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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    I had the older WW silver starlight , not the very top level solid silver one but next one down but I replaced it with a mix of Nordost Heimdall 2, BlueHeaven, Audiquest thunderbird 48 and carbon 48 across my hdmi connections. Sound is greatly affected as is picture. I also replaced all my uk...
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    HDMI can't be perfect, nothing is. All that you can say is HDMI cables, TV's meet an arbitrary standard defined by some group of engineers to be acceptable when delivered over a set of mis-used protocols ;-) Any test equipment is probably configured to measure the minimum 'eye' measurement...
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    If you take apart your nvidea 3090 and other top spec gpu's to water cool you see they have the liquid stuff on the gpu itself and putty like thermal pads on the other solid state components, you can buy it from pc water cooling supplies eg https://www.ekwb.com/shop/thermal-pad-f-2-0mm-120x16mm...
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Great video. Last apple tv I took apart was the original gen 1 with a hard disk, certainly changed since then. I hope you cleaned the old heatsink paste off and replaced with new high performance paste/pads (I'm building a top end water cooled pc, water cooled gpu etc)
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Fascinating, Does heat play a significant part in the equation. I just have my 2017 apple tv 4k sitting on a blob of blutak next to my UB9000 to give the fan extra clearance
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    Hi Hi Just an obvious question when reading this, rather than trying to cram everything into a small footprint plastic case, why don't you take the circuit boards out and put them in a new copper shielded case with high quality connectors etc. Then you would have more room? The power supply...
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    Electrical Current

    There is an updated follow on second video .The 1/c was a simplification assuming a distance of 1m ie t=distance/velocity = 1m/(c= m/t units) The topic of the video is the Poynting vector
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    Who’s up for a $2800 fuse?

    I don't disagree regarding the cost, I accept that all components sound different, personally I tried 3 well known types and I'm happy with SR orange - I use these on my tv where the difference is obvious to see. My tv originally came with a HiFi tuning fuse fitted. The point I was making wrt...
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    Who’s up for a $2800 fuse?

    you could try teflon plumbers tape...
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    Creating a software tool to send audio analyzed data between different softwares

    It would be good if you could draw a picture of the component software inputs and outputs and how they relate to each other e.g Blender, Unreal Which way data, files etc are moving. What file or data formats are involved, what are the desired outcomes etc Normally you could do this in UML...
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    Audiophile Fuses

    Ah right, I hadn't heard of them and just did a quick google and saw this https://www.tweekgeek.com/quantum-science-audio/ I have SR orange, hard to imagine something significantly better, my mistake
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    Audiophile Fuses

    Why did you swap a $155 fuse for a $28 one? What made you think it would be better especially if you have several SR Orange. It's not as though you can sell the SR Orange , who wants a second hand fuse?
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    Anyone experiment with different AC cords on the Mac Mini?

    I just swapped out a second hand Audioquest NRG1.5 for a new Nordost Purple Flare on a £1300 soundbar (Both SR Orange fused). Noticeable difference straight away. The AQ was a bit of a bass heavy monster with real solid thump but the Nordost is more balanced sound, mid and treble to the front...
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    Best HDMI, Transparent, AudioQuest, Shunyata, MIT?

    I have Nordost Heimdall 2, Nordost Blue Heaven, Wireworld Silver Starlight, Belkin recommended by Apple, cheap Ugreen 8k from Amazon I would rate them in that order, I would say Blue Heaven is noticeably better than the wireworld but BH is nearly twice the price, plus flat cables are...
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    Audiophile power cords vs. the cables in your walls

    Following up from my previous posts I found the following interesting info... definition: What’s The Difference Between Linear And Non-Linear Loads? AC electrical loads are referred to either as linear or non-linear depending on how they draw current from the mains power supply waveform...
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    Audiophile Fuses

    I'm in the UK so the mains plug has a fuse, I have the service manual, it says there are 8 fuses on the power board but in the picture they don't look like everyday fuses. I'm only changing the plug fuse. I got the service manual as download of 3 pdf files < $20 after a quick google
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    Audiophile power cords vs. the cables in your walls

    yes I agree it doesn't explain everything but I was just trying to dispel the often quoted garden hose full of dirty electrons from the power station analogy which really annoys me for some reason ;-)
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    Audiophile power cords vs. the cables in your walls

    Yes it was a long running joke when I was younger, every time you went up a level in education you had to unlearn the simplifications taught previously. Here is a cool pop video that simplifies this: Energy doesn't FLOW the way you THINK! (Electrodynamics) - AC is at 4:51 onwards - very...
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    Audiophile power cords vs. the cables in your walls

    The error is here "what about the thousands of feet of crap copper cables in your walls, huh?" - Its the last 6 feet of cable that supplies the power, believe it or not, out of the space around the cable, weird! No electrons (i.e zero) from the power station go anywhere near your...
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    Mains for TV?

    I don't have any hifi as such now. Previously I had IPL transmission lines that you built from kits and tweaked the crossover, probably equivalent to ~ £2k shop bought in the 90's. I also used to make my own exotic cables and interconnects (eg tnt ubyte2, JPL superconductor clones etc)...
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    Mains for TV?

    The SR Orange alone was a huge improvement on the tv, certainly very noticeable, it now has a better picture and sound than the pvr. The pvr is connected by nordost heimdell 2, has a MCRU number 9 kit and I upgraded it to SR Blue. The tv now has SR orange, as does B&O stage and UB9000. Still...
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    Audiophile Fuses

    Thanks for the feedback, appreciated. I agree, each incremental change I made, Nordost Heimdall, Blue Heaven cables, MCRU kit leads, and SR Orange fuses made an improvement but I was amazed at the fuse. I had been running the power lead upgrade since 2018 but didn't really believe the fuse...
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    Audiophile Fuses

    For what it's worth, I updated the fuses and mains leads in my OLED tv, 4k player, pvr and good quality soundbar to SR Orange and the difference is visually very obvious. Sound improvement is also obvious between tv and soundbar connected via nordost blue heaven hdmi. As stated both tv and...
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    Mains for TV?

    I just ordered one of the MCRU kits plus 3 SR Oranges (1 free), I noticed an immediate improvement when I swapped some of my older MCRU kit 9 leads around so I'll go with what I know
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    Audioquest HDMI cables

    Why would a HDMI analyzer test any parameter or scenario other than those mentioned in the HDMI spec? Specs aren't perfect and may not list every minor consideration nor test devices test for those Also, I have a frame grabber as well, I haven't performed the frramegrab cksum test, I had...
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    Any experience with Panasonic DP-UB9000 movie player?

    I have a UB9000, video hdmi goes to tv via a hdfury diva, audio hdmi goes direct to my soundbar. The Hdfury allows me to see what signal and edid is used for a particular configuration You want to use a DAC instead of soundbar? My tv only supports 5.1 which is why I use direct audio...
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    Mains for TV?

    Apologies for posting in the audio thread but I couldn't see the answer elsewhere. I no longer have an audio only system having moved to AV some years ago. Anyway, my question regards mains leads for AV systems. Currently my system consists of Panasonic FZ952 Oled (2018), UB9000...
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    Does Excellent HDMI Video Performance Equate to Similar Audio Performance

    Hi just found this forum. I have a Panasonic setup, FZ952 (2018 model) with blade removed into a B&O Beosound Stage. UB9000 4k player and its brother the DMR-BWT850EB pvr/blu-ray recorder for TV recording etc I added a HDFury Diva to get LLDV Dolby Vision from the UB9000. I'm using a Wireworld...

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