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The only true 75ohm RCA connector I know of is the WBT Nextgen line and only when used with the Nextgen sockets. BNC is much cheaper and easier to use though

Yup and you you need output caps to remove all DC from the output.

Happy birthday guys!

A pretty esteemed crowd of snake oil you had there but I have special hatred for the likes of VD and Nordost.

I'm not a patient man so that one is out... What cables did you compare? I only ask since there are designs that will be an improvement and then there is the "RSA" class of products which are just an epic fail.

Nope, since it is almost impossible to do. I do this for fun (something which DBT's aren't) and short "burst" impressions are worthless to me. I prefer to use the gear for a while and get to know its quirks and limitations which is impossible to do in a short audition. Comparing AC is also made harder by the ever changing line voltage and there is no easy way of making it a constant. It should also be noted that impressions of power products do not translate all that well between US and other places since the power system in the US is the most craptacular of any developed nation.

There is VAT in the Uk so the price is less in the US but all you get is two amps and the crates they come in.

6moons just put up a review of the Kondo Gakuoh amps with an internal picture. All that Tango iron sure is nice with silver windings but it is still a lot of money...

Power cables can change the sound considering all the crap that is on our AC lines. There are switching PSU's in almost every consumer gear we buy and most dump their switching noise back onto the lines, not everybody is as clever as Ray and dumping it in the signal ground . There are a few ways to get rid of this and the ferrite in VD cables surely helps but an isolation transformer will do a better job for a fraction of the cost of those power snakes. Passive filtering works too but why anybody charges more then 200$ for those units is beyond me. I tried running my system off batteries once (with an inverter salvaged from a scrapped fishing boat) and even a small hydro plant that a friend of the family has next to his county house. Both were interesting but highly impractical... The best I've heard is in our summerhouse during the wintertime as there are only 20 houses (empty for most of the winter and off the grid) which share a transformer and the geo-thermal power plant is only about 5km away. Here at home I settle for dedicated lines and they are a solid investment or worth the time if you can DIY.

I'd much rather go for a low wattage ClassA amp then the ICEpower stuff in a dedicated setup. Slew rate is king here and the primary impedance of the transformers can be managed with resistor in series/paralell. That's how Koss always did it but using an output transformer in reverse would give you an 8ohm primary.

Great impressions and we really need to come up with a better transformer based solution...

Happy birthday!!

I'm thinking about filling it with BG's and installing the clock as well. I'll probably start on the chassis though after knocking up a simple 7808 PSU. Battery power would be a real contender since the transport doesn't need all that much juice. If you've got any surplus parts from your mods then you know where you can send them... Sadly no. I'd love to try the Pitracer since it is truly unique...

It does sound very impressive indeed so I'm thinking about using batteries in it full time but I'll build a 7808 PSU as well to test it out. What value of resistor did you use for the display led and did you do the full mods? Right now I'm using it stock except I removed everything except the PSU reservoir cap and the digital output doesn't have any resistors on it.

Ehhh ok... In the mean time it is working just fine off a PC918 (huge 6volt) battery plugged into the computer rig. Very nice sound so far...

That one is a bit over the top. I have access to quite a bit of scrap wood so I'll probably use some of that as a chassis with a laser cut top panel.

Ewwww...

It could be a fun project but the weak ISK is killing me so it will be that much more expensive to do. Should be nice and compact though when all is said and done.

I'm fairly sure that he's just an idiot...

I have a feeling that you will be getting a few PM's about this one. It was a complete impulse buy though since I had made a mental note of the model number and then found a bunch of them at a local audio store today. Time to read that massive thread...

I hate blogs so not going to happen. It's amazing how stupid people can be while baking and that goes double for chefs who just don't have a clue. Last week I watched one throw the yeast, garlic and salt in a pot of 80

JVC RC-EZ31 boombox... time for some DIY transport fun

We don't have any sourdough up here since our baking traditions are very German with a lot of sugar thrown in for good measure. I do use it as an extra component in some types of bread but then it comes in a bag from Germany or a bottle from Austria. This stuff works very well for some of the rye breads we make but I also use it to change the texture of the bread foam in some other types. Throw in a few chosen enzymes, the right amount of salt and yeast and let the bread settle in a cooler over night for a god-like taste.

It's an Oracle transport and not CEC.

The crust is a mess (poor quality flour perhaps or lack of gluten) and the oven used to bake that was very poor indeed as can be seen by the lack of shine. A Danish rye bread I used to make could work as a mirror... I do have some pics but they are all at work but I'll try to remember to email some to myself. No pictures and I've sold that T1 already. It's just replacing the connectors and using some better wires so not hard at all.