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Speedskater
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Cabling and interconnecting question
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Not all XLR output stages are happy with having pin3 attached to pin1.
Yesterday at 2:00 PM
Speedskater
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Power options?
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For most of us in the USA, the best plan is a whole home surge protector installed at the main breaker panel or by the power company in...
Thursday at 10:46 PM
Speedskater
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Power options?
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There seems to a large exaggeration about the ancient problems with MOV's. I would guesstimate that there might be a billion items that...
Thursday at 10:26 PM
Speedskater
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Do Fancy Audio Cables Make a Difference? (video)
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The possible differences in modern line level analog interconnects are susceptibility to noise and interference. Both of these are...
Wednesday at 9:20 PM
Speedskater
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Do Fancy Audio Cables Make a Difference? (video)
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The cables cost more than the dots, so of course they make a greater difference.
Wednesday at 8:03 PM
Speedskater
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Extreme Snake Oil
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From Benchmark Amplifiers: Audiophile Snake Oil by John Siau April 05, 2024 The Audiophile Wild West...
Monday at 11:44 PM
Speedskater
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ESD safety
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So I went up in the attic and found two catalogs: Techni-tool. They have a section on "Static Protection" https://www.techni-tool.com/...
Apr 27, 2024
Speedskater
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ESD safety
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Back in the days of printed catalogs, I had at least one catalog that had a section on ESD reducing devices, materials and supplies. But...
Apr 27, 2024
Speedskater
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Power options?
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Note that MOV's have come a long way in the last half century. And with modern MOV's and better circuit designs, most every home has...
Apr 27, 2024
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Making thick RCA cables
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As an aside, I have used twin core mains cable for audio signals (so do/did Naim and Linn) and it can work but without the shielding...
Apr 27, 2024
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Converting balanced TRS or XLR to RCA?
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There are three and a half types of balanced output stages. No single style of XLR to RCA conversion will work for all three.
Apr 25, 2024
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To make an RCA cable the center pin must be connected to the center pin of the other plug AND the shield must be connected to the other...
Apr 25, 2024
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Making thick RCA cables
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You have speaker wire pictured, which is totally unsuitable for RCA line level connections really. RCA cables need a proper coax cable...
Apr 25, 2024
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Extreme Snake Oil
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The cable that costs more, sounds better. (I thought everyone knew that)
Apr 25, 2024
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1 foot solid silver conductor interconnect vs. 0.5 foot Mogami W2964 interconnect
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For an analog RCA unbalanced interconnect, a cable with a coax construction is best. While there could be multiple central conductors...
Apr 25, 2024
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