I was so close to buying the CO so many times after falling in LOVE with the AC. But somehow someway I was patient enought for the CC to come out. I prefer closedbacks because of the ambient noises around me like computer fans etc...

Ah right. Well that's good to know. Thanks Now to find out whether Line Out 1 is a left channel or a stereo channel summed to mono. I'll contact Antelope support. Cheers

If you do get an AC I am going to say two words.......Queensland Maple.

I’m on the fence now about ordering an atrium closed to go along with the caldera closed. I love the cocobolo…do the two cover different ground and are different enough to have both in the collection?

You're tempting me to pick up a VM-1a to pair with my future Immanis.

...I think it might be something else, though. I get occasional shocks from the Valkyria off the Zahl, and Spirit Torino told me it's likely a grounding issue and to try a ground box. I wonder if I have a grounding issue that's injecting noise. I didn't notice noise on my other HPs when using...

...for years now on this forum, and others, though I do believe we have reached a bit of a consensus on burn-in here. This is not the battle ground anyone should wish to die on. The combined years of listening and experience here outweighs that of any individual no matter how advanced they...

I find minerals like Magnetite or Tourmaline not to be any use for signal or digital cables if used as wraps. I will do further experiments and see if I can improve on the recent tweak concept. My gut says it can be improved on.

...audio connections, where the tip carries the positive audio signal, the ring carries the inverted audio signal, and the sleeve acts as the ground. This configuration is often used in professional audio equipment for its ability to reduce noise and interference over long cable runs. So, while...

...in the focus of a fine lens. My casual experiments with quartz led me to believe the effects are very subtle and much less impactful than the ground box/Rochelle/hBN treatments so I've not spent any more time on them (the quartz piece is still in the refrigerator). In a few weeks I'll be...

He is referring to polarity inversion, also referred to as phase inversion. Ie. Connecting the positive wire to the negative terminal and the negative(ground) wire to the positive. This allows for the coil to respond in a way that doesnt step on the other drivers in the signal chain.

Did you do exactly as I did? Single small clear crystal on top of the Rochelle mini wrap, at the component side of ground cable? Curious what did it do for your system, like what I described or?

Thanks for this cdacosta, this tweak is a level up for my system. I placed them at the most effective ground box location: the xlr interconnects. I have more crystals and lots of ground box cables to treat, it's gonna be fun.

...is my guess here 3. see wether encapsulating the crystals in some wool (for the most part) actually isolating the crystals electrically from ground somewhat completely makes a difference, tho i have to probably sieve out smaller crystals here to keep it consistent 4. trying graphite in the...

The cable wraps I refer to are the Rochelle salt wrap (which is Rochelle salt in a small plastic bag rolled up) installed on the ground cable at the component end. And the Ground Cable Enhancement Wraps I came up with that spiral around the ground cable at the ground box end. Sounds different...

well if we go by my theory crystals placed on AC cables should give you "some sort of" "60hz binaural beats kind of effect", atleast partially but there is alot more going on on AC cables so its probably hard to tell imo there are also many binaural beats "hidden" in music... sometimes its just...

...results. Tried it on different interconnects and same thing, ehhh was my feeling. BUT, a small (6mm -8mm) flat clear crystal on a ground cable, at the component end. Placed on top of the Rochelle salt wrap, between the Velcro and the Rochelle salt wrap is a winner. Like in the pic. The...

...is why things get more effective/audible here, tho maybe this also just has something todo with the speakers actually vibrating in addition to ground noise, i guess this also more logical sense after my tests with placing crystals on top of speakers ... they kinda resulted in " as soon you...

Using both van charger / 12v charger. AI have no problem with ground noise

Have not tried larger Tourmaline pieces yet in a RCA plug. I do use a small amount of Tourmaline (powder and chips) as part of the ground box mix. After a year of almost daily experimentation with ground box development, I found Entreq to be correct about everything they say. I know you...

...i mean like 5mm crystals im still thinking you may just dont like the tourmaline effect (i think you also said before you dont put it inside grounding boxes) its strange that i can "overdo" the tourmaline effect with 1-2g inside rca plugs but placed on speakers i need like 50-100g for the...

Tried about 10% Tourmaline and the rest Magnetite in the RCA cap that only has the ground making contact. Mini ground box right? Nope, too little mineral material. Listened before and after test with the Magnetite RCA plug. Wanted a baseline to make sure (although it is really obvious...

...in when using it as a preamp. The RCA outs would be connected to the ELMA switch board, same connections as the TRS, red to signal, black to ground. The ground connection is made off the TRS ground pin to the PCB. If the RCA grounds are connected to the ELMA switch, they will be grounded...

@lauthoerer When I was troubleshooting the hum issue on my own I ruled out no ground loop, isolated the HP8 so there were no other running electronics nearby (it is sensitive to wireless and EMF) and tried an ifi GND Defender but there was no difference. The hum in mine was not impacted by...

...the problem (when I use it as a preamp, I turn off the headphones). My questions are regarding this connection: 1) at which end of these connections do I connect the ground (RCA out or next to the Elma switch)? 2) where is the best place to connect the ground? Thank you very much in advance.