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  1. Kingrex

    Direct Coupled Drivers Vs Crossover

    I am battling a crossover. It sucks so much power and adds a whole lot of haze. I have seen a lot of traction with multi amp direct coupled speakers. I am wondering what might truely make the most natural, alive and dynamic sound. A speaker with a crossover and appropriate amp, or a speaker...
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    Levinson C Wave Technology

    Does anyone understand what this technology really is. Or have access to the actual patent. I bought this up on a Whatapp group and the core became so condescending, angry and heals in the sand I decided to exit the group and delete the link. All I was trying to find out was, what does C...
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    New Dedicated Listening Room

    Well, it's finally coming true. My wife has 'Re-purposed" her life from the corporate grind. That means the anchor of the city no longer holds us. With our new freedom we bought a 5 acre propery that has a main house with semi detached 2 car garage and living space above. The property also...
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    Ground loop

    I had a frustrating experience. I have hinted at my possibly selling my home. That means I have to get into my basement/garage to finish the space to get a higher sale price. That forces me to decommission the power supply to my stereo. That meant pulling my Torus WM45 and Benjamin panel...
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    Low cost streaming solution

    My brother has a house with multiple in ceiling speakers. The speakers are driven by class D amps with Rheostat in a single gang wall box in each room. An ethernet cable connects the amp to a data center in his utility room. In the utility room there are about 8 sets of ethernet cables. I am...
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    Audio Grade Duplex Cryogenic

    I have always been a fan of the standard Hubbell 5362 industrial duplex with heavy brass backstrap. Its a solid duplex. You can get them from a supply house for around $35. Recently I was introduced to AV Options. They actually reached out to me with a customer that needed help powering a...
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    https://nano-flo.com/press-release

    Has anyone tried this stuff. The press brochure they post is making outrageous claims. I agree with the concept as applies to connections. I have heard large amounts of noise reduction removing connections as well as treating connection points. But I have not heard my electric bill will fall...
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    Used Record Surprise Gems

    I started a thread on disapointing record purchases. But I didn't give up there. I took one of the records back and exchanged it. Got a decent enough copy. Well, I went back to the store today and asked about all the 45s. The guy said they were nothing special, but 12 inch singles could be...
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    How to catalog a record collection

    I kind of freaked out the other day before leaving on vacation. Way to much home invasion in Seattle. I was aware I had no idea what I had in my record collection at this time. And there is some value there. I laid all my decent 45 rpm, 180 grain, new issue type records out and took images...
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    Disapointong record purchase.

    What records have you bought with high hopes for a win, but ended up with a dud. Dud as in a burned out second hand record or flat out bad recording. I bought a Simon and Garfunkel Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme. First pressing. Looked very clean. Took it home, gave it a wash and put...
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    Static on Leader Tape

    I have been on a tape kick while my DAC is out for service. Vinyl too of course. I noticed on one of my tapes, the yellow leader tape is highly static charged. It is so hot is want to slap down onto any metal on my machine and stick. I tried using my demagnetizer:eek: on the tape but now the...
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    Call It a Midlife &??@%

    I have been swamped trying to get my life in order. I am leaving this week for Hawaii to practice sailing techniques on a 42 foot catamaran. I will stay for a week. Then I return to prepare my family for my departing again for a month to sail from Hawaii to California. I have always been an...
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    Who has bought esoteric wire for behind the wall

    I am curious how many people have purchased some of the supposed higher quality wires that are installed inside your walls to feed 120 volt power to your audio system. Particularly in the US and Canada. I ask because I have looked and looked, and what do you know, a plant stepped forth and...
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    Thunder and Rain

    I was in a Black Sabbath mood. Cranking music. My wife came in and I had to turn it down. But I wanted to hear the rain and thunder. I then looked up some track on rain and thunder. Anyone who thinks their stereo is able to recreate "Like You Are There". I challenge you to play some...
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    ChatGPT on Audiophile

    https://archimago.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-audiophile-wisdom-of-chatgpt-feb-13.html?m=1 Very long. But pretty interesting responses. I find what is an audiophile pretty accurate. What matters as far as equipment ranking I don't really agree with. I got too busy to finish the read. I will...
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    Are we hurting our ears with clean power?

    A few years back I bought an Audio Black Shadow 845 that had all sorts of issues. I spend thousands and it still has issues. Last week while testing an idea on behind the wall wires, I reinserted my Black Shadows. I was pleasantly surprised with the results. I actually much prefer the Black...
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    Do Modern DAC need a server

    I have a question. A friend is adamant any high end modern DAC should be immune to the source. That the spdif or usb in the DAC should be isolated, have dedicated power and reclocking, so the source can be a laptop or an Aurender whaever model, and you should not hear a difference????? Why...
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    When a Tweak becomes something more

    I was thinking upon the people so angered in the QSA thread over my dismissing a new plug end. I was mulling the vast array of items presented to audiophile that are suppose to bring glory to your system. Must haves!!!!! I started wondering upon the variety of this or thats and how some...
  19. Kingrex

    What does New Post mean

    Latest activity seems to be self explanatory. And it meets my expectation of the name. New Post has me confused. I see the most random new and old stuff pop up there. When I see New Post on a forum, to me, that should mean a new thread has been started. Something different to see. Even if...
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    The Search For The Perfect Sound. WA Post Article

    https://apple.news/AGQ5pmtXJRTu1WJNGpGx2BA Interesting. Nothing new but a fun read.
  21. Kingrex

    Allnic H5500

    Has anyone heard this phono preamp. Even better, has anyone upgraded from the H1201 to the H5500. I am looking for a new phono stage. I want an all in one MC unit. I appreciate how some people like a SUT. I just don't want to mess with them. I have one. Its highly reactive. It requires...
  22. Kingrex

    Grounding and Shielding. A little light reading

    This is some of the stuff I read. This is a new book to me. I need to understand the implications of shielding. A specialized professional in recording studio work pretty consistently uses shielded cable in his projects. A mentor of mine got over technical for me explaining why a shield is a...
  23. Kingrex

    Does Music Have To Sound Real To Elicit Emotion

    Some post by Tima about our brains made mine stir. If my reference for music is a radio. And a crappy one at that. But I have all sorts of good time, bad times associated to events and music of the time played over a junk system, why wouldn't that same music over an Alexa not stir an...
  24. Kingrex

    Jay's CDT-3 Mk III.

    I feel a bit of a flipper on this topic. But I have heard a few respected people now say a good CD is better than a server. For one, the CD can use a COAX or AES output. It does not need USB. Has anyone tries one of these Jays Audio CD transports. Do they indeed trump any server you have...
  25. Kingrex

    Wire Splicing

    I don't like wire nuts. Functionally they are fine. They are one of the best connectors I have used in the field. But for audio, and people going to the Nth degree they have issues. 1. It will create a bad inductive vertices that will double back a great deal of RF noise that’s...
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    Caig Deoxit G100

    A few months ago I entered into discussion with Caig on their Deoxit products. I was looking for an anti oxidant because my panel test have shown that bare copper contacts are superior to any coated contacts I have heard. Maybe the silver is fine. But I don't like tin, so I remove it in my...
  27. Kingrex

    Show us your cable management system

    The space behind our racks is many times a cluster of wires. Not only do they interact with each other, many times they are hanging and stressing the connection point. I have mulled ways to mitigate this issues but never acted on it. The best I have done is to try and keep signal cables away...
  28. Kingrex

    A Ground Isn't Just Rods

    I think lot of people have a misconception about grounding. They seem to think you add ground rods and that is grounding. What they don't recognize is grounding is a system. You have to get the ground from a receptacle to earth. And what is earth. Technically earth is also the utility...
  29. Kingrex

    What A Neat Idea

    As some background for those that don't know, I am an electrician/Audiophile. I spent 6 years developing my understanding of how the electrical infrastructure of you home influences playback. For the last 2 years it has been an intense focus and my sole business. I have seen a lot of systems...
  30. Kingrex

    Biamp Issues

    I attempted to biamp my speakers again. The last time I tried i had a bad ground loop. This time I decided to take it slower. I first hooked up the Dartzeel. Only the mid/high drivers play. So far so good. This time i take it slow with the SET 845. I only hook up 1. This time the high/low...

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