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| Source for Shrink Tubing? Thanks Matt, they have what I need. | |
| Recommendations for top-notch banana speaker cable connectors Todd,I see what you see on the AQ website, but it you Google the connectors, virtually all of them show the connectors with a little allen wrench, which indeed mine has. The literature on the box states the following: "Cold-Weld System for an id... | |
| Recommendations for top-notch banana speaker cable connectors Thumbs down on the inexpensive Dyson BFA's for my Von Damme cable, which is perhaps 10 ga. stranded wire. At $12, they are cheap enough. | |
| Dennis Had Inspire Fire-Bottle SET amp review I am a bit bi-polar about amps. I prefer certain aspects of the performance of SS amps, just as I do with tube amps. Neither completely satisfy me, but overall my preference these days for the Spatial Audio speakers is Don's tube preamp and a Mc... | |
| Dennis Had Inspire Fire-Bottle SET amp review I ended up with a newer SS amp so I didn't take delivery of Don's new amp. | |
| Tube Power Amp Suggestions I would highly recommend you have a look at Don Sachs' custom KT88 amplifier, which at ~$2500 is SOTA and might only better bettered by spending 4X as much. It is a brilliant design, based on the many years that Don has spent upgrading HK Citatio... | |
| Seeking Suggestions on Preamp Upgrade (CJ, Aesthetix, EAR) Oh my, this question is a delight to which to respond. I am a long time customer of Don Sachs who produces a 6SN7-based custom-made tube preamp in a beautiful wood cabinet. By far, it is the finest preamp I have had in my 45 years of having good... | |
| Decided to change my cd player, suggestions please? I am over the top happy with my Oppo 103D... it rendered my DAC ineffective. Better yet would be the Oppo 105D with a $400 upgrade from Stereo Dave's Audio Alternative to signficantly improve the sound staging and inner detail. Oppo is in my mind... | |
| Power Cable DIY - Please advise Per my post above, my apologies as I spoke about speaker cable. So let me respond more cogently. I have a have dozen power cords and new heard a damn bit of difference between the lot of them. Until recently. I got a Shunyata Venom 3 PC and, oh ... | |
| Power Cable DIY - Please advise I have runs for Neotech NES 5001, Mogami 3103, and recently Van Damme HIFI Series Studio Grade Speaker Cable 2 X 6.0mm that I rotate through my system. Supra Classic speaker cable is excellent. All audiophile-grade cables and quite inexpensive. ... | |
| Warm-up time for amps and preamps Great posts! My Don Sachs preamp takes few minutes to sound its best and my McCormack DNA .05 Deluxe SS amp clearly takes a 30 minutes to sound optimally. "Ear-lube" attributed to a beer or two might bias my impressions as "donjr"suggests above.... | |
| Recommendations for top-notch banana speaker cable connectors Todd and reubent,I got the AQ Suregrip100 BFA connectors and swapped them for my GLS connectors. It was a very tight fit with my 12 ga Mogami 3103 wire, but I got these simple twin-screw-secured connectors put together rather easily. AQ is a gen... | |
| Recommendations for top-notch banana speaker cable connectors Todd,I catch the main part of your drift and am thinking you are suggesting crimping the wire to the BFA connectors in lieu of soldering, which is required (?) with the Dyson BFA connectors reubent suggested above, which are inexpensive and doubtl... | |
| Recommendations for top-notch banana speaker cable connectors Gents,Thanks for the additional recommendations. I just looked into the Cardas connectors and they have a vast array of them available. I ran with Todd's recommendation and ordered a set of the AQ jacks for what I recall was $38. Thanks again f... | |
| Recommendations for top-notch banana speaker cable connectors Todd, et.al,Thanks for the input from you. I am thinking I will plunk down a few shekels for the AQ connectors you have recommended. I am with Todd on the utility of banana connectors over spades. The GLS connectors, in spite of their purposed... |