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    Silver cable break in

    The electric field propagates within the dielectric, which is essentially on and outside of the surface of the conductor. It is not rattling electrons out of atoms as a current of electrons, but it is modelled that way.
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    Upcoming Nagra turntable

    One should not need a strong motor and a supercap. A hamster on a wheel probably generates more power than enough power.
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    Upcoming Nagra turntable

    Maybe… But if there was an inductor further towards the incoming power, then it be more likely it was part of a power conditioning approach. It would be interesting to see the schematic.
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    Upcoming Nagra turntable

    I am as big of a fan boi as the next fellow or lady… but… Let’s pretend that we do not know what tech is, and do not know whether it is high tech or low tech. Since they did not exactly tell us, it is not a far stretch. Secondly how much impulse do we need to impart into the motor to adjust...
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    Turntable Recommendation ~ $10K

    Many like to use auto analogies for stereo stuff. However the WAM shims are more like orthotics into ski boots.
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    Would you Pay $250 to Hear Specific Equipment at a Dealer?

    It usually turns into the business owner coming on to defend themselves and degraded into something resembling Judge Judy, or countless other daytime TV shows that I also dislike. Pretty much similar to a divorce court, where the communication break down is the root cause. Chancy Gardner might...
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    NanoFlo Superconductor Holographic 3D6 ac power cable

    What are the odds that ”Dredge” was used right after the @Argonaut had the picture of Jason’s golden fleece? The symbolism here is almost beyond chance ;)
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    Would you Pay $250 to Hear Specific Equipment at a Dealer?

    No worries @MagnusG , I got the beggar treatment as well... And I pre booked too.
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    Would you Pay $250 to Hear Specific Equipment at a Dealer?

    It is more like having a bread line attached to a restaurant, where people rock for a slice and most just keep on the street asking for money and smokes, but occasionally someone goes in for a meal. Hence I see no reason for the OP to shame. But the comment does say something, as it is sort...
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    Would you Pay $250 to Hear Specific Equipment at a Dealer?

    I had that happen at a place in Melbourne Au. It is not that bad if they have some music that they sell. I’ll usually buy some music at the end of a listening demo as a gesture when the shop does not have the policy.
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    Great electrostatic amplifiers?

    Sanders is an option some use.
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    Seismion - new active isolation platform from Germany

    That is a lot of personal info to post. The info and your schedule would be “an invite”. i suppose it could be worse if your SSN was on it.
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    What’s the world’s best 2 watt amplifier?

    I thought Duluth had that fiasco 30 years with the asbestos in the water? ;)
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    Seismion - new active isolation platform from Germany

    That makes sense, and using simulations is almost always a good engineering thing to do. I think that @christensenleif@msn.com was asking was if the Y-Axis was RMS velocity (uM/s)?… Or acceleration in “G” or “uG”, or what units were used on the Y-Axis… acceleration, velocity, position? And I...
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    Seismion - new active isolation platform from Germany

    Are they any real measurements, or is it all exemplary simulations?
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    Kuzma SAFIR 9

    Jewellery for a different gender?
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    In wall power cabling advice

    If it sounds good now, then I would ask, “why”? If you were rewiring anyhow, then I would say, “why not”? Sometimes just newer the grippier outlets, and cinching down the wires, can be an improvement.
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    Best turntable under 50k?

    They have sort of bounded the problem there, with models of 0 and infinity. ;)
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    Pivoting Linear-Tracking Tonearms

    Yeah… as the saying goes, “the bloke makes it difficult not to like him.“
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    Upcoming Nagra turntable

    I watched it, but my grasp of the language is poor. That “High-endy” thing (video) doesn’t do it for me…
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    Upcoming Nagra turntable

    It’s troubling isn’t it… One would think that they would be shouting it from the roof tops. So the explicit conclusion that one could reach… is that the numbers were not good enough to post. I mean, who breaks out the high powered analysis tool kits, and then doesn’t share the results?
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    Seismion - new active isolation platform from Germany

    The only isolation I have seen the last few years has been the social kind…
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    Declining use of negative feedback - trend?

    On the hand the Haus-Boss said she liked me better when I was “lean and bright”, so there is that… (but kickin the bass is fun.)
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    Declining use of negative feedback - trend?

    Maybe “should like it” is a better way to word it? Once they know it is Class-D, many just will decide to “not like it”.
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    Upcoming Nagra turntable

    When I saw the single person wearing the mask. I was expecting the subtitles to say that system actual had the musicians in the room.
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    Cartridge for Schroder CB 9 tonearm

    Did it take an much effort to change them out? Like 10 minutes or 30 or???
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    In wall power cabling advice

    Don’t get your knickers in a twist, I only asked what make the cable slow. And from what I understand it is that the ability to carry higher frequencies actually increases as the surface area increases. It was a simple question as to how the solid core is better? I never stated in this thread...
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    Cartridge for Schroder CB 9 tonearm

    I’m still awaiting the TT parts, so I am just basically just working and riding the wind trainer. But I head out in a week and hit the “big smoke” and will stop by Dohmann HQ and see if they have a brass one. (Worse case is I get a peice of brass and a drill, tap, saw and file.) So I have put...
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    In wall power cabling advice

    The “how” would be if the capacitor bank was not able to maintain the voltage needed. Sorry I don’t have the Sony, but these opinions sort of ignore the fact that every peice of gear has its own power supply and storage capacitor banks, so a blanket statement covers potential outliers...
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    In wall power cabling advice

    Slow how? (In some applications for ground, they mandate stranded cable specifically for high frequency applications.)

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