jrimer
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| Power cable dilemma Thanks for the feedback. I’ll check it out. Since I ditched the Pangea cord, I haven’t had any issues. Even with a power strip and a cheap 16 gauge cord, the issues I mentioned in the original post have vanished. Everything sounds and performs won... | |
| Power cable dilemma Right now it is only about 3’ going to a power strip. I want to upgrade the wall receptacle and run the power amp direct to its own 15 amp circuit, but for that I will need a 9’ cord. | |
| Power cable dilemma The cord I’m using is 3x16 AWG. I have another that is 3x14 AWG that I will try tomorrow. | |
| Power cable dilemma I’m careful to make sure my amp is lower than the wall socket so the electrons can flow downhill via gravity. I can tell this thread is devolving quickly…. | |
| Power cable dilemma I have no idea what the Levinson originally shipped with. I bought it used and it is probably close to 30 years old. As far as spending $2k on a power cord, that probably won’t happen. I’m getting really great sound out of the cord I’m using ... | |
| Power cable dilemma Thanks! Really? Too small? I didn’t even know that was a thing with power cords. 😂 | |
| Power cable dilemma It is not exactly “high end”. It’s a $40 Pangea cord. | |
| Power cable dilemma I’m using balanced on the Ml 23.5. The Line Magnetic uses only single ended. | |
| Power cable dilemma I don’t think it was due to the caps needing to power up. I had run the amp the previous day for about an hour, but at lower volume as background music while we cleaned and decorated the room for a party my wife was having. The caps should have be... | |
| WOULD IT BE DUMB TO BUY A MARK LEVINSON NO 23.5 Resurrecting this old thread…. I’m very surprised at some of the opinions on here regarding the sound of an ML23.5 compared to more “modern” amps. Please. The whole fallacy that audio technology and sound quality moves in this infinitely linear p... | |
| Node 2i vs Cambridge 851N question Even without the Orchid, I had a difficult time telling what was Spotify and what was Tidal (at the time). I purchased a LUMIN D2 a couple years ago and returned it because I could not hear a noticeable difference between the Node 2i and the D2. I... | |
| Node 2i vs Cambridge 851N question I am running the Cambridge with no external DAC. I have not tried the Orchid with the Cambridge because, honestly, it sounds fabulous as is. I felt the sound through the Node 2i and Orchid were about as good as I could get. It’s the whole disparit... | |
| Which Solid State amplifier would you recommend for my budget? I have Acoustat 2+2’s and Spectra 66’s. I am currently using a Mark Levinson ML-9 (which can be had pretty reasonably) and I’m extremely happy. I have a Rowland 5 I just purchased coming this week. I will see how it does compared to the ML9 and my... | |
| Will a New Amp Sound Better Than My ML333? @jjss49 I somehow feel that posting my system is not going to convince you of the point I was making. Let me clarify: I don’t feel that the quest for sonic bliss is necessarily linear. I think it is just as likely to be cyclic. We are all chasin... | |
| Will a New Amp Sound Better Than My ML333? @jjss49 That’s “Mr. 5 posts” to you, buddy. 😂 I’ve been an audiophile for almost 40 years. Not posting here does not disqualify me from having an opinion, nor does it make my opinions any less valid. I’ve bought and sold on Audiogon for many ye... |