mitch2
Responses from mitch2
| "What a relief!!!" “Seems that something was always missing, until about 4 years ago, when I put together a system that ended up becoming so very much satisfying and compelling to me” Good that you are enjoying your system so much now. Can you share with us what... | |
| Building Speaker Cables "BTW, some cable builders cover the connection with an anti-corrosion compound or goop (before applying the heat shrink) to further retard corrosion." Q-Dope (link) is the stuff I was trying to remember the other day when I posted the above. A... | |
| Wasted Years. Started upgrading my system shortly after I started on Audiogon (coincidence?). Over 25 years later now, I sometimes sit back and ask myself, "what rainbow are you still chasing?" The vast variety of new music available through the addition of d... | |
| Maybe someone can enlighten me. "Congrats and I feel ya. The current state of the country has stolen most of my joy." I am surprised that A’gon would ad lib the above in a message intended to alert the OP that their post had been removed. So many have taken to whining, compl... | |
| Does Anyone Else Have a Very Slow Connection to Audiogon? The slow load and refresh seemed to be a real thing associated with this site because I did not notice it happening on the other sites that I visit. However, the site seems to be operating a bit faster today, at least for me, so maybe whatever wa... | |
| Does Anyone Else Have a Very Slow Connection to Audiogon? Yes, very slow to reload pages for days now compared to other websites. Made me try restarting my entire digital chain but same result. | |
| Six DAC Comparison @fuzzbutt17 - Very good explanation of you input choices for the new Mystique Z DAC and, like your other customers, I never heard a difference between the RCA/BNC input and the XLR input on any of your DACs that I have owned. | |
| Building Speaker Cables I have made many cables with both the FP-201 spades that use set screws, and the FP-203 spades that can be crimped, as well as with spades that need to be soldered such as Cardas GRS and CGMS spades. With the FP-203 spades I have used hand crimpe... | |
| Maybe someone can enlighten me. "So what was my infraction?" Choose all that apply. When finished, self-flagellate with a birch branch until you are rehabilitated. | |
| Building Speaker Cables @blisshifi "If you are worried about oxidation, you can cut off the ends of the wire by half an inch and reterminate them after a few years." True, but after building cables for many years and taking cables apart to harvest connectors and rep... | |
| Building Speaker Cables Don't know your definition of "overkill" but soldering is not necessary with those connectors and that wire, and you will never reliably discern any sonic difference/improvement from doing so. Coat the wire and connectors with ProGold, use the se... | |
| Case in point: a $90,000 power cord by ASUNZ The "audiophile" fuse seems a perfect example of a Verblen good. When I started doing this they cost about $0.20 each and you can now purchase the QSA Silver fuse for $5,000, or 25,000x what I paid for a fuse in 1975. You are not buying anywhere... | |
| SOLVED: Room boom @britt_dawgiii Cool use of 3D printing and a great idea. I really like that they can be screwed into a speaker, platform, or rack. The combination of using elastomeric material and the geometry of the shape has the potential to be quite effect... | |
| Case in point: a $90,000 power cord by ASUNZ This stuff is not new. Quantum Science Audio has been selling fuses and AC adaptors for $5,000 each (link fuse and link AC). Yup, you can pay $10,000 for two small items that would cost you $5 at a hardware store! Who is stupid, is it QSA for s... | |
| SOLVED: Room boom A couple of other decoupling options for subwoofers and speakers include (at a relatively low price point) platinum silicone hemispheres (link 2" and link 2.5"), and (at a higher price point) Equipment Vibration Protectors (EVPs) by AV RoomService... |