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| Turntable Hum @tommypenngotti make it easy get a wall plug tester and make sure the power at the wall is correct. Check to make sure the power cords are ALL wired correctly. I would also consider checking to make sure there is not some noise on your neutral or... | |
| Turntable Hum I have had several issues with the noise coming from a Hana cartridge. It is due to the way they are internally wired. The Hana won't work well with all phonostages. There does seem to be a power wiring issue for the phonostage based on the descr... | |
| Lyra Delos or Hana ML Hana is susceptible to a noise issue due to the design. it is an internal wiring thing. The Hana can sound extortionary with the proper phonostage. The Delos is my choice, it works well on my R&R vinyl. | |
| Walmart, 97 cents, for Vibration Control I am not surprised, but then I worked on noise control projects for 40 years. I use a fabric antivibration covering on interconnect cables Kleinbeck Engineering produces, I suspect it works better than pipe cleaners. It has been common place in so... | |
| FEDEX keeps destroying my New CARY 805RS Monoblocks - What can I do to prevent Nightmare? As an engineer I have been designing product which is shipped worldwide since 1981. The case you describe is common among companies which do not follow basic shipping guidelines which are published and available for use to design packaging and pro... | |
| Need help choosing a new DAC I like the DAC chips Hyperstream makes. Japanese PCM chip. The CEC DA5 is in your price range. It can be used as a preamp eliminating the need for a preamp. I use it in my home system. It is in your price range. I have a demo you can purchase for ... | |
| CDP or Transport and DAC? Recomendations? There is a reason why all the really high performing CD players and transports do not play SACDs. There a compromise made in doing so. If you do a side by side on an adequate system it stick out like a sore thumb. Anything that will play them all ... | |
| Two of the most powerful words ever I have been doing R&D most of my life. I understand the concept of "what if" I don't use it. Instead I ask "what are the factors" and develop a list. From the list a group of experiments are developed which will tell what the "Magnitude" of ea... | |
| HOW CRITICAL ARE JUMPER CABLES I use the same materials to add jumpers to a speaker cable as I do in the main part of the cable. Not doing this will hurt the total performance of the cable. However, jumpers have different design consideration then the main part of the speaker c... | |
| Thank you millercarbon If you have the necessary skills and knowledge than producing cables better than Nordost or any other cable manufacturer is possible and does happen. I know this from experience. The only real question is how much are you willing to spend. I have ... | |
| What are you using as a streamer? Constructive feedback please. I took my Intel NUC, which has a custom analog power supply to RMAF one year. An Aurender was used at the show, but the system was set up using my NUC. Aurender lost big time, but it really had no chance. I use my NUC in an engineering and a recor... | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference I took my Intel NUC, which has a custom analog power supply to RMAF one year. The Aurender was used at the show, but the system was set up using my NUC. Aurender lost big time, but it really had no chance. I use my NUC in an engineering and a reco... | |
| What are you using as a streamer? Constructive feedback please. I use computers with Qobuz and Media Center software. I run the feed from the computer to either a Marantz AV amp in my home theater system or CEC DA5 dac in my stereo system. Both computers are custom. The one used in the stereo system has an an... | |
| Considering the Pro-ject Box CD RS2 Transport ? You might want to read this, first. I like the CEC CD5 player, full size steel case with a Hyperstream pcm dac. It uses the same transport as in the CEC TL5 transport. It is belt drive, so the noise and jitter associated with direct drive CD transports doesn't exist and as such the... | |
| Silver v Copper wire phono cable I make cables for my own pleasure and to make money. I have been working with exotic and precious materials since 1981. I use silver cabling throughout my personal system. You can see my system at Audio Union. The cables are worth more than the re... |