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Power cable Advice...
@ghdprentice Yes, great trip isn’t it. Good memories. Spectacular in every way! Many long hikes into the side canyons to some very exotic locales. Flipped in Lava Falls - and got stuck in an underwater eddy. A good test to see how long I coul... 
Power cable Advice...
derekw_hawaii If you have bad water passing thru rusty municipal pipes which is treated in the last 5 feet of your under sink filter system, is this going to improve your health? During the two week rafting trip down the Colorado River - throu... 
To loom or not to loom?
Many cables - signal & power - have been auditioned in my system over the years. I wasn’t convinced that a full loom was better. That was then. Now, I’ve transitioned to a full loom of signal cabling by Synergistic Research - Atmosphere Serie... 
Solid State Low powered Amplifiers
Magnus Audio MA-340  
Help me pick some new or used speaker cables
@adg101    Good timing.  My WyWires Gold Series speaker cables are listed here.  
Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price...
@markwd In any case, I have a BSEE and MSEE in information theory and signal processing, as well as PhD work in cognitive science   What a coincidence! These guys also have an engineering background. - - - -   Bybee Technologies – Founded... 
About ready to give up on Roon and my streamer
cooper52 OP Things begin to fall apart at about the frequencies where vocals live. Here the sound becomes glassy, occasionally shrill, and more forward than it should be. High frequencies generally (like violins, flutes, etc.) can be piercing, a... 
Cable Break In for the Naysayers
@jonwolfpell +1 Everything wiggles and vibrates. Let’s see how engineers measure this. And predict its movements and outcomes. And then prove it. - - - - Tube-rolling = same specs = different materials/construction = different SQ. Capacitors =... 
can subwoofers make things worse?
atmasphere The way room correction works is its an active EQ device that compares the incoming signal to what it hears happening in the room. This might be done with a test signal. So at that point if there is a dip, the room correction simply ... 
McCormack DNA 0.5 vs. DNA 2.0 Deluxe
Qobuz & Tidal = CD quality = 14,100 kbps Spotify Premium = 320 kbps (less than 25% of CD quality)  
SST Son Of Ampzilla II vs Parasound A21 or A23+
@brianlucey Congratulations! Since Magnus Audio’s parent company is Canary Audio, they know their way around voicing both tubes & SS. That’s why I suggested it on your other thread. Years ago, when I decided to replace my Class A 50w tube mo... 
Source for WonderCaps and Solen for CrossOver? Infinity IRS Beta
Michael Percy Audio Humble Homemade HiFi  
Need Help With Building DIY Grounding Cable
You might want to post this question at DIYaudio.com.     Also, I recommend building two separate ground boxes - one for analog, one for digital.  Surprisingly, I discovered that even the ground wires can pass along digital nasties to analog.  Whe... 
Allnic Audio A-6000 vs Pass XA 30.8
If you're looking for an SS amp, consider two Los Angeles based companies: - AGD Audio - Magnus Audio _ the SS division of Canary Audio    
Router for Audio Streaming
Fidelizer Audio - Airstream 2 Fidelizer Audio - StreamHub