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    Watkins Generation 4 Speakers

    Thanks for a very detailed report on this speaker. When Olshers review came out years ago it seemed like an exciting find and potential giant killer. I expected to see more reviews and some forum buzz and instead there was….. nothing. Good to hear they are back with an updated and improved...
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    Ethernet cables to and from your switch?

    I have 4 Melco C100 cables in my system. They are directional and perform best with the label/grounded end at the switch and the floating end at the final component such as streamer or tv. This was also the case with a NAS, which despite sending data back to the switch, performed best treating...
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    Super3 - a supercapacitor LPS, by Farad Power Supplies

    @cosie I found it very difficult to find an 'audiophile' quality GX-16 connector as they are normally very cheaply produced. Finally found 2/3/4 pin gold plated copper ones on Aliexpress https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003444685190.html But as with everything on Aliexpress who knows if they...
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    JMF HQS 7001 Amplifier Review (Stereophile)

    JMF Audio are one of the few who's monoblock amps are not just a bridged stereo amp.
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    Comparing Stillpoints Ultra 6 v1 and v2 under my speakers

    Apparently the Stillpoints Ultra 5 is specifically designed for speakers, and the Ultra 6 for electronics. No doubt the 6 will work under speakers as long as the load is not too high.
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    NEW RECORD DAY

    I did Ron's train track speaker positioning method a few years back. Where you have each speaker between 1/4 and 1/3 of the way from the sidewall. There was a point where you could find almost holographic imaging, which was lost or found by moving the speakers millimetres. After much laborious...
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    Zilplex Resonant Devices

    Here is some pics...
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    Zilplex Resonant Devices

    I can give a limited report on Zilplex. I have not played with positioning at all yet, just marked up the locations and put them in. Be warned I have no experience in room treatment apart from basics - throwing some cd/dvd rack and plants in the corner to break up room nodes, and putting a wall...
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    Audiophile Fuses

    I had every round of SR fuses - SR20, black, blue and then Red. Skipped Orange and Purple. I am tempted to get the Master series but we are really getting up there in price. I tried a few other fuses that were cheaper, like the AMR gold series. The AMR just a different flavour of sound, not...
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    Zilplex Resonant Devices

    There is now no dealer system for Zilplex (not that there ever really was one) so we have to buy direct from Zilplex. Apparently each set is made by hand and quite labour intensive to produce. The owner Wiebe Greydanus is a retired guy who still does it for the love of it. I now have a...
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    Zilplex Resonant Devices

    Please re-up those files. I have a set of Zilplex on its way. Read Norm's review all those years ago and thought; that's a great alternative to the very expensive Frank Tsang bowls, or putting all those hideous sound dampening panels all over your listening room. Ten years later I finally...
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    What ethernet cables are members using?

    I used a Nordost Heimdall 2 for quite a while and then tried the Melco C100, which was quite a bit better at 1/5th the cost. It surprised me. The Melco uses a floating ground at one end, so perhaps my systems ground plane noise was high and it benefited from the break just before entering the...
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    Waversa Audio EXT-LAN Reference Plus - My Take

    The Network Acoustics filters probably have components inline the signal which require more break in time vs the Waversa which is just the wire wrapped around these machined magnetic discs (they look like HDD disk platters). Two totally different methods of filtering. Very interested to hear...
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    Waversa Audio EXT-LAN Reference Plus - My Take

    The dealer, John Ketcham, said the EXT-2 has 3x the filtering of the EXT-1, so it should be better, not just a cosmetic chassis change. The EXT-REF apparently had 10x the filtering of EXT-1, so the EXT-REF still has over 3x the filtering of the new EXT-2. I am using 2 of the EXT-1 and they...
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    Recommendation for a power strip and outlet

    The best passive/parallel filter strip I have tried is the Nordost QB8 - but with Nordost power cables. There is a synergy there that may not be present with other brands power cables.
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