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[FraserSoft]

He's jealous because my system with my CD-94 and Chinese super DAC sounds better than his Naim system with a £2K CD player.Sorry M Gregg a lot of those things you mentioned I haven't a clue what most of them are. The Dr T's are all DC coupled and I think the PSU caps are Elna 22,000uF, funds permitting I should replace them as they must be about 25 years old.
Any thoughts on twin cable for interconnects? the comments from my mate refers to some 300ohm slotted ribbon cable I used for inter connects and when I compared them the £200 Van Den Hull cables many years ago they were much better. At that time I worked as a service engineer in Gateshead for the main Naim,Linn,Meridian,Linn dealership and of course Musical Fidelity even the boss thought my cables were better.....

 

[M Gregg]

This only my thoughts..

With interconnects either a twisted pair with shield and drain wire..which makes it directional is better than using the shield as a conductor.. unless you have one end of shield disconnected to remove hum..

And again its personal preference however I like silver plated copper PTFE made into a cable..Silver is also good however you have to be careful of solder types..Its worth trying different things..if you are using analoge digital interconnect a silver twist works well..There are some differences with optic again each to his own..

Each to his own I guess...

Regards
M. Gregg

 

[FraserSoft]

I am open to try most things and I'll have a search for some of the cable you mention. The beauty of the 300 ohm ribbon cable is that it's capacity is very very low and I might dig some out and try them again...

 

[M Gregg]

The most important thing,

Is its not about spending money..look around and you can pick things up at reasonable cost and try different things..

I have tried silver wire with PTFE sleeve from a Jewellers or the Jupiter cable is quite good..just search around..make the cable then cover with heat shrink and fit the plugs..If the cable is driven then you can normally get away with twisted pair..unless you are using balanced..

Regards
M. Gregg

 

[al b back]

you could try wet string for inter connect and speaker cable and i bet your system would still sound,awesome

 

[FraserSoft]

The pre amp has a Class A output of about 2 watts and does a very good job of driving the 6 mono blocks that the Dr T's have ended up being.

 

[Pano]

LOL! I've used dry string before - tin cans and string. Maybe wet string is more fluid.

 

[M Gregg]

LOL! I've used dry string before - tin cans and string. Maybe wet string is more fluid.

Perhaps linseed oil would be more HIFI..

 

[FraserSoft]

And the first person to mention Peter Belt gets barred, I'm off for a walk along the beach..

 

[al b back]

lol this is special string works best at over 3.5 mtr lengths they use it for tying boats to the jetty`s and its directional

 

[M Gregg]

Just for interest..

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/solid-state/52496-musical-fidelity-repair.html

Regards
M. Gregg

 

[FraserSoft]

I managed to get some power mosfets from JS Audio Repairs who used to be the engineer for a lot of years with Musical Fidelity. John upgrades all sorts of stuff and the good thing was that he keeps the old working fets he takes out and he kindly sent me some to get my 3rd Dr T up and running.
P.S. My beach picture from tonight www.frasersoft.com.....