Inspired by a bevy of recent events (plus the very kind gift of some wires from a visitor this weekend!), I am striving to rid the scourge of CAT5 cabling from the big-boy hifi upstairs once and for all.
This morning, the treble horns got they bu tts re-wired* with Belden 9497.
The supertweeters'll be a while because there's solder involved... but it will happen. It will.
Also coming up anon -- I actually purchased the pair of Goertz inductors I've been using in my crossovers from their rightful, legal owner this past weekend, so I will be pulling out my much beloved clipleads. I will. Honest.
I might be persuaded to karma a set of audiophile approved, SET/horn/high sensitivity-friendly clipleads afterwards. Maybe.
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* I realized after I took and uploaded these photos that the polarity was reversed on both of the flippin' 2441s The polarity of both treble horns' wiring has subsequently been corrected... not sure when I'll update the photos, though.
Bought some Wireworld RCAs, just waiting for them to come and replace some Monoprice crapola.
Just a dude doing dude-ly things
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Last piece of the puzzle. Just got to get an electrician over here to scope the main panel as it is old. Should be an easy run as we have a ranch and have already dropped cables down.
CA first... I got dibs on his keister a long time ago.
The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, TriangleArt Reference SE with Pass Labs Xono Phono Preamp, Walker Precision Motor Drive, ClearAudio Goldfinger Statement V2 cartridge and Origin Conqueror Mk3c tonearm, Polk Audio "Signature" Reference Series 1.2TL with complete mods, Pass Labs X0.2 three chassis preamp, PS Audio PerfectWave DAC MkII, Pioneer Elite SC-LX701, Oppo UDP-205 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds.
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“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
Trading up. Losing the Niagara 1000 and Thunder power cable. Gaining the 5000 and a Hurricane power cable. Super power upgrade.
Congrats to you on what should be a very noticeable and across the board upgrade! How about that as I'm due to have a new power conditioner arrive here this afternoon to. That is if ups doesn't find a way to destroy it somehow. Yesterday's project was installing a 3rd 20 amp dedicated circuit so I'm hoping it'll be plug and play when it arrives
Mine arrived a little earlier than ups said it would all 83lbs of it very well packed and
completely unscathed. It makes the belkin unit it's replacing look and feel like a toy
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This morning, the treble horns got they bu tts re-wired* with Belden 9497.
The supertweeters'll be a while because there's solder involved... but it will happen. It will.
Also coming up anon -- I actually purchased the pair of Goertz inductors I've been using in my crossovers from their rightful, legal owner this past weekend, so I will be pulling out my much beloved clipleads. I will. Honest.
I might be persuaded to karma a set of audiophile approved, SET/horn/high sensitivity-friendly clipleads afterwards. Maybe.
______________
* I realized after I took and uploaded these photos that the polarity was reversed on both of the flippin' 2441s
http://www.jblpro.com/ProductAttachments/JBL_TechNoteN1V12C_v5.pdf
"Temptation is the manifestation of desire which equals necessity." - Mikey081057
" I have always had a champange taste with a beer budget" - Rick88
"Just because the thread is getting views don't mean much .. I like a good train wreck doesn't mean i want to be in one..." - pitdogg2
"Those that don't know, don't know that they don't know." - heiney9
"Audiophiles are the male equivalent of cat ladies." - Audiokarma Member
That's what I'm talk'n' bout! . . . . I need to do that, too!
PS Audio PerfectWave Power Plant 10
Rears Salk SuperCharged Surrounds
Source PSA PWT into NSD Supremo
Pre/Pro Integra DHC 40.1
LCD Samsung LN46B750
Mains Salk HT2-TL
Center Salk HT2C
Pre Cary SLP-05
Wires WW & MIT
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"No, that's silly talk. Dude, you can't possibly be this audio dumb so quit the act." - Doro
Need pictures
"No, that's silly talk. Dude, you can't possibly be this audio dumb so quit the act." - Doro
Hint:
Wayne’s World-Desert Storm General
"No, that's silly talk. Dude, you can't possibly be this audio dumb so quit the act." - Doro
"No, that's silly talk. Dude, you can't possibly be this audio dumb so quit the act." - Doro
"No, that's silly talk. Dude, you can't possibly be this audio dumb so quit the act." - Doro
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered…History has stopped. Nothing exists except the endless present in which the party is always right” — George Orwell
“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
Congrats to you on what should be a very noticeable and across the board upgrade! How about that as I'm due to have a new power conditioner arrive here this afternoon to. That is if ups doesn't find a way to destroy it somehow. Yesterday's project was installing a 3rd 20 amp dedicated circuit so I'm hoping it'll be plug and play when it arrives
completely unscathed. It makes the belkin unit it's replacing look and feel like a toy
Audioquest Niagara 5000 conditioner
Audioquest Hurricane high current PC 2m (20amp)
Rega Fono phono preamp
Also made a granite stand with feet for the PC to sit on.
Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, PASS ACA Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
Spare Room: Antique Sound Labs Wave AV-8 Monoblocks, Tisbury Mini Passive Pre, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
Garage: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
If you ever want to make some money, I need 2 speaker bases from granite, about 10" x 15" each, no feet. Name your price....