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Audioquest cables best tweak

We all know that cables have a huge propensity to become RF antennas depending on their geometry , and many companies have invested tons on developing designs that help shield against of filter out this noise....my favorite, Kimber Kable, and many others such as Transparent or MIT.
Audioquest, it seems like, went the other way and created the DBS system, a system that does act like an antenna and that does introduce noise in the cable, as measured by some engineer... preposterous!

The best tweak of all with such audioquest cables, is  to take the DBS off the cable!  Less noise, higher HiFi.
chrisr
nmmusicman
279 posts
 
tomic601,

" the Vandy amps ( M5 and M7 ) have 128v DBS...."

That may be so but I tried 144vdc and it washed out the sound on all my DBS cables. The best tweak is to remove the battery packs from the cables. I place them on Walker Audio resonance control discs which solidifies the soundstage. I imagine the internal power supply on the Vandy amps would have a very similar effect.
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tomic601
13,737 posts
 
worth trying for those w batt packs for sure. My Server to DAC battery pack is loose on the HRS platform because the weight was tweaking the BNC. I just placed an order for toys from Lloyd, perhaps I will add a disc or three.

thanks for your constructive post.
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patrickdowns
558 posts
 
Dear tomic601

If you are running AQ cables on your Treos, I’d be curious which ones. True bi-wire? I mentioned to Richard V himself (on the phone) that an AQ sales guy told me that AQ single cables with internal biwire config could be about as good as two separate cable runs (true biwire) to each speaker. He laughed loudly and then said BS, and to use true biwire.
Thx
ball-wheel
70 posts
 
Leaving the battery packs plugged in is best. If the pack is humming the pack is going bad. Any noise from them they should be replaced. 
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