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[sjeesjie]

I enjoy the sonic thought of the miles of underground cables to my house smeared in literal piss.

Good for you man but everyone on this forum knows you’re lying!
Wait this isn’t head-fi?

 

[i_build_stuff]

Power cords do too make a difference!


...my system plays much louder with a power cord installed than without one

 

[CtheArgie]

Power cords do too make a difference!


...my system plays much louder with a power cord installed than without one

And even better if you plug it to the outlet!

 

[noiseangel]

CRYSTAL CABLE FUTURE DREAM 22 SPEAKER CABLES (PAIR)

What’s the best way to celebrate a 15th anniversary? Introducing our latest innovation! Crystal Cable’s engineers created a new, hybrid technology, combining the best of two proprietary materials…

soundgallery.com.au

 

[HarmonicTHD]

CRYSTAL CABLE FUTURE DREAM 22 SPEAKER CABLES (PAIR)

What’s the best way to celebrate a 15th anniversary? Introducing our latest innovation! Crystal Cable’s engineers created a new, hybrid technology, combining the best of two proprietary materials…

soundgallery.com.au

I think this is meant to be worn as a necklace. Not intended for audio use.

 

[deniall83]

I think this is meant to be worn as a necklace. Not intended for audio use.

I remember playing with a Crystal Cable interconnect at a dealer once. Incredibly stiff and honestly a pain to use. Didn't care for it at all, and didn't sound any different from any other cable. I think it was $900 or something.

 

[Cwopete5]

I have Snake Oil Sound interconnects.

Pair of Taipan RCA Cables (6 in - 25 ft)

For help, please chat with us below. Our high-end Taipan RCA cables use premium Amphenol RCA connectors and 0.5 mm² (20 AWG) German SOMMER cable for an even more durable feel and transparent sound. Sold as a Left and Right pair. Length is measured from tip-to-tip of the actual conductor itself...

snakeoilsound.com

 

[DonH56]

I recently read a couple of new trends:

1. Cascaded audiophile Ethernet switches (two or more in series) to further improve audio and video performance; and,
2. Take apart your equipment and loosen/retighten all the PCB mounting screws to "relax" the sound.

I have not tried either so could not say how much they really work. I suppose the second is free, assuming you don't break anything and void the warranty.

 

[sq225917]

This is all well and good but it's rank amateur compared to the demo I heard at a hifi show yesterday.

A record clamp with frickin lasers that claims to measure the distance to the inside of the run out groove and then indicates how far out of centre the spindle hole is.

The guy demonstrating was sure we could all hear how greatly improved the sound was as he claimed to nudge a record by a hundred or so microns to fix its eccentric tracking.

I couldn't hear shit.

And it was always listen adjust with device, listen again' oooh isn't it better'. He couldn't be enticed to do it the other way, start corrected then add back in the error.

It was a marketing copywriter's and NLP users dream demo. Quite possibly the most polished pitch I've seen in years, yet obviously bullshit.

I have some records that are 2mm off centre, can I hear any difference in pitch stability between them and the same cd master, nope, can I buggery.

Quite how you can manufacture a device that sits on the spindle, free rotates, yet has bearing tolerance from precession down to micron level is beyond me.

I look forward to measured tests of this £5,000 device........

 

[sjeesjie]

I recently read a couple of new trends:

1. Cascaded audiophile Ethernet switches (two or more in series) to further improve audio and video performance; and,
2. Take apart your equipment and loosen/retighten all the PCB mounting screws to "relax" the sound.

I have not tried either so could not say how much they really work. I suppose the second is free, assuming you don't break anything and void the warranty.

Hehe I was just about to ask, have you tried it? If you didn’t how do you know it doesn’t work?

 

[Doodski]

Hehe I was just about to ask, have you tried it? If you didn’t how do you know it doesn’t work?

The nature of digital data transmission makes it such that switches and routers do not affect sound quality. It's physics and mathematical and the question of can it actually affect the sound can be answered with a very firm NO if one is aware of how digital data transmission operates.

 

[sjeesjie]

The nature of digital data transmission makes it such that switches and routers do not affect sound quality. It's physics and mathematical and the question of can it actually affect the sound can be answered with a very firm NO if one is aware of how digital data transmission operates.

Yeah I know, it’s just the regular subjective audiophile’s reaction to such thing.

 

[sq225917]

Digital can certainly be improved via switch.












But only if its breaking a gnd loop.

 

[Doodski]

Digital can certainly be improved via switch.












But only if its breaking a gnd loop.

ArrgggH! Digital cannot be improved. Full stop perioD.

 

[sjeesjie]

ArrgggH! Digital cannot be improved. Full stop perioD.

Are you saying bits are bits?

 

[antcollinet]

ArrgggH! Digital cannot be improved. Full stop perioD.

I think he is saying ground loop noise can be eliminated by a digital interface that breaks the ground loop. This could be (unscreened) ethernet or toslink as examples.

 

[CapMan]

Just swapped my Van Damme HiFi speaker cables for Sommer Meridian (both 6mm2) - now the music is less bright and sounds dull and grey. Any suggestions?

 

[voodooless]

View attachment 213897Just swapped my Van Damme HiFi speaker cables for Sommer Meridian (both 6mm2) - now the music is less bright and sounds dull and grey. Any suggestions?

 

[Propheticus]

View attachment 213897Just swapped my Van Damme HiFi speaker cables for Sommer Meridian (both 6mm2) - now the music is less bright and sounds dull and grey. Any suggestions?

For a more colourful sound I advise you to use rainbow cable sleeves to cover the dull greyness.

 

[BDWoody]

View attachment 213897Just swapped my Van Damme HiFi speaker cables for Sommer Meridian (both 6mm2) - now the music is less bright and sounds dull and grey. Any suggestions?