Expensive IEC home cinema leads...just a kettle lead or what

[ban-all-sheds]

How about £1/m for 4mm² G/Y?

Or £59.95/m for "Superior Ring Main cable"?

 

[flameport]

Given the vast prices on that website, you might assume that the items offered for sale are of the highest possible quality.

They are not.

 

[ColJack]

I thought cable was made from pure copper anyway? not like pipes which are an alloy for added rigidity..

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Given the vast prices on that website, you might assume that the items offered for sale are of the highest possible quality.

They are not.

"Our Crimping Set includes a crimping tool and a variety of terminations to terminate your earth cable - useful when adding additional earth cables to your equipment or connecting your earth cable to your earth spike."

And the size of the stud on top of an earth rod is.......

 

[LiamPope]

Going back a few posts, I really liked the sound of your Blu-tak mod, BAS. Unfortunately I don't have vinyl, but I do have a CD player. Would your mod work on that? I've attempted the mod as I think it should be installed - trying to damp the chaotic interactions between the CD and it's tray. I just wanted to check with you that it was OK before closing the drawer and doing some listening tests...

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• LiamPope
• 25 Mar 2009
• 1

So what improvements should I expect to hear? I'm thinking perhaps a wider, more detailed and realistic soundstage, improved musicality and rhythm, tighter bass, more presence in the midrange and noticably better separation of the highs. Just... harmonically fuller. That about right?

Cheers,

Liam

 

[ban-all-sheds]

No - that's not right. Because of the higher spin-speed of CDs compared to vinyl you need much longer and thinner pieces of BluTak to deal with the shorter wavelength vibrations.

Try a single piece, applied in a spiral running in the opposite direction to the CD rotation.

Also, if that's one of the Marantzes with the copper chassis I assume you do dismantle it regularly (at least weekly), and polish the chassis to remove all the oxidation?

Be warned - there are unscrupulous people out there who will try to sell you expensive polish for that - don't listen to them, regular Brasso works just as well.