Yep, He's the one, my bad spelling...
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I was briefly thinking they might have had a guy on the payroll at Isotek by the last name of Kirchov, not Kirchoff.....hoping no one would notice the difference!
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Yes I stand corrected, it was a few years ago now, I do remember you did have to add two squares of copper on the PCB to make a low value cap next to the BNC connector. It feels like a lifetime ago (it almost was!).
Listening to Ethernet ($10,000 Ethernet Cables!!) | AudioStream
This will be interesting when he tries to grade them all. The fact that he was straining so hard to hear a difference that he gave himself a migraine suggests someone who is close to losing it completely!
This will be interesting when he tries to grade them all. The fact that he was straining so hard to hear a difference that he gave himself a migraine suggests someone who is close to losing it completely!
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The W. C. Fields pic is appropriate, but wrong quote.
They are talking about Ethernet cables can you tell?! This is so wrong you would have to be an idiot to read on. I suppose the battery could double as a source of ground side electrons
Nope I had to read more. Disgusting
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He is so obsessed with proving bits are not bits that I am just lining up the popcorn for when he has a total mental breakdown. Plus he is a case study for getting completely the wrong end of the stick and taking information and misapplying it.
He really should stick to reviewing music. He has put me onto some interesting stuff over the years.
He really should stick to reviewing music. He has put me onto some interesting stuff over the years.
The version I've always remembered was "if you can't fascinate 'em with facts, baffle 'em with..." More poetic.
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The Organic Flavor of Beeswax
Nothing is worth doing unless and until you install one of these 175 dollar beeswax filled nanotechnology fuses.
Premier Bees wax Super Fuse
This fuse is identical to the Premier Super Fuse only we've replaced the standard anti-vibration material with Bees Wax [ a very intense process ]. This fuse gives all the great attributes of the Standard Premier with a very organic flavor.
It's Audio Magic.
Nothing is worth doing unless and until you install one of these 175 dollar beeswax filled nanotechnology fuses.
Premier Bees wax Super Fuse
This fuse is identical to the Premier Super Fuse only we've replaced the standard anti-vibration material with Bees Wax [ a very intense process ]. This fuse gives all the great attributes of the Standard Premier with a very organic flavor.
It's Audio Magic.
Burn baby, burn
Well, this rocket scientist indicates putting bees wax inside is an intense process. Maybe he was referring to when it blows!
please somebody tap the inventor on head, he desrves it really.
putting flammamble material inside fuse.. oh damn greatAlKhaida style
i guess the fuse will blow caramel everywhere when max ratings are exceeded
Well, this rocket scientist indicates putting bees wax inside is an intense process. Maybe he was referring to when it blows!
Old ways and new ways can both be wrong
This morning, I set out to fix a loudly humming left channel on an old Dual 506 turntable, with no experience in repairing these, of course. What was inside was shocking to audiophile sensibilities- super skinny patch cord. Super skinny ground wire.
Even worse,the ground wire, power cord, and interconnect leads were twisted together, and zap strapped tightly together, presumably from the factory.
I had an old two metre pair of Transparent Audio the Link gathering a few years worth of dust, so I cut off one end, and prepared it for soldering .
To my surprise, a cable company was using unanealed copper strands, and pathetically sparse copper shield stranding over a proper looking foil shield .
Isn't more shielding better?
And I thought anealed copper was a better conductor.
Ditto for pure copper.
Even after scraping the strands with a knife until shiny, I needed more flux than my 4% silver solder had to get a good coating of solder on this "high(ish) end" wire.
Finished attaching the new old RCA leads, gave it a test spin.
Got music now, but there was still a slight hum.
I opened things up, got rid of the old ground wire, and subbed some stranded core, double shielded RG 59 for a ground wire.
Maybe I should have used it for the interconnects, too, but have no RCA plugs at hand.
My point is , things aren't always what we are led to believe:
A specialist cable maker uses cheap, obviously impure copper,
And fine German engineering has some Gerry-built in it.
The old player is fine now, and sounds better than a 2 year old Dual, and a 1 year old Pro-Ject turntable I was happy to sell.
Just not sure how anyone thought it was a good idea to wrap unshielded patchcords around a power cord.
I also think a homebuilt hardwood chassis for the motor and platter assembly, would be a big improvement over the thin plastic one, but I can understand them hitting a price point there.
This morning, I set out to fix a loudly humming left channel on an old Dual 506 turntable, with no experience in repairing these, of course. What was inside was shocking to audiophile sensibilities- super skinny patch cord. Super skinny ground wire.
Even worse,the ground wire, power cord, and interconnect leads were twisted together, and zap strapped tightly together, presumably from the factory.
I had an old two metre pair of Transparent Audio the Link gathering a few years worth of dust, so I cut off one end, and prepared it for soldering .
To my surprise, a cable company was using unanealed copper strands, and pathetically sparse copper shield stranding over a proper looking foil shield .
Isn't more shielding better?
And I thought anealed copper was a better conductor.
Ditto for pure copper.
Even after scraping the strands with a knife until shiny, I needed more flux than my 4% silver solder had to get a good coating of solder on this "high(ish) end" wire.
Finished attaching the new old RCA leads, gave it a test spin.
Got music now, but there was still a slight hum.
I opened things up, got rid of the old ground wire, and subbed some stranded core, double shielded RG 59 for a ground wire.
Maybe I should have used it for the interconnects, too, but have no RCA plugs at hand.
My point is , things aren't always what we are led to believe:
A specialist cable maker uses cheap, obviously impure copper,
And fine German engineering has some Gerry-built in it.
The old player is fine now, and sounds better than a 2 year old Dual, and a 1 year old Pro-Ject turntable I was happy to sell.
Just not sure how anyone thought it was a good idea to wrap unshielded patchcords around a power cord.
I also think a homebuilt hardwood chassis for the motor and platter assembly, would be a big improvement over the thin plastic one, but I can understand them hitting a price point there.
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Has anyone ever visited Steve Hoffman's forum and seen this other Mastering Engineer talk about what he does with his audio - Barry Diament?
It drives me nuts that he recommends so much weird stuff to do with your gear. He wants everything decoupled - even electronics - and all cables lifted off of the ground. I find his invention frustrating that he is telling everyone to decouple everything you can on to little roller ball bearings.
Vibration control for better performance
I swear Machina Dynamica has to be a joke that got out of hand and turned into a real money making venture. That has to be the GOAT of snake oil on the internet i have seen.
It drives me nuts that he recommends so much weird stuff to do with your gear. He wants everything decoupled - even electronics - and all cables lifted off of the ground. I find his invention frustrating that he is telling everyone to decouple everything you can on to little roller ball bearings.
Vibration control for better performance
I swear Machina Dynamica has to be a joke that got out of hand and turned into a real money making venture. That has to be the GOAT of snake oil on the internet i have seen.
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