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| Creating space between interconnects & keeping cables off the floor I’ve not had a cable on the floor since 1990, when Enid Lumley of TAS, espoused the idea that something to do with "skin effect" caused cables lying directly on the floor to sound blurrier. What the hell, thought I. I got up immediately and poised... | |
| Can too many components on one outlet affect the sound of an amp? Yes. And turn off your microwave, dedicated circuits or no. I have 6 dedicated lines, and yet I can hear the microwave. It is not just this house: I heard it when I lived in San Francisco in my apartment, which also had dedicated lines. And I test... | |
| Have you gotten great sound in a small er room? Geoffkait, just happened to be looking at old threads, and saw your response from 3 years ago, and laughed.I didn’t mean MY room was small: I was curious about rooms that were smaller and the results of others. I’ve had - with different systems - ... | |
| Nordost Brahma vs Heimdall 2 power cords The first generation Valhalla’s weakness lay in the upper bass/lower midrange. Anyone who played cello, in particular, could hear that Valhalla "leaned out" that range of sound. I like Valhalla, own the interconnects, used to own the speaker cable... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Well, I've just discovered that the PS Audio Power Plant 300 actually prefers the Red fuse over the Quantum Black.A friend of mine, who loves music (well, let me correct that: he loves Scheherazade, and ONLY Scheherazade), was over the past few da... | |
| Hegel H160 competitors Just remember to turn OFF your numeric display after you reach the volume you want. It affects the sound, particularly the highest part of the upper midrange and lower highs 3-6k by killing overtones. (Microwaves, even just in standby, do the same... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... So, Oregonpapa, did you observe that the bass, with the Quantum Black fuse, had the same "weight" to it - or even more or less weight - or did you simply observe that the bass quality seemed better? | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Audiolabryinth, happy to respond.I like the Furutech outlets, because they are very smooth. In comparison, the Teslaplex SE has a slightly more forward upper midrange, which, on some Mercury Living Presence CDs, can be a bit intense. My wall outle... | |
| HFTs or more fuses Rockyboy, had a Bryston at one point and sold it, although it sounded great. The Arcam is my "fallback" player, one that I’ll never sell (i’ve bought it 3 times, and sold it twice, so the third one stays!). That allows me to have a CD player to li... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... I saw Dave Pritchard’s comments about wall outlets. I have most of the same as he does; Oyaide R-1, Teslaplex, Teslaplex SE, Furutech GTD-X (rhodium), FIM 880s, (blue and white: I like the blue better, but the FIMs sound a bit soft) PS Audio Class... | |
| HFTs or more fuses Well, I have to say I’m pretty impressed with the Quantum Black fuse. I put just one in my Arcam FMJ 23 and just wandered into the room a little while ago after giving it 5 days to break in. Pulled it out of mute and was immediately smacked in the... | |
| HFTs or more fuses Rockyboy:There certainly IS a 30 day return on Synergistic’s fuses. In fact, I just - 10 minutes ago - spoke to Andy at Synergistic Research, because I was curious about the new Black fuses, AND because my dealer also told me there was no longer a... | |
| Synergistic Research Tesla Plex SE ac receptacle I think it's clear that the Synergistic Tesla Plex SE (not the original Tesla Plex) is a bit bright and glaring in the upper midrange. The other side of that is that it excavates voices in a way that no other outlet does - not even the Furutech, b... | |
| Synergistic Research Tesla Plex SE ac receptacle Well, true to my own dictum to give it at least a year, now it's been 3. I've bee using the Furutech GTX-D ® for the past 2 1/1 years. Due to needing another dedicated outlet, I put in the Synergistic and had the electrician come over. After he fi... | |
| Latest Absolute Sound Well, I was one of those who had the expensive stuff - that is, up until 1998, and then I got tired of 'keeping up.'However, for those who are saying the reviews are due to advertising (and by corollary, the components are not as good as they say:... |