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  1. Kingrex

    Ultrasonic Cavitation & Cleaning Explained

    Hello Neil. You helped me put together my cleaning process. This is what I landed on. I have a Kirmuss machine. I shoot for about 5 drops of Tergitol in the Kirmuss tank. I take 2 dirty 12 inch records, put them in the tank and run it for a couple minutes. I pull the first record and clamp...
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    Cable Modems

    My Mojo Audio DAC was just rebuilt. Better Chokes, some vibration control and EMI paper. Let me also say my First Sound preamp was also upgraded. Yesterday an audiophile friend was over and shocked how good my whole system was. He particularly liked my vinyl. I sort of wonder if the DAC...
  3. Kingrex

    Cable Modems

    Chris, very interesting talk on noise. Your using caps on the board to filter smps noise. What is your understanding of Ground Boxes? Are they able to "Damp" this type of noise and pull it out of a system? Or are they doing something else? Is this noise a vibration, or something else. Why...
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    In-wall cable question

    You can twist the hot and neutral only. Leave the ground loose. I have done this and had 0 mV potential 50 feet way at the duplex. Any THHN wire, my twisted included has to be in some sort of raceway. I need to amend my website to make this more clear. It can be ENT, PVC or steel.
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    In-wall cable question

    My belief is, every break in the power line is an opportunity for insertion losses. Every power cord is 6 breaks that are most likely dissimilar metal contact points. You have screws holding a wire to the duplex, the blade of power cord into a duplex, the cord end screws to cord wire. This is...
  6. Kingrex

    In-wall cable question

    This is twisted #10. It hold together with no tape. Its work to take it apart. It has to be pulled in a pipe. ENT, PCV or steel. If steel, I add a isolated ground wire. The other image is how to spring the wire out of the box when attached to a duplex. You need to be neat and clean. You...
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    In-wall cable question

    The thing is there are not many and those people are generally putting in unsafe installations that violate code. The basics of the code are founded in very know principles with lots of practice to back it up. When I post I am not just speaking to you. I am also cautioning others reading...
  8. Kingrex

    Isolating my new AC line

    I would get one large Torus AVR transformer. It may be cost prohibitive. I would power everything from it. The AVR have sensors that see the output votage of the transformer and change the input taps to keep the voltage at 120. If it goes below 90 or above 130, it will sbut down. It has...
  9. Kingrex

    In-wall cable question

    Sounds like a mess of internet driven mythology. Install it per the NEC. Don't make up stuff. If your over the top concerned about noise, you can faraday shield the room with paints and fabrics. It can be done. You then need to drop a Torus rack mount transforner in the room. Inside the...
  10. Kingrex

    The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 5 - Official Trailer | Prime Video

    I liked that show. I don't want to watch the spoiler. I guess I need to dig through the last season.
  11. Kingrex

    In-wall cable question

    It would be most accurate to say I have never heard it and I only advocate be cautious about burying it behind a wall. Its not something you can just change. Not unless you pull it in ENT pipe. If you pipe with ENT or pvc or steel or what have you, put whatever you want in. Its easy to swap...
  12. Kingrex

    In-wall cable question

    The wire is locked together. Its not untwisting or coming apart. You do not need tape to keep the geometry. If you do a very light twist just to keep the conductors laying next to each other, then tape may be needed. When I light twist feeder cable, I use tape to hold it together.
  13. Kingrex

    In-wall cable question

    Take a look at my site and see my impressions of wire. You can twist your own but its not as easy as you think. You have no planetary nutrilizer unless you do it by hand. I don't see any reason for a non metallic jacket to influence the electro magnetic field around a wire. The casing on...
  14. Kingrex

    Thunder and Rain

    I always wondered what a re-issue really is. Do they take a 2 track master and make a new lacquer. Or do they take the 24 track and sit at a mixing board and dub it to a a 2 track, then make a lacquer.
  15. Kingrex

    Ron’s New System

    My mistake. I was seeing SME and thinking it was a table, not just an arm.
  16. Kingrex

    Ron’s New System

    Ok, I get the not purchasing the AS-2000. But you have 2 tables already????? Why do you think you need a third? It seems your post was someone else can step in and get the AS-2000. Not that you now need something new.
  17. Kingrex

    Ron’s New System

    Ron, I missed why your looking for a table? Won't this be a 3rd table in your room? Is there a hole your trying to fill?
  18. Kingrex

    Ron’s New System

    I have been under a lot.of pressure with another group to multi amp with class d like Atmasphere and use a Mini DSP SHD. I do wonder if getting all that metal out of the signal path won't make a large improvement. I am told, people with vinyl prefer the active crossover and do not perceive it...
  19. Kingrex

    Ron’s New System

    I thought bit depth was about moving out the high frequency cutoff. Not about being able to hear a smoother waveform.
  20. Kingrex

    Ron’s New System

    I am beginning to like video more as a source for reviews. Spoken language with voice inflections and body movement seems to convey meaning easier than words. I get a much better sense what someone is experiencing when they are live, sharing the experience. Continued verbal thrashings over...
  21. Kingrex

    Various DAC Audition Impressions

    I have had my Mojo Audio DAC running pretty continuously for over a week. I was out of town with a loop of music to my pre which was also on. I got home last night. I fired up the amp today and had a few moments to listen. For the first time in a long time I wanted to flip off the vinyl and...
  22. Kingrex

    Thunder and Rain

    Floyd is also good. Roger Watters uses a lot of unusual sounds. I hear cars and car doors are also good. Just a different way to understand what your stereo is doing.
  23. Kingrex

    Thunder and Rain

    Gawd, when I look at my setup with rack in the middle, it just looks all wrong.
  24. Kingrex

    Advice for an unsatisfied Vitus RI-101 mk II new owner

    A new client of mine was searching for improved sound. The local dealer was happy to oblige. They quickly took back his well suited $60k speakers for pennies and gave him an oversized set of $100k speakers. The client much prefered the speakers he had traded in. His only option was to eat...
  25. Kingrex

    Thunder and Rain

    I bet the BACCH would really bring the rain alive. Even placement of the thunder. I find my stereo very pleasing and natural, to a degree. I know my soundstage is not the best as its in my living room and I push the speakers all over the place. I also have no room for subwoofers. Not...
  26. Kingrex

    Esoteric Grandioso T1 turntable arrives; G1X Master Clock coming.

    2fast name is Marc also. He lives about 30 minutes from me. I have heard his system a few times. Its great.
  27. Kingrex

    Thunder and Rain

    I agree, bass is a big factor on thunder. Rain is more about soundstage and depth. I was playing a bunch of track from Qbuz last night. Some are better than others. With my system, non have the depth or atmosphere to make me feel its real. It's pretty, but not real. @stehno . I will stop...
  28. Kingrex

    Esoteric Grandioso T1 turntable arrives; G1X Master Clock coming.

    Your time will come Marc. Very soon. Who is helping get it to your room? I can make some time. I have a friend who wants to hear your setup too. He needs tubes but does not know it yet!!!!! I think your Ref 160 will blow his mind.
  29. Kingrex

    Thunder and Rain

    I was in a Black Sabbath mood. Cranking music. My wife came in and I had to turn it down. But I wanted to hear the rain and thunder. I then looked up some track on rain and thunder. Anyone who thinks their stereo is able to recreate "Like You Are There". I challenge you to play some...
  30. Kingrex

    Advice for an unsatisfied Vitus RI-101 mk II new owner

    I am not intending to be insulting in any way. I don't mean as such. But you really seem to be swirling. Amps, preamps, speakers, cables. Maybe you want to take a step back from buying gear and fly around the country to some dealers and hear stuff. Or ask some members about a visit and...

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