[bcowen]

That was a good one!



Just finished making mine an hour ago... 5x2,5 mm, solid copper (5xAWG 13 for the yanks) 50 m set me off $60 plus $30 for the connectors. Already sounds better (or not, still haven’t decided) ... Any improvement is probably due to line-level cable routing - less noise.

Edited for missing info.

Is that a typo or did you really mean 50 m (as in meters)? Are your speakers in the same house as your amp?

 

[ScubaMan2017]

Time for a Public Service Announcement...

Recently, on another forum, someone posted some very nice interior shots of their house. It was easy to download the pic to my desktop and select "Show Information". The info tab had lat/long info which allowed me to see their general address along with a 'satellite view' which, if I lived in their neighborhood would allow me to discern their actual address. Mac makes it too easy by having a tab that says "Show In Maps."

So the PSA is: Please, before you upload pics to any internet site, scrub the picture of all location data. Instructions are easy to find via DuckDuckGo or Google. Please protect yourselves.

Here endeth the lecture.

whenever possible, I convert jpeg images to png. It removes my GPS coordinates. My floor’s also patrolled by 1-3 housepanthers. A cougar. And a mother-in-law down the hall.

 

[Paladin79]

So during this discussion I finally thought of a way to use that length of super duper speaker cable.

very nice!

 

[bcowen]

My first computer complete with operating system and memory stick.

The first EPROM?

 

[Paladin79]

The first EPROM?

Bill, you should be plugging headphones into an amp right now, and privately telling me your reaction lol

 

[bcowen]

Bill, you should be plugging headphones into an amp right now, and privately telling me your reaction lol

I'm still looking for the manual.

 

[Paladin79]

I'm still looking for the manual.

Real men do not need manuals. Did you not say that recently?

Get your cat to help if need be. No Marilyn Manson though, stick to your usual Partridge Family or whatever your particular test music is.

 

[Brubacca]

Looks like decision time is here.... I sold off a pair of emotiva amps that I never liked all that much.

I now have some funds burning a hole in my pocket...

My sources are Gungnir MB and Rega P2 w/ HanaEL. These are switched with a SYS into a Naim UnitiQute...

Really looking at two choices here:
Get Freya (S or +) and use Naim Amp.
Get Aegir and use Sys as pre-amp.

Which do you think would come out sounding better?

 

[Varejao17]

What speakers are you listening to?

 

[JohnnyCanuck]

Whichever power amp you choose will sound better with a proper pre-amp.

JC

 

[tincanear]

Looks like decision time is here.... I sold off a pair of emotiva amps that I never liked all that much.

I now have some funds burning a hole in my pocket...

My sources are Gungnir MB and Rega P2 w/ HanaEL. These are switched with a SYS into a Naim UnitiQute...

Really looking at two choices here:
Get Freya (S or +) and use Naim Amp.
Get Aegir and use Sys as pre-amp.

Which do you think would come out sounding better?

If it were me, I would go with the Freya S or Freya + option. Switch attenutator circuits in the Freya units are better than the RK09 pot in Sys. I suspect that there will be some used Vidars / Aegirs on the market soon, given the recent introduction of the Jotunheim R.

 

[GumbyDammit223]

I don't use accurate measurements when I cook or make coffee. I can go months without dirtying measuring cups/spoons etc. I'm a firm believer in the TLAR method. Yeah, it lets me down sometimes, but not as often as one might think.

Wow! Only the second person who's ever mentioned TLAR!

 

[Paladin79]

I prefer the Freya + but then I like the flexibility of altering the sound a bit with different tubes.

 

[Brubacca]

What speakers are you listening to?

Monitor Audio RS8.. 91 dB efficient. The Naim has plenty of power. Aegir should as well.
I appreciate all the advice.

I was leaning pre, but really want that Aegir.

 

[bcowen]

Real men do not need manuals. Did you not say that recently?

Get your cat to help if need be. No Marilyn Manson though, stick to your usual Partridge Family or whatever your particular test music is.

Yeah I did, but I didn't say I was a real man.

And unfortunately I sent my whole Partridge Family collection to @Ripper2860. His David Cassidy posters alone weren't enough.