere placebo effect. I did discover some vinyl only sounde... | |
| Strange Cable Experiment No I did not do a blind test. I really wasn't thinking about keeping the set up and put them in just for fun and on a whim. But, my goodness golly gosh jee whiz!!! One wouldn't need ears to hear this improvement!! not close. Not just different. Bu... | |
| Do Audio Hobbyists Commonly Fail to Fully Utilize Their Systems? My son walked in our living room and said (in front of his mother), "Dad! You've designed this room entirely around the stereo!" "Come on (I feigned denial) that's ridiculous!" Wink Wink....Since I live in a 30 ft yurt, the walls are fabric. 15 ft... | |
| Do Audio Hobbyists Commonly Fail to Fully Utilize Their Systems? My son walked in our living room and said (in front of his mother), "Dad! You've designed this room entirely around the stereo!" "Come on (I feigned denial) that's ridiculous!" Wink Wink....Since I live in a 30 ft yurt, the walls are fabric. 15 ft... | |
| DON:T WAIT! Replace Those Old Power Tubes! I'm not sure how the tube sockets are attached but after I cleaned off the nano contact enhancer which can move around a little with heat and getting these NOS power tubes no more problems with any thing. As usual its my fault for over using the n... | |
| DON:T WAIT! Replace Those Old Power Tubes! The Raven Audio amps seem to be tough because due to my overuse of nano contact enhancer on tube pins I shorted out, red plated a couple power tubes. Very scary when a tube glows bright red in the main body of the tube and a horrific howl blasts f... | |
| DON:T WAIT! Replace Those Old Power Tubes! Yes a tube tester is on my short list of "important" items needed. Honestly that level of commitment was what I feared originally about tube equipment but despite myself I'm overcoming my xenophobia. The quality of musical reproduction is so "hum... |