Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bybee silver bullet, $4200 for four

2008-05-17 Thread Phil Leigh
chinablues;302609 Wrote: You guys in this audiophile forum are too tough. We were discussing 4200$ thingy's for home use. As if they would seriously make a (significant) difference. Then onto live music. Where I'm sure they are not using 4200$ plugs. I only point out that in many live

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bybee silver bullet, $4200 for four

2008-05-17 Thread Robin Bowes
Pat Farrell wrote: Robin Bowes wrote: A $20 guitar cord will sound very similar to a $100 guitar cord. Actually, with something like a 'Strat feeding a tube amp, a short $10 cord will generally sound much better than a 30 foot long cord, no matter what the price. With high Z pickups, the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] FW42, and revisiting some FW40 bugs

2008-05-17 Thread nuhi
Found one annoyance with the F42. There is some sort of static, like noise and quiet crackling if there is no signal on the digital input (tested only toslink). For example turn off your PC. -- nuhi nuhi's Profile:

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Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bybee silver bullet, $4200 for four

2008-05-17 Thread Pat Farrell
Robin Bowes wrote: I have both a Strat and a tube amp (Fender Bandmaster Reverb, coverted to a 1x15 VibroClone) and, whilst you're right in principle, I would disagree that the sound of a short cord would be much better. Sure it makes a difference but if you have a good quality cable it's

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bybee silver bullet, $4200 for four

2008-05-17 Thread Robin Bowes
Pat Farrell wrote: Robin Bowes wrote: I use a 10m (30ft) cable; I need the length on stage. Have you tried a countryman DI? Lets you use any length of cable. If I was going to do something like that I'd just build myself a simple FET buffer - probably $1 in electronic parts, plus a box +

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bybee silver bullet, $4200 for four

2008-05-17 Thread Pat Farrell
Robin Bowes wrote: If I was going to do something like that I'd just build myself a simple FET buffer - probably $1 in electronic parts, plus a box + jack sockets. $231 (cost of the Countryman DI) is rather pricey! Of course you can DIY, but the Countryman is a professional tool. Its

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Vibration Control on SB or power supply

2008-05-17 Thread kbuzz
Anyone tried vibration control on their SB our Power supply. Ive had good luck recently with some herbies tender feet under my bolder power supply. -- kbuzz kbuzz's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Amp has started popping

2008-05-17 Thread bigfool1956
Coulld it be that the socket you are now using is the same ring main as your kitchen, for example, and so you are picking up pulses from your fridge/freezer. I would suggest temporarily using an extension lead to power your system from the original socket, without moving anything. If that cures